How to Manifest Just About Anything
Now that you have the basic pieces of the “change puzzle,” the following formula for making positive and lasting changes in your life will make sense. The process involves four key steps. These steps can be aptly described as “cutting-edge ancient wisdom,” and they represent essential components of any process of change that is consistently successful. Some of these steps can be found in the practices of meditation, prayer, affirmations, visualization, positive thinking, contemporary allopathic medicine, complementary energy medicine, many ancient healing practices, and various psychological techniques, among others. Few processes seem to contain all four steps. The greater the number of these steps included in a change process, the more successful it is likely to be. Compare these steps to techniques you have been using and see how many are included. This comparison may give you some insight into why some processes work well and others fall short of your expectations.
Even if you never have the opportunity to experience the PSYCH-K belief change processes, you will understand the ideal steps to creating beliefs that support your goals rather than sabotage them. It’s a critical first step in manifesting your dreams and desires.
Formula for Manifestation
Intention + Intent + Meaningful Ritual + Action = Manifestation
Step 1.
Set Intention/Goal
Decide what you want. Your intention is your goal. This should be stated in the first person, present tense (as if it were already true), reflecting what you DO want rather than what you DON’T want. Example: “I am happy and content” is better than “I am not depressed.” Define the goal in sensory-based language, (i.e. visual, auditory, and kinesthetic language or symbols).
Step 2.
Check for Intent
Decide whether you really want it, and what the ramifications might be in your life if you get it. Intent is the emotional component of the process. It represents your desire and commitment to achieving your goal. Is it something you REALLY want or just a good idea, as long as you don’t have to work very hard or risk much to get it?
Ask yourself these questions: “Is it really worth wanting? Are you emotionally invested in getting it? What sacrifices are you willing or not willing to make in order to achieve your goal?”
Step 3.
Communicate Intention to the Subconscious Mind
Identify a meaningful “ritual” (activity or process) for communication with the subconscious, such as PSYCH-K, prayer, visualization, affirmations, religious rite, vision quest, one of numerous healing modalities, or special activities. Whatever you give meaning and importance to is more likely to work. The ritual will virtually always work if you can communicate directly with the subconscious mind, allowing it to select the ritual rather than choosing it consciously, or having the facilitator choose it. This is an important step in PSYCH-K. If omitted, as is the case with many well-intentioned processes for personal change, it makes the outcome much less certain. Without direct communication with the subconscious mind you are simply guessing which approach will work to make the change you desire. This step is critical! If done properly, it will align the subconscious mind with your conscious goal, turning manifestation of your goals into a habit rather than an effort.
Step 4.
Take Action
Using your “intent” from Step 2, take action/s to manifest the potential available from Step 3. This step is analogous to opening an application program on your personal computer. The power of the program is merely latent potential until you activate it. So it is with newly acquired subconscious beliefs. Your subconscious mind will support, rather than sabotage, your conscious choice to “act”-ivate the new potential, however it still requires your conscious mind’s choice to take the actions that create the results. For example, exercise to become physically fit; or if your goal requires knowledge you do not currently possess, read books or get training in that area.
Changing subconscious beliefs creates potential.
Putting them into action creates results.
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14 These are belief statement sheets provided in the Basic PSYCH-K Workshop handouts.
Chapter 9
Testing Your Subconscious Beliefs
The first problem for all of us, men and women,
is not to learn, but to unlearn.
– Gloria Steinem
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!
This is your opportunity to see whether you have self-sabotaging beliefs in any of seven important areas of your life. These areas include Self-Esteem, Relationships, Prosperity, Health and Body, Spirituality, Personal Power, and Grief and Loss. You can test your subconscious beliefs using the muscle testing technique described in Chapter 3. For best results, review the muscle testing section in this book or at the Web site at www.psych-k.com before proceeding. If you choose the Web site, select the Test Your Beliefs button and follow the instructions. The following beliefs are excerpted from the handouts in the PSYCH-K Basic Workshop training. The class handouts include a total of 175 beliefs in these seven categories of change. This cross-section of beliefs gives you a good idea of whether you are subconsciously sabotaging yourself in these key areas of your life. Treat this activity as a process of “discovery” rather than blame or shame. Remember, you are about to access the part of your mind that is below the level of your conscious awareness. You could have done little about subconscious beliefs in the past, using processes that relied heavily on conscious insight and willpower alone. If you discover you are testing weak to some of the following beliefs and would like to have those beliefs included as a part of your subconscious software, rest assured it is possible.
