Manifestation

We all have goals in life. We want to be rich, we want to be successful, we want to be famous, we want, we want and we want some more. There are many ways to get what we want. Some people inherit their money, some get lucky and win the lottery and some work hard to earn every penny. At the end of the day the heiresses, the lottery winners and the hard workers, have all achieved their goal of being rich. As for being famous, you can be famous for a number of things, some good and some bad.

Life is not about being rich or being famous, life is about the things you do to become rich or famous. Life is about how you stay rich and/or famous. When you are standing at the peak of the mountain, it’s not about standing at the peak, it’s about the climb. The steps we take to get what we want are what matter. Because a goal is something you achieve at one particular point in your life but the things you do to achieve that goal, those are things that make up your everyday life.

If all you really wanted was to get to the peak, you could have your self flown up, but the point is to make the journey. The joy is in the hard work. The things you are going to remember are the thing that happened on the way. The stress, the relief when you round a dangerous bend, the fortitude it took to keep going even when all you wanted to do was lay down and go to sleep.

There will always be obstacles in your way. How you faced those obstacles, how you overcame them, those are the stories that make up a life. To quote Miley Cyrus, ‘It’s not about how fast I get there; it’s not about what’s waiting on the other side. It’s the climb.’

A lot of people think black cats are unlucky. There is a popular belief that says a rabbit’s foot brings good luck. You should never open an umbrella inside the house and a three leaf clover is a sign a good fortune. I couldn’t help but wonder, why a rabbit’s foot? Why not a rabbit’s tail? Or ear? Why not a mongoose’s foot? Why is it ok to wear a raincoat inside the house but it’s not okay to open an umbrella?

Is there any truth to these beliefs? If yes, what gave these objects their power? How come a rabbit’s foot is lucky, but a mongoose’s foot is just a foot? What makes these objects special? Do they have some intrinsic power? Or is it that they are special because we believe they are. Do black cats really bring bad luck? Or is that bad things sometimes just happen and we blame them on the cat?

We associate feelings to everything in the world around us. We have convinced ourselves that cockroaches are disgusting. The scientific fact is that they are the cleanest insect alive. We associate fear and disgust with a cockroach. The cockroach itself is just a cockroach. Just like a foot is just a foot, we are the ones who believe it is lucky.

If holding on to a rabbit’s foot gives a person peace of mind, if it makes them feel a little more confident, does it matter if their belief is false? Is there something wrong with associating good feelings to an object to make your self feel better? Is it really such a bad thing to believe in something ridiculous if it eases your anxiety? No it isn’t. There is no harm in having beliefs, just remember that life is only as good, or bad as you think it is.

Have you ever done something without having any persuasive reason for doing it? Talked to a stranger not because they were good looking or smelt fantastic, but for no reason at all? Stayed away from a place not because it looked dangerous or had a bad reputation but because you had a feeling? Have you ever used the phrase ‘I just had this vibe.’? I’m sure the majority of us would answer that question with a ‘yes’. The reason for this is, whether we are conscious of it or not, most of us are aware of the fabric of the universe that connects all the things in it to one another. We are all part of the same field of energy and we communicate with everything through this energy with the help of vibrations. Even if we are not conscious of this communication it is continuous and carried out with or without our approval. Having a feeling or a vibe about something is nothing more than our conscious mind picking up on a message being sent to us by an energy field in our surrounding. Some people refer to this as intuition others a lucky guess. But a rose with any other name would still smell as sweet. The accuracy of these feelings can be disconcertingly correct.

More often than anything we pick up ‘vibes’ from people. This is because people are always sending out vibrations into the universe. They may be good or bad. It is important that we train ourselves to pick up on these and be careful about the vibrations we send out into our surroundings, because what you attract depends on how you vibrate. If you are able to understand the vibrations coming from people you will be able to understand their motives as well. Remember the next time you say, ‘I just got this vibe’ your not talking about some abstract emotion but an actual ‘vibration’.

David Beckham is famous for bending the soccer ball so that it curves into the goal. Though, not all of us are capable of such spectacular feats on the soccer field. We are capable of something a lot more significant. We can bend the entire world to our will. We can affect our surroundings simply with our thoughts. The ‘law of attraction’ states that like attracts like. By thinking positively and of the things that you want you can bend the entire universe to your will. You can get everything you want by thinking that you already have it. All it takes is the power of your mind. Though this may seem out of the realm of possibility, there have been plenty of instances where the power of positive thinking has prevailed over seemingly insurmountable obstacles. We are all made up of energy and it is our energy that connects all of us to one another.

Though we are connected, we function on individual plains. We are part of a greater force that runs through everything and it is possible to tap into this force and make great things happen. We can use this energy to influence the world around us. By sending out vibrations that reflect our heart’s desires and what we want we can attract these things into our lives. But this is a double edged sword. Our thoughts tend to turn to the negative. We have a propensity to think of what is lacking in our lives. All this does is attract more of that lack. By thinking of the negative we attract negatives. Hence, it is important that we train our minds to think positively and to not let our thoughts stray into negative areas. One way of protecting yourself against this is ‘visualization’. Decide what you want. And visualize yourself already possessing those things. This will ensure that the universe only receives vibrations that will bring you the things you want.

They say that perception is reality. If you accept this to be true, then it stands to reason that by changing your perception, you can change your reality.

Most of the world around us is influenced by our perception. For example ‘Fear’ is born when we perceive something to be scary. The same thing could be an object that brings immense peace to someone else. For example a swimming pool is thought of as a ‘death trap’ by some people. On the other hand the same pool would be anything but a death trap for someone like Michael Phelps. The pool itself is not scary nor is it peaceful in nature. It is nothing more than a body of water; it is our perception of this very same body that makes it either a thing to be feared or to be reveled in.

It is nothing but an extension of this thinking that brings us to the new philosophy of ‘manifesting’. Manifesting is the art of creating what you want at the time that you want it. One of the techniques of doing this is ‘visualization’. This entails visualizing what you want and then actively making it happen. For instance, if you are having trouble riding a horse, visualize yourself on the horse riding well; following all the instructions you were given. Visualize it so clearly that you believe it is actually happening. The next time you get on a horse you should have no trouble riding your steed. So the next time you want something try ‘manifesting’ it into your reality. By telling the universe what you want, visualizing it happening and perceiving it to be true. You can bring into reality anything you want.