And I know you are not going to do that.
You are one of the people who are going to succeed. And the reason you’re going to succeed is because once you’ve made a clear decision to take action, you will stick to it and see it through.
After all, isn’t that why you’re interested in manifestation in the first place?
To change your life for the better?
You see, at this stage, there’s another decision you have to make.
You’ve learned the theory of manifestation, and you might have even tried visualization (and I’m certain that you’ve decided what you want to achieve!)
Now: you have to actually take action to get what you want.
And whether you do take action, or not, instantly reveals how committed you are to your goal – or not.
At the risk of stating the obvious, once again, I’d like to make the point that if you aren’t committed to your goal, the universe will know just by the way in which you conduct yourself …. and your chances of manifesting what you want always match your level of commitment.
Low commitment = no manifestation. High commitment = manifestation.
If you have a burning desire, passionate belief, and total expectancy that you’ll get what you want, AND you take action of some kind which moves you in the general direction you want to go, then success is assured.
The Nature of Action
I don’t care whether you call it massive action or incremental steps.
What I know about action is that it’s the pursuit of your goal by taking deliberate and committed action which puts you in a position to achieve massive changes in your life.
It’s the application of focused, concentrated energy towards a specific goal.
You might need to be creative, to “think outside the box”, and you might need to do something that seems to you to be a brave step.
I guess for anybody who’s not in a relationship and wants to be in one, or anybody wants to be in a great relationship instead of a mediocre one, that putting themselves out there and making themselves vulnerable does require bravery.
But that’s what commitment means.
If you’re a writer, and you want to be a million selling published author, then you have to expose yourself to the possibility of rejection by those who don’t share your vision.
If you want to start a business, you have to decide what product you’re going to sell and then take some steps to get inventory and market it, regardless of your fear that customers won’t come.
Obviously, there’s no way round this. Procrastination about facing reality is just going to stop you achieving anything.
Never was there a more appropriate expression than “Just Do It”.
You can’t wait for your plan and your life situation to be perfect, because they never will be.
But, once you pluck up the courage and take that first step, your momentum will keep you going, overcome fear, and help you achieve what it is you want.
Knowledge and Power
You see, knowledge may be powerful, but it’s only practical when it’s combined with action. That’s one reason why you may find it helpful to buddy up with somebody who can support you in the achievement of your goals and objectives.
Here are some keys to success!
A Clear Vision Is Essential
It’s absolutely critical that you understand taking steps in a random way is not the work.
You need to have a plan which moves you in the general direction of your goal.
And of course, without a shadow of doubt, you need to have a clear goal to which you’re completely committed.
Adjust Your Path As You Go
A lot of people are deterred from following their heart because they think they need a direct path from here to their destination, and they cannot see it in any way, shape or form. But that’s too big a step for most people.
All you need to do is take steps which guide you in the general direction of where you want to go.
Doing that will allow you to evaluate your plan and refine it as you go. (And besides which, if you’re really committed to something, the universe will always show you the next step to take.)
Value and Manage Your Time
Don’t allow yourself to be distracted by ephemera and flim-flam. Keep your focus on what you’re trying to achieve and be disciplined enough with yourself to keep on doing it, even when the tempting distractions that seem easy and trivial come along.
If you work on the internet these might be Facebook, Twitter and the like. If you work in an office, these might be gossips, long lunches, aimless surfing… and so on. Look, if you want success, you need to be disciplined.
You need to rise higher than everyone else. You need to stand out with your determination and commitment and perseverance.
Start Right Now
Like I said, your circumstances, your plan, your knowledge, your talents, your abilities, will never be perfect. But fortunately you are not doing this alone – there are plenty of other people out there who can help you.
To wait for the ideal situation is a shibboleth, a distraction, a way of avoiding taking action. All you need to do is start moving courageously in a focused way towards your goals, taking whatever steps you need to overcome obstacles in your way.
Don’t Worry About The “Cursed How’s”
I can’t emphasize enough that the more time you spend wondering how you’re going to achieve your goal, the less effective you will be.
If you remember, the whole philosophy of manifestation is about belief and commitment. By worrying about “how” something is going to happen, you are demonstrating to the universe that you have doubts that it will happen.
This is the issue of faith in manifestation: you must believe that what you want can happen.
