This blog was published in the Elephant Journal in April 2019. Please read and if it feels ok, please like and share it from this link.
Manifestation – You have the Power!
A six-step program for creating magic and miracles in your life.
It is interesting to ponder on our lives and notice where the big changes happened and how we manifested them. Yes, we did manifest them with that very powerful mind. So be careful what you wish for!
For me, one of the biggest changes came approaching my 40th birthday. I remember I was off work with a very painful longstanding back injury and I said to nobody in particular (because I was alone at the time) “There must be more to life than this.” I had a husband, two beautiful children, a house and a career but I was not feeling fulfilled or happy. And I felt powerless to change it. Almost immediately new people started showing up in my life, new experiences, like seeing spiritual groups advertised in the local paper and feeling a real pull to attend, learning healing, meditation, meeting likeminded people as if by chance.
When we are in alignment and flow with life, anything is possible. I was not in the flow, I was in pain. But from that time, when I surrendered to the pain and my stagnation, it all started to change. It was like I had wiped the steam off my bathroom mirror and things became crystal clear. I knew that I was living a glass half empty kind of life and as much as it was not dreadful, it was not fulfilling me. Something was definitely missing.
If you have tried meditation and yoga, or dabbled in the healing arts and not found the answer to your own purpose in life, do not despair. I now have a healthy and loving relationship, a lifestyle where I happily travel the world, care for animals, do yoga, work less and feel so healthy! This is what worked for me and I happily share with you.
1. Surrender
Surrender sounds like a very negative way to look at things but we have to realise that our bucket lists and intentions are a bit too defined. My first task was to surrender to my back condition and seek advice. The surgeon who told me that he doubted he could improve my deteriorating lumbar discs was probably my Guardian Angel. He told me “Just keep moving.” So I did. Yoga to start with, which was not easy, but a voice inside of me kept gently pushing me through those first painful months in class. Teachers and mentors appeared once I got out of the way. When we are in pain or at a low place, it seems things just don’t go right. If we surrender to it and acknowledge where we are at, it can be the first step manifesting our purpose.
2. Listen to the teacher
We think we need to change our boring, hectic, unfulfilling, ordinary lives and when we hear words of wisdom from friends, family, online, even from the kids, we ignore them because we are expecting THE Teacher to appear. Everyone is a teacher for us so the art of listening is the key. We learn and grow so much from listening (instead of reacting) to the people who are right there with us every day. If we stop blaming or reacting and listen, we learn so much.
3. Faith and Trust
It is rare for a flash of light or fanfare of trumpets to herald the new life we are manifesting for ourselves. Often it comes in baby steps as we learn to trust and have faith that there is light ahead. The dark night of the soul is like a rite of passage for some of us. If it gets really gloomy then we are probably in the middle of it and close to passing through to the other side. If we are keeping our thoughts positive, practising mindfulness, consuming nourishing foods and getting fresh air and exercise, we are lining up with life. Trust the process.
4. Gratitude
At least three times a day, I give thanks. Firstly for the food in front of me. Then for the myriad of things that I am seriously grateful for. My lover, kids, friends, health etc. I even say thank you if it is a painful thing as I know I have a lot to learn from it. (See 1. Surrender). Gratitude is a positive mindset. Keep saying thank you.
5. Support
When we are in a dark place and people offer support or advice, it can be extremely difficult to accept. We may feel disempowered or weak and that just exacerbates the issue. We don’t hear, we can’t understand. As we learn to receive, illumination appears like the light at the end of the tunnel. The support comes at the right time and makes a difference. Learning to receive is such a great gift. It lines up beautifully with Gratitude and Surrender.
6. Patience
I have so many manifestation stories I could share but this one illustrates patience beautifully.
I lived in London in my twenties and as an avid tennis fan, it was my dream to go watch a match Wimbledon Centre Court. I moved to New Zealand so it was only an event I watched on TV and dreamt of being there. The strawberries and champagne, the crowds and excitement of a world-class event. Whilst in England this year with my partner on our petsitting travels, we looked at buying tickets for Wimbledon. You could probably feed a small country for the cost of them so we looked at getting a Ground Pass just to get into Wimbledon. Not much info online so we just decided to show up. We were so fortunate to visit on the day the English Football World Cup semi-final was on. England was playing so over half the country was in football fever. We got into the grounds with no queuing at all, after being told the likelihood of even getting into the ground was remote. Around 5 pm hoards of people left Wimbledon to go watch the football. We bought resale tickets for Centre Court for £15 each (which went to charity) and watched mesmerised as Del Potro and Nadal slugged it out in a jaw-dropping five-setter. A dream realised after 35 years! With patience magic happens!
Likewise meeting my soulmate Gerry. We were so close to meeting in New Zealand back in the 80s. He was a professional squash player and I was an active player and committee member at a large club in Palmerston North. I met Susan Devoy, the world No.1 woman at the time and other top players. But the universe had not planned for Gerry and me to meet at that time. It probably would not have worked out to be the loving and enduring relationship we have right now if we had connected then. With patience magic happens!
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