8.02.2008

Beginning the Manifestation

"The greatest journey begins with a single step."

What will you do today to achieve your goals? It may seem that visualizing is the first step. In many works of manifestation, from The Teachings of Abraham by Jerry and Esther Hicks, to The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, the first step seems to be: ask.

I say seems, for a very specific reason.

Actions begin the manifestation process, after the visualization has already occurred. We spend our meditations thinking about our desires, seeing us in possession of our desires, and feeling the emotions of actually achieving these desires. This is all necessary work.

But it still does not take you to the first step.

Visualization is more like the negative step. The work that is done before you break the surface into the light of day. The seed is planted, nurtured, and grows. BUt it does not begin to take action until you do.

What will you do today to achieve your goal?

Let's say your goal is to make a million dollars. You have visualized the feeling of having this amount of wealth, and you have accepted it as a part of your being. The having of it is indistinguishable from your present circumstances.

But what do you do? After the visualiztion, after you have already begun, how is your day different? How is your reaction to things different?

This is an important key step that many manifestors overlook. Your manifestation work creates situations for you to change habits. That million dollars will not magically appear in your bank account. The universe will change itself to allow for situations to arise that you can take advantage of.

But you must do the taking.

Maybe your goal is to lose weight. You do your exercies, every day, aeeing yourself in your ideal body. But when you are faced with a minor choice (do I drink water or soda with this meal?) you must act in order to help the manifestation take place!

Your visualization may create the conditions for you to make the choice easy. Because you see yourself as thin, when the time comes to choose a beverage, the soda may not seem any more appealing than the water. But if it is your habit to take a soda with your meal, and you refrain from changing this habit, then you refrain from making change. You are disallowing your visualization to manifest.

Actions make manifestations. The visualizations simply allow the opportunity for the actions to take place. But it is still up to you to take those actions.

Be proactive. What will you do to make your visions manifest? What actions will you take?

What will you do?



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