That’s the only absolute requirement you face. When you believe that what you want to happen can happen, you won’t have any doubts. You just know that it will happen.
And when you know that something will happen, you don’t need to worry about how it’s going to manifest. What you’ll find is that a series of small steps and coincidences and synchronicities will guide you in the right direction.
And that is truly the magic of manifestation.
Start Today – There’s Never Going to Be A Better Time
Once you’ve started to move toward your goal, you tend to keep moving.
Remember the wonderful expression: “The world makes way for a woman or man who knows where they’re going.”
So all you have to do today is to simply choose one action step that will take you in the direction of your goal.
Maybe it’s just going out to buy a journal in which to record your thoughts and feelings. Maybe it’s more substantive like making a phone call to an employment agency, or joining a dating site on the Internet.
Maybe it’s bigger than that, like taking up an exercise program, committing to a diet, or engaging a psychotherapist to help you overcome your psychological challenges.
Maybe it’s signing up for a self hypnosis program that will allow you to overcome your limiting beliefs and engage in the massive action necessary to bring about whatever it is that you want to achieve.
Only you know what the next step will be.
A friend of mine read about manifestation and was moved to take his extraordinary skills as an amateur cook to a professional level. He decided to become a professional chef.
His first step was to research training programs on the Internet. And he found one which seemed ideal.
He had no money, but he decided he was going to pursue this dream come what may. His next brave step, made with complete commitment and total belief, was to sign up for the course ….. and then he discovered that the college he’d chosen offered a bursary fund for people with limited income.
Coincidence? Synchronicity? Serendipity? Yes, all of those things, for that is the miracle of manifestation.
Decide right NOW what you can do
TODAY to take you in the general direction of your goal – and then DO IT.
And once you’ve done it, keep moving. If your goal is important enough to you, you can’t afford to stop. In fact, your energy will keep you going forward as you take one step after another.
And that’s where it helps to have a plan: a plan of what you’re going to do today, this week, this month, this year, set out step-by-step.
Example of An Action Plan
Goal:
To lose 30 pounds in the next three months.
Outcomes:
To feel better about myself.
To reduce the risk of heart disease.
To have women look at me like they once did.
Action Steps:
Today
Research weight loss strategies
Choose the right diet for me
This week
Start following that diet
Shop for the healthy foods I need for the diet
This month
Get some fitness gear
Hire a personal trainer
Start a regime of 3 workouts each week
Now I know that your objectives might not be around losing weight, but the principle is exactly the same.
You don’t want to try and keep everything in your head, because that’s just stressful.
You don’t want to spend an infinite amount of time trying to work out the exact details of how you’re going to achieve your goal, because that’s just procrastination.
Instead, you can decide upon simple, straightforward action steps whatever your objective might be, and then you can carry them out.
That is the true demonstration of your commitment to yourself.
That is the way in which you too can be a part of the magic of manifestation.
You can use the template above for your own goals, or you can develop one which suits you. But just do it.
Just Do Something! Today!
And tomorrow.
And the next day.
And the day after that.
And the day after that.
And forever more….
CHAPTER 9
HOW TO VISUALIZE YOUR
DESIRED OUTCOMES
Visualization is the key to manifestation.
The simple and straightforward truth behind any successful manifestation is this: what you can create in the physical world depends on your ability to first imagine it in your mind.
As Napoleon Hill put it: “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.”
Think of visualization as a way in which you can program your subconscious with the blueprint of what you’re trying to create.
There are, no doubt, other ways to communicate with the subconscious – if you’ve read the chapter on limiting beliefs, for example, you’ll know that one way you can change limiting beliefs is by reprogramming your subconscious mind using hypnotic techniques.
But when you’re visualizing something with the intention of manifesting it, the difference is that you have to be in control of the images you create.
It’s often said that the subconscious mind can’t distinguish between imagination and reality. And that seems to be backed up by the way manifestation works.
For it seems that everyone who is successful with manifestation uses the same technique: visualization.
What Does “Visualization” Really Mean?
There’s a simple way to understand this, which is simply to close your eyes for a moment and summon up a picture of something that happened to you recently, or perhaps a picture of somebody dear to you – your children or partner or a close friend, maybe.
You’re not seeing with your eyes; you’re imagining in your “mind’s eye” an image of your desired outcome.