Muscle test the following belief statements. Say each statement out loud as if you really mean it! Concentrate on the feeling you get when you say the statement. Have your partner muscle test you immediately after you say the statement. Your subconscious mind responds to what you are paying attention to at the moment the muscle is being tested. Any significant delay in the test from the time the statement is made may result in an inaccurate response. Concentrate more on the statement than on the arm being tested to ensure that the response you get relates to the statement you just made and not extraneous thoughts. Notice which beliefs are strong and which are weak. This distinction will let you know which beliefs are supporting you in this area of your life, and which are not.
Spirituality
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power.
We have guided missiles and misguided men.
–Martin Luther King Jr.
At a time in our history when the bar of integrity and ethics seems to be at a new low in our society and around the world, a growing need emerges in many people to fill a void in their lives that material possessions, fame, and power just cannot satisfy. Whether through organized religion or its various spiritual alternatives, the search for meaning in our lives has caused a heightened interest in spiritual matters.
We live in a world of perpetual “overwhelm.” In our high-speed technological age, it is virtually impossible to feel “up to speed” on just about any subject or issue in our society. The sensation of being overwhelmed often leads to a crippling feeling of insecurity and uncertainty. This debilitating reality is echoed by the fact that the most popular drugs sold by major pharmaceutical companies are antidepressants (such as Prozac) and ulcer medications (such as Prilosec). Even more startling is the fact that the fastest growing market for antidepressants in the U.S. market is children age twelve and under.15
A steady diet of the evening news will convince most people that the world is a bad place and getting worse. The issues are so terrifying and widespread that any real solution seems unlikely. The sources of our anxiety come from every direction: international terrorism, urban violence, fear of economic collapse, moral decay, geological catastrophes, astronomical anomalies, biological aberrations, genetic engineering, and so on. The list seems endle
ss. In such times, often people turn to spirituality and religion for solace, guidance, and perspective. It has been said that the only real security we can know is our ability to change our point of view. In other words, the power to survive and even thrive in this kind of seemingly hopeless environment is to expand the connection to our spiritual selves.
Using the PSYCH-K belief change techniques, you can check to see what your subconscious programs are regarding your spiritual or religious beliefs. You may be surprised to learn that beliefs you hold to be true consciously are not always shared by your subconscious mind. Where a disagreement exists between the subconscious and conscious minds, doubt and struggle occurs. In working with several thousand people over the years, I noticed that those who are the most fervent about their beliefs often are so because of a deeper insecurity about those very same beliefs. Using PSYCH-K to discover such discrepancies and then to resolve them so that the subconscious beliefs support the conscious beliefs is a liberating and comforting experience.
Using the muscle testing technique described in Chapter 3, check the following beliefs to see what your subconscious mind believes. If the beliefs suggested here aren’t important to you, make up your own. Just be sure they are stated in the first person, present tense for best results.
Sample Beliefs:
1. I believe in God
(Divine Intelligence, Buddha, Great Spirit, etc.).
2. I am loved by God
(Divine Intelligence, Buddha, Great Spirit, etc.).
3. I trust God
(Divine Intelligence, Buddha, Great Spirit, etc.).
4. I love God
(Divine Intelligence, Buddha, Great Spirit etc.).
5. I am a necessary and important part of the Divine plan.
6. I am guided and protected by God
(Divine Intelligence, Buddha, Great Spirit, etc.).
7. I have a personal relationship with God
(Divine Intelligence, Buddha, Great Spirit, etc.).
Self-Esteem
If you believe you can or
you believe you can’t
… you’re right!
–Henry Ford
How you view yourself profoundly influences how others view you. If you are confident and self-assured, other people will tend to see you that way also. However, if you are tentative and unsure of yourself, others will respond accordingly with a lack of confidence and trust in you. Essentially, your beliefs, especially the subconscious ones, are teaching the world how to treat you. The way people treat you is a reflection of those subconscious beliefs. Consequently, if you want to change the way others behave toward you, you need to change the self-sabotaging beliefs that are causing the undesirable treatment. As the saying goes, “If you can’t love yourself, you can’t expect others to love you.”
Another aspect of self-esteem is the concept of unworthiness. Some world religions teach us that we are fundamentally unworthy. Others teach that life is endless suffering and to simply embrace it as an inevitable consequence of being in the world. Perhaps the nuances of these beliefs are understood by theologians and mystics in a way that doesn’t lead to the conclusion that “life’s a bitch and then you die,” but to the average person that conclusion is hard to escape. More often than not it leads to a deep sense of hopelessness and helplessness and that you are not worthy of having it be different. If you want to be free of the limitations of unworthiness in your life, be sure that your subconscious beliefs support that goal.
Muscle test the following beliefs to discover how you see yourself.
Sample Beliefs:
I deeply appreciate and accept myself.
