Think And You Shall Receive

Can your intentions truly be made reality?

That is, if I decide I would like one million dollars to flow into my life, can I simply think that thought and it will be so? Lets try!

What is manifestation?
Manifestation is defined as ‘the act, process or an instance of manifesting…an occult phenomenon; specifically: materialization’; materialization is then defined as ‘the action of materializing’. Therefore, manifestation is willing something to be. No matter what that something is, if you want it badly enough, you’ll get it.

There is such a thing call the Intention-Manifestation Model whereby a person decides they want something, declare their intention and then be open and accepting to what they are ‘given’ to help them manifest the something they want.

Explanation – How does it work? What is the theory?
Law of Attraction, Field of Intentions, Intention-Manifestation model…for the most part they’re all the same.

The basic theory is this: whatever you focus on you get. Therefore, if you are constantly focusing on what is bad in your life you will continue to attract more of the same. The law of quantum physics states ‘like energy attracts like energy’.

In essence you make your own luck! Your own success! Your own life! The Universe is not plotting against you if you have a bad day – after all, you forgot to set the alarm clock, not the universe. ;-)

So if you want to find a loving, caring, generous individual to share your life with, become that person yourself. Become what you seek!

You cannot expect the dream job to be handed to you; you have to go get it. However, there is nothing wrong with letting the universe know you want it! ‘Ask and ye shall receive’ and all that.

If this sounds mumbo-jumbo-y, hocus-pocus-y, somewhat religious-y, it is…and it isn’t. Every religion has the same basic concept whereby if you want something, strive for it and you’ll achieve it. Of course in every religion too, you have your martyrs who strive for the good of all – and that’s great, but most of us are a selfish lot! As long as what you’re ‘wishing’ for won’t hurt anyone else (because, trust me, karma is a bitch!), then go ahead and strive away.

This isn’t a new concept, its not new-age-y and all the goal-setting gurus are proclaiming it’s the way to go! If you want something, draw a map of how you’re going to get it. Visualize yourself with that something – how does it look? Feel? Taste?

Essentially, this is what a Business Plan is – where do you see your newly formed business going? Ok. Now work toward that. It keeps you focused. So why not make yourself a Life Plan…it doesn’t have to be formal. Your local bank manager isn’t going to see it. Think of it as a way to stay focused in your life.

I firmly believe we make our own life. If your going to be down on yourself, people are going to be down on you; however, if you take the stance of ‘I’m going to be happy, damn it’, people will feel that energy and they’ll embrace it - and you!

If you say ‘I’m going to be a successful entrepreneur but do nothing to help yourself achieve that goal – well, you didn’t fail, you just didn’t try.

In Think and Grow Rich there is a passage about how a man asked the world for just so much, but if he would have asked for more he would have got it. So ask for it! Get it! Whatever ‘it’ is for you – go for it!

To recap: If you want something, ask for it. Then start the ball rolling to get it, take whatever steps are necessary – ‘magically’ things will fall into place.

Personal A-Ha!
Several years ago I worked with this fellow who had ‘it’ all. I have to admit I was in a place that really made me dislike him – a lot. But looking back now, he was just doing the above; asking for or taking what, he wanted (I’d err on the side of asking – always be polite) and getting it. The only area of his life that seemed out of sorts was the area of love. I do hope that has remedied itself and he is completely happy now.

At the moment I ‘woke-up’ and realized what he had been doing (even if he didn’t, but I’m sure he did), I didn’t dislike him anymore. I actually wanted to thank him for being a teacher of sorts. For showing me how, even though I only got the lesson years after it was taught.

So I say go for it! Decide what it is your want and ask for it, then set about to achieve it. What is the worse that can happen? The Universe will say ‘no’? I highly doubt that will happen, but if it does re-think what it is you ‘want’…maybe the Universe is trying to tell you something…

Basically it comes down to what goes around comes around; you get what you give; do onto others as you would have them do onto you; etc. If you’re positive, the people around you, the world around you, will be positive!

The Million Dollar Experiment
Steve Pavlina, a personal development guru for ‘smart people’, is conducting an experiment on his website, http://www.stevepavlina.com/, called The Million Dollar Experiment. It’s based on the intention-manifestation model and ‘the goal is to generate $1 million of additional wealth for each person who chooses to participate’. The experiment is free to join except for the daily time required to put forth the intention: ‘In an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time, for the highest good of all, I intend $1,000,000 to come into my life and into the lives of everyone who holds this intention’. To date the experiment has resulted in a manifestation of $2,243,978.07 and there are 4039 public participants, including myself.

Why not decide to bring yourself an extra one million dollars by declaring an intention and then finding ways to manifest it? In light of that, I’ve added Google AdSense ads, affiliate links, and product reviews to my blogs (http://astayathomemomsview.blogspot.com/, http://atoddlerandababy.blogspot.com/). Not to mention donation keys to be clicked on for those of you who are feeling generous… Think about it, if one million of you send me one dollar, I’ll have reached my goal! ;-)

I invite you to join The Million Dollar Experiement too! Why shouldn’t you ‘generate $1 million of additional wealth’?

It is an interesting concept and certainly one that could be applied to any part of one’s life or world. Why not have a public intention for world peace or to end hunger or for that matter, to get Brittany Spears to stop showing her knickers (or the lack there of) in public. Poor Brittany!

My Manifestations
In the past, I have never deliberately used the ‘Laws of Attraction’, however, I have gotten everything I truly wanted. Let me show you:

1 – I wanted to leave the small town I grew up in – check!
2 – I wanted to love and be loved by a great man – check!
3 – I wanted to have a home of my own – check!
4 – I wanted to have a garden – check!
5 – I wanted a job I enjoyed – check!
6 – I wanted to have children – check!
7 – I wanted to be a stay at home mom – check!
8 – I wanted to write for a living – check (in a round about way)!

In conclusion, know that the concepts of the Intention-Manifestation Model, Laws of Attraction, etc. are not difficult concepts to grasp. Its about thinking positively and believing in yourself and having ‘faith’. It is difficult to re-work your brain to not think negatively; I myself catch myself thinking negatively all the time. I’m a work in progress… It is also difficult to wrap your brain around the fact that each thought is an intention, and therefore you must be careful what you ‘wish’ for, because you might just get it….