This shows the brain is responsible for perception of visual images, not the eyes, and so you don’t need to “see” with your eyes to create an image in your mind.
If you try and see things, as it were, on the back of your eyelids, using them as a screen, you’re going about this the wrong way. A better process is to imagine the scene playing out in front of you – that way, even though it’s in your mind, you may find it easier to create the images you want to manifest.
But the best way of all is to shut your eyes, to go inside yourself, and to be aware of the power of your mind to create mental imagery.
As always, intention is everything.
Here, you need to have a clear intention to create an image of a scene which would encapsulate your life as it will be when you’ve manifested your desired outcomes.
You can even play a kind of movie in your mind.
Imagine a sequence of scenes depicting different aspects of your desired outcome, so that you get an energetic feel of how it will be in real life when you’re living those images.
Just ask yourself what it would look like if your desired outcome was your current reality.
What would you be doing? Where would you be doing it? Who would you be doing it with? What surroundings would be visible to you?
Anything that lets you anchor the scene as a real image in your mind is needed here. Because the images you create in your imagination will communicate your goal to your subconscious – and this effectively tells the subconscious to create that reality in physical form around you.
You are, in short, reprogramming yourself with a new vision of your own future.
And with the aid of “emotional fuel” (which I explain in the next chapter), the subconscious can then convey this image of your reality to the universe around you.
And since the universe around you is responsible for the manifestation of everything in your life, it will take the message from your mind, and begin to set in process the events which need to happen to create this new reality for you.
So at this stage, I hope it’s clear that you have two things to focus on while you’re visualizing your desired outcome:
A scene or image of what you want to achieve or create in your life, as though it was already present in your life
and the emotional feelings which go with that scene.
This may seem overwhelming, but really, it’s not difficult to visualize, and the more you practice, the easier it will be to create this experience of imagery.
You’ll also become more focused on how you want your world to be.
Present Tense, First Person
It’s important to remember that you must visualize these images as though they are already present in YOUR life.
If you visualize them as being some part of your future, that is regrettably where they’re going to stay – in the future.
Also keep in mind that if you try and manifest outcomes for anyone else – it won’t work. You can only manifest for yourself.
The right way to picture these images is in YOUR present, as though they already existed NOW.
To make this more real, you should try visualizing a goal or outcome that you want to create, and also involve the senses of hearing, smell, and touch.
Using the other senses are more difficult for most people than simply creating a visual mental image, but it can be done.
You might also know that visualization with the intention of manifestation is best done when you’re in a relaxed state of mind.
Find a private place, where your attention is not distracted, and where you can relax without distraction while you focus on your objectives.
The Secrets Of Successful Visualization
Posture
Sit down, close your eyes, relax each part of your body in turn as you take several deep breaths, and count slowly down from 20 to 1.
When you’re calm, relaxed and centered, start visualizing your desired outcomes in the way I described above.
Points To Keep In Mind
Self-hypnosis is a very good way of creating a mental state where you can change limiting beliefs.
It involves deep relaxation and makes the critical filters of the conscious mind switch off -
these might otherwise tell you that you won’t or can’t succeed.
But of course if you’re visualizing, you can’t use self hypnosis because you need to picture the image of what you’re trying to manifest.
So you can get around that by making sure that you have a private place and a quiet time twice a day, and physically relaxing your whole body so that you descend into a more relaxed state where your conscious mind is less likely to be critical.
You know - that’s the part of you which comes up with plenty of reasons why things can’t change or why you won’t succeed, or why there just isn’t any point in trying….. the critical part of your conscious mind.
But if you give your conscious mind the job of creating and focusing on your visualization, the critical art of it will be suppressed, and it’ll be easier to get the message about manifestation through to your subconscious.
Another good way to do this is to visualize something for a few minutes before you go to sleep at night, because it seems that the subconscious mind continues to focus on that objective throughout the night.
Energize With Emotion
As I said before, the more emotion you can feel while visualizing, the better – this definitely drives the process of manifestation.
One friend uses emotional music that “gives him goosebumps” – and he says that he imagines stirring music playing for his moment of glory, his successful manifestation!
Another useful trick is to see the final scene of your visualized image from a different perspective.
In other words, not just to see it “through your own eyes”, but also to look upon it as though you were watching yourself achieving and enjoying the successful changes that you’re trying to manifest.
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