I love myself unconditionally.
I deserve the very best life has to offer.
I am confident and self-assured.
I am proud of my results and comfortable with my successes and my failures.
I am a good person.
I do my best and my best is good enough.
Relationships
The meeting of two personalities is like
the contact of two chemical substances:
if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
–C. G. Jung (Psychiatrist)
For many people relationships are the most rewarding, and sometimes the most challenging and painful, of human experiences. Our first role models for relationships are usually our parents. And before you decide to blame your parents for your failed relationships, remember they got their relationship software from their parents who got theirs from their parents, and so on. Blaming your parents or others for your relationship difficulties just reinforces the problem. When you blame others for your problems, you establish and/or reinforce a victim mentality at the subconscious level. This program says that other people and forces control your life. You can see that such beliefs lead you to attract people and situations that make life difficult. The subconscious mind is simply programmed to recognize and attract what is familiar, not necessarily what is desirable.
Here are some constructive, relationship-enhancing beliefs to check with muscle testing.
Sample Beliefs:
It’s easy for me to give love to others.
It’s easy for me to receive love from others.
I am worthy of an intimate, passionate relationship.
I am ready for a powerful, intimate relationship in my life.
I am willing to risk loving and being loved.
It’s okay for me to express my truth in a relationship.
It’s okay for me to grow and change in a relationship.
Prosperity
For the love of money is the root of all evil.
–1 Timothy 6:10, King James Bible
Beliefs that sabotage our personal prosperity are frequently embedded in the subconscious. Often our early religious training or parental conditioning creates beliefs that are counterproductive to achieving financial prosperity. For example, the preceding quotation refers to the “love” of money as the root of all evil. As young children with limited capacity for intellectual discernment, we tend to generalize, simplify, and distort otherwise sophisticated distinctions such as the one between the love of money and the acquisition of money. With this limited capacity for discernment we often end up with distilled and possibly distorted versions of beliefs that may be based on fundamental truths, but end up adulterated into beliefs like these:
Money is the root of all evil.
Poverty is a virtue.
Money is power, and power corrupts.
You don’t deserve to have lots of money.
You can’t be both spiritual and wealthy.
It is an understatement to say that such beliefs are undesirable when it comes to meeting your financial needs and desires. Not only can beliefs sabotage the accumulation of wealth, they can undermine the management of that wealth even if you accumulate it. If you find yourself spending money as fast as, or faster than, you acquire it, or you make one bad investment decision after another, chances are your beliefs about not deserving to have lots of money are at the bottom of this self-sabotaging behavior. Muscle test the following beliefs to determine your propensity for prosperity.
Sample Beliefs:
I trust myself to manage money honestly and sensibly.
It is okay for me to want money and I do want it.
I enjoy making lots of money and spending it.
I can make all the money I need doing a job that I love.
I deserve to have all the money I need.
Money is one expression of my spirituality and my love for God, others, and myself.
It is okay to have more money than I need.
Health and Body
… regardless of what supplements you take and what kind of exercise you do, when all is said and done it is your attitude, your beliefs, and your daily thought patterns that have the most profound effect on your health.
–Christiane Northrup, M.D., The Wisdom of Menopause
Our health is the foundation of ou
r lives. As the quote from Dr. Northrup suggests, our beliefs, attitudes, and thought patterns can create health or disease. Western science is finally acknowledging this link and is beginning to study its ramifications for health care in the United States. Other cultures, including the Chinese, Polynesian, and Native American, have been using this connection of mind and body as an important healing tool for centuries.
An entire spectrum of scientific studies in the field of psychoneuroimmunology support the findings of a “disease-resistant” as well as a “self-healing” personality.16 People with these personality traits enjoy better health than the population at large. Some of these traits are enthusiasm, alertness, responsiveness, curiosity, security, self-esteem, and contentment. Additional qualities and attributes of healthy people are the ability to express anger, resolve fears, manage loss, forgive self and others, and to see the world filled with hope. Healthful traits are supported by healthful subconscious beliefs.
Much has been researched and written about the field of psychoneuroimmunology in the past thirty-five years, including insights into the power of beliefs that affect our biology. PSYCH-K helps you access the innate wisdom of the mind/body system and the power of subconscious beliefs as they relate to health and healing, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Beliefs are the driving force behind the phenomenon known as the placebo effect. Although still used pejoratively by many in the mainstream medical community, the placebo effect is a tenacious reality that science has been unable to explain adequately or to factor out of clinical studies. It represents the power of beliefs in the equation for healing. As Herbert Benson, M.D., says in his book, Timeless Healing: The Power and Biology of Belief,
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