What is manifesting? How does it work
The wellness craze that everyone’s been talking about and claiming everything positive can also be your next mantra, Manifesting.
With the emergence of Rhonda Byrne’s popular book The Secret that has sold 30 million copies worldwide, social media had it all positively rolling, even on TikTok and YouTube. This book is all about manifesting every dream and forcing hard on positive thoughts to achieve your desired outcome.
Manifesting Defined
Manifesting can be defined as turning your dreams into reality using your dedication towards that ultimate goal. How so? With manifestation, you can bring something to life through deep belief and attraction.
In a nutshell, if you think of it and trust the process, it will happen, and it will come. Manifesting is also the practice of thinking affirmative thoughts to make them real.
Whether it be a quarantine trend or a practice popularized by self-help books, the practice of manifesting becomes trending. It started late March to mid-July when Google searches for the term were boosted to 669 percent.
Alongside the fame of other practices involving essential oils, tarot, crystals, and energy wavelengths, manifestation also gained quite the fame. All you need are your ultimate dreams and thinking about how it feels like if they successfully manifested.
One famous TikTok video says that by just coming across it, the video was already manifested. It also says everything that happens in your life is the result of your unconscious manifestation.
The “angel numbers” is also another belief associated with manifestation. Some of these numbers are 1111 and 444 that are sent from the universe.
Special sound frequencies are also another positive energy for manifesting specific goals, with 528 hertz being the love frequency.
How to start manifesting
As the author of A Spiritual Entrepreneur, Angelina Lombardo, says in an interview on OprahMag.com, manifesting is making everything you want to feel and experience reality through your thoughts, actions, and beliefs.”
If you believe this, let’s start working toward your goals through manifesting. Here are the guidelines on how you can start manifesting.
Be clear on what you desire and want
The first step is to know exactly what you want. You are the only one who can take hold of it, whether it be a better job, a new partner, or a healthy relationship.
You have to own it. One secret is to set your intention specifically—the more concise, the better.
For example, instead of saying “I want a better job,” think of a more detailed description of what it’s like. Think of the job’s specific nature, salary, and work environment. You’ll know you manifested your dream job because it will happen just how you’ve pictured it.
Set your intention and write it down on paper
So you’re already set with the same dreams, hopes, and goals you want. Ask the universe for these. You can do so by meditating, praying, visualizing, and saying your intentions out loud.
You can also create a vision board or a future box. Your future box will contain all the pictures of things you want to manifest.
Another way is writing your intention on paper. Whenever you’re on TikTok, you might have stumbled upon the 369 methods. This is writing down what you desire in a specific order – 3 times in the morning, six times in the afternoon, and nine times at night for 33 or 45 days. Or you can do the simple way of writing a letter to the universe.
Create a plan and start working towards it
To manifest your dreams accordingly, you have to create a plan. This will also serve as your guideline for your manifesting process. When your plan is finalized, you’ll have to work on your goals to get you there.
Whatever plan you have come up with, you have to analyze all the factors to get to that goal step-by-step. Nothing great comes in handy, so working towards achieving your goal is doing your part of the deal with the universe.
Always stick to the plan, and don’t ever lose hope if there are some bumps along the way. This is where the advantage of planning comes in, you are ready, and you can think of contingency plans since you have thought it through.
Be grateful and exude kindness.
Receive and acknowledge every time. Aside from meditation and visualization, showing gratitude for what you have is key. Even if you didn’t get what you wanted in your set timeframe, you should still acknowledge every little thing you receive. Also, giving yourself kindness can help your manifestation journey in a major way.
Feeling grateful will help you shift your thinking from “lack” to “abundance.” This will help you shift your focus on what you have instead of thinking of what you’re lacking. You need to stay positive in the short term, as this can make a huge impact on your goals.
Practicing gratitude can be done in some ways:
- Thank someone for their kindness and support, even with just simple acts like helping you edit something
- Every day, write one thing you’re grateful for. Be thankful for the sun, the good weather, and your great mood that got you through your whole day.
- Be kind to yourself. Having regular me-time or self-care can help you cultivate your mental health and feel good about yourself.
- Avoid any resistance and let go of limiting beliefs.
By changing your mindset to positive thinking, you need to eliminate any limiting beliefs that may negatively affect your visualizations. Let go of fear, self-inhibitions, and negative self-talk. To further analyze what those limiting beliefs are, here’s what you can do:
- Answer the question, “What are the beliefs I have about that may inhibit my progress?”
- List down your answers.
- Cross out these limiting beliefs and replace them with positive affirmations.
- Replace any negative feelings with positive insights
If ever you find yourself questioning what you’re worth, stop and think of reasons why you deserve everything good.
Boost your vibration
Everything around us is made of energy. The same goes for all the living creatures here on Earth. All of us release energy.
If you think of the concept of karma, what goes around comes around—raising your vibration and giving off positive energy signals to the universe that you’re open to positive circumstances.
You have to align your attitude, thoughts, behavior, and vibration with your goal to raise your vibration. If you want to manifest your dreams, the energy and vibes you put on things must be consistent and in line with your plan.
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Key Takeaway
Manifesting works if you have strong beliefs and a positive outlook. The law of attraction works once your goals and dreams align with your thoughts and feelings.
Never doubt even if you want to manifest money. The dreams you create with the universe will only come true once you claim it is yours and feel like it’s already happening.
