How to make visualizing and manifesting more fun
What, like it's hard? Here's a simpler way to get what you want and feel good while doing it. Plus, Abraham Hicks quote, writing prompt, and more!
Here's what matters most when manifesting: thoughts become things.
What also matters is when our thoughts don't become "things," it's likely because another thought competes with or negates the main one.
We think over 60,000 unique thoughts a day.
It stands to reason that one might overpower and cancel out a desire because we believe and accept it more.
The good news is we can learn to shine a light on the thoughts that work against us.
Then, change them.
Remember: whatever we feel is missing is only a thought away.
What we want is much closer than we think.
Imagine only the emotion you're after
To get closer to what we want, we must think new thoughts and give them power.
As Mike Dooley says, imagining only the emotion you're after rather than the "thing" itself or the "how" helps you catch fire faster.
Most people and books tell us to visualize the house, car, money, etc.
But, doing it this way can cause two obstacles hit us:
1) We notice the severe gap from where we are now to where we want to go. Discouragement and depression might follow.
2) The specific things and "hows" that we attach to the emotion we want to feel might limit the thought from manifesting because we're forcing a specific journey to get to the result. That specific journey might not be right, so the thought stutters and sputters on its way to existence, if at all.
Let's throw what we know about visualizing out the window and start fresh.
Say less about visualizing
If we want a better relationship, more money, etc., we're after the joy, peace, confidence, and fulfillment we think it brings, right?
Mike Dooley says:
"In all these imaginings, you want to leave out the details of how something will happen...Your thoughts, like air bubbles, have their own default setting to manifest as quickly as possible, tempored only by your other thoughts."
This makes visualizing and manifesting much more fun.
Since our thoughts are destined to manifest as quickly as possible, our only job is to define the dream and think about the end result in every imaginable detail.
Then, trust that whatever how happens is part of that thought's journey to a reality of time and space.
In a future post, we'll discuss how, yes, our thoughts create our reality, but no, we can't predict everything we experience on the way to that thought becoming a reality.
Thankfully, there's a way to approach unexpected events and circumstances.
Surrender the 'hows'
This explains why I loved visualizing as a kid but hated it as an adult.
When I went to bed, I imagined living in Los Angeles and working in the music industry.
But rather than focusing on specifics, like how I would get a house in the Hollywood Hills, I was obsessed with seeing myself as alive, creative, and joyful.
It became such a genuine emotional experience that I couldn't wait to go to bed every night and live in this beautiful world I had created.
As an adult, my focus was on how.
Productivity mattered most, so spending time dreaming and feeling felt wasteful.
What was the ROI?
Even though I didn't consciously say it, that's the belief I had created.
It's so funny typing this now because visualizing the emotion we want to feel is the most productive use of our time.
Mike Dooley says:
"Surrender the 'hows' even as you continue living your normal life–knocking on doors, turning over stones–by not insisting upon which doors open or which stones possess your solution but only upon the end result you desire."
How fun is this?
We get to define the dream, bask in the result's emotions, and allow the thought to inspire the right action.
This tells me life doesn't need to be as challenging as society makes it seem.
Francesca
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Good Quote
Good Question
Move up the ladder to higher vibrations by writing at the top of a blank page:
What is my dream and what emotion do I want to feel when I get it?
and see what flows from your pen. No judgment or editing.
Good Thinking
Good Action
Spend five minutes a day max visualizing the emotions of a dream you've defined. Mike Dooley believes you only need five minutes. Beyond that, we risk daydreaming or wandering, so spend five quality, powerful minutes visualizing and watching things shift in your life!
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