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Desire.
Esther and Jerry Hick’s book ‘Ask and it is given, learning to manifest your desires’ makes significant points about desires and anticipation.
If you want something they say; “desire and anticipate it with real feelings of joy and make sure you do not come from a feeling of lack.”
As it seemed an important ingredient to manifesting, I took my time to get my head around that one as it sounded pretty contradictory to me.
Most of the time we desire something that is not in our lives right now, right?
Money, time, relationships or having a porsche.
So lack is related to what we want, is it not?
But the book says stop yearning, stop being painfully aware about what you don’t have.
They tell us to get on with our life, and while we live our life be relaxed, accepting that we don’t have what we desire right now and to come from a place that everything is perfect right now.
And from that relaxed place anticipate the manifestation of our desires with the wonderful feelings of joy, excited anticipation.
And that was the clue for me. Now I know why I don’t manifest that easily. It is about desire and anticipation.
I have forgotten what hard out anticipating desires feels like. I hardly anticipate anymore.
I worry, I google, I plan, I organise, get frustrated and I get too tired to feel anything and I end up in a place of yearning.
I had to dig deep to get access to those feelings of excitement again. But I got one.
When I was still confined in a job I anticipated one desire all right; holidays of course.
The last week at work before the holidays was bliss. Nothing mattered as long as the clock ticked on.
In the NOW, my job didn’t change; anticipating my desire was the drug to make me feel wonderful and manifest great times.
Is this what they mean? Grabbing that holiday feeling and transferring that to all my desires?
Any other examples about desires, anticipation and manifesting out there?
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Thank you Wilma for a timely reminder.
Sometimes it is hard to be in the desire space with so much messaging all around us to be yearners.
@Zac,
yep and that is where your greatness comes in Zac.
Stand tall in love with your desires…..I know you can do it.
Hey Wilma, thank you for that. As you mentioned why you don’t manifest fast as suddenly got why I do. Yearning is an interesting subject and you can pick it up in the classic comment we make about winning Lotto, “would that be nice.” This is a classic “yearning” statement and is then followed by a sigh. The sigh indicates we are unhappy with what we have now and hope that 1st division will bring happiness. Ask any Lotto winner about how there life has changed and most of the time you will hear how they are still stagnant yet dealing with the fact now that they can afford it.
I think from what you were saying there Wilma, the reason I manifest fast is because I am grateful for everything in my life right now. I picture constantly the things I don’t have not as things I lack but as exciting things coming my way that I want to experience. The key practice here is to look at the things you want as exciting yet practice not becoming overly significant about them. I desire a Porsche GT2 funny enough. I want to feel its 550hp engine pull me back in the seat. The smell of its leather blah blah blah. That excites me but to also practice being insignificant about it allows it to come into my life easier. Its piece of “look at me I’m doing well” tin on rubber. Being German and all it doesn’t come with a sausage compartment? Laugh about it. You can only generate more happiness thinking about it.
Seriously though my point is being grateful and immensely proud and joyous of your life right now, add those feelings to your childhood dreams. Don’t be overly attached to your dreams either. (People who hold onto things too tight tend to lose them quicker than most.) Relax and enjoy what is to come. Feel the experiences and possibilities they generate in your mind then let go of them. Let the Universe work out the logistics.
Oh Blair, right on the dot again. I do attach and I do give things significance.
Fancy that, you wanting a Porsche but I do seriously get your point about enjoying the thought, not the wanting or the having.
It still feels all a bit like this; “NO, I am happy, what do you mean I don’t look happy. I am happy” and all this happens while clenching my teeth.
However I do manage to get more relaxed.
Thanks for your lovely sharing, Blair and I would love to show off sitting next to you in your Porsche.