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Dear Carrie:
How do I manifest winning the lottery??
Signed, I Want to Be a Millionaire
Dear I Want to Be a Millionaire,
While I do appreciate your desire – you’re going about it all wrong. Let’s get into it.
What The F*#% Even IS Manifesting??
At this conjecture of the human experiment, I think it’s safe to say most of us have heard of the Law of Attraction. But –in case you live under a rock – The Law of Attraction simply states what we think about is what we get in life. Where we choose to place our focus is what shows up for us.
At its core, manifestation is having a keen awareness of what you truly want and making consistent choices towards that thing. Life is all about the choices that we make – it’s not mystifying.
These lovely little 3-D realities we find ourselves participant to are nothing more than the end result of a messed-up mix of our thoughts and emotions. In other words – you create the world around you entirely based off what you think and feel.
A wise man by the name of Albert Einstein once said:
“Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it; match the frequency of the reality you want, and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way; this is not philosophy – this is physics.”
It it’s good enough for old Albert – it’s certainly good enough for me. So – let’s break it down…
The Science of Manifestation
To manifest – you can’t sit back and hope to high heavens for sweet little things to fall into your lap.
Trust me – you can send all kinds of positive thoughts and affirmations into the Universe…but, unless you have the right reason – plus the courage and grit to actually do something with the opportunities the Universe sends your way…nothing will change for you.
Thoughts become things only with action.
To manifest – you must become a vibrational match for the thing that you want.
Somewhere along our merry little lives (usually around five years old) – we start to pick up on the toxic belief systems that plague the adults all around us. Emotions like doubt, self-hatred, worry and overwhelm replace positive ones such as love, hope, excitement and creativity.
Over time, emotions like fear and doubt completely consume us… to the point that wishing to win a lottery becomes our only sense of hope or control.
Instead of choosing to manifest beautiful things for ourselves and families, we attempt to manifest little pieces of paper – tiny tickets to solve our problems: Here is enough money so I will finally be happy now!
How To Actually Manifest What You Want
The Universe is a perfect reflection of ourselves; it can only give more of what we give to it.
So – instead of wishing for a nicer and newer car – try thinking about how great this one you have is; how perfectly wonderful that it gets you from A to B with reliability and affordability. Isn’t that nice. Let them have fancy new SUVs with staggering monthly payments; I’ll take my old Betsy any day of the week! (Thank you very much). Keep this thought pattern up consistently for long enough, and don’t be surprised when your car is totalled off in a hit and run (no injuries, of course!), and you end up walking away with a fat insurance cheque. (Poor Betsy though!)
I’ve used the principles of manifestation to bring all kinds of things into my life: money, children, an attentive partner, fulfilling work and prestigious career, a dream home, and rewarding experiences of all kinds.
If you’re looking for more in life, here’s what you need to do:
#1: Decide What You Actually Want
So, you want One Million Bajillion Gajillion Dollars! Good for you!!!
Now tell me – what are you going to do with that money?? Will you pay off your debt?? Buy your parents farm?? Move to Italy with your exotic lover?? And what is the feeling that’s associated with that thing?
Everybody wants to be rich and famous – duh! But what actually makes you happy and fulfilled??
Dear I Want to Be a Millionaire – I suggest you spend a coffee break to write out (with an actual pen and piece of paper) what your life looks like in five years, ten, fifteen years from now….
Consider relationships, health, family and friends, work and creativity. What do you want to do with your life? How do you want to feel? Who do you want there with you? Are you proud of yourself? What for?? What exciting things have you done??
