Success Coaching: What's The Secret To Manifesting?

What’s the secret to manifestation?

Welcome back!  This week we're going to delve into a topic that's getting lots of press these days.  You may have seen or heard about a movie called The Secret which served to take the popular Laws of Attraction into mainstream thinking.  The movie and its corresponding book were even featured on Oprah and sales of The Secret skyrocketed as a result.  In fact, there are coaches and even podcasts entirely dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of attraction.

The term ‘attraction’ in this case doesn’t refer to physical attraction or the opposite sex.  Instead it's about attracting or manifesting what you deeply desire for your life from a wonderful relationship to a rewarding career.  But this podcast isn’t really about that.  But if you're unfamiliar with The Secret, I definitely think it’s worth seeing. 

For myself, I've had some pretty remarkable things happen in my life, particularly in the last two years.  For a period of about six months, I was manifesting great changes left and right.  I was on a roll and I couldn't quite explain it.  Even now, I'm working to understand the circumstances or mindset that was in place and how I can re-create that situation in a away that fosters even greater success than I've already had.

On that note, one major element to aligning yourself with unforeseen blessings is the power of gratitude.  So, in a spirit of thanksgiving, I'd like to offer my deepest thanks because in the last year, this podcast has grown wildly and is now in the top 12 of ITunes under the heading of Life Coach.  And believe it or not, I’ve done literally nothing to promote my podcast other than deliver what I honestly believe is quality content.  Thanks to you, my audience has grown beyond what I thought was even possible in just a year’s time.

So… what I believe, from my own experience, is the secret between who you are now and who you wish to become is ALLOWING.  Allowing is the key to manifesting greatness, great love, and great influence over what can be in your life.

Allowing isn't action.  It's not something you do but something you choose.  And the frequency of your choosing to allow is truly significant.  You've got to CHOOSE again and again because allowing, as a necessary precedent to manifesting, takes a LOT of practice!

I realize that this might be either unfamiliar or confusing to you so let me deepen your understanding. First of all, the word ‘manifest’ is one of my very favorites.  People who are close to me and know me to have a powerful, albeit inconsistent, ability to manifest unimagined goodness have often asked me "How do you do it?"

The etymology or origin of the word manifest is so telling and I love the look on people's faces when I tell them what it really means.  Manifest is actually a combination of two words.  The first part is ‘manus’ which is the Latin word for hand.  The second part is the verb ‘festus’ which means to strike.  So put them together and the word manifest literally translates into hand-struck which means that the actions of your hands are explicitly connected to outcome.  Understanding that, it's easy to dispel the notion that manifesting is merely a matter of sitting around and really, really, really wanting something… and I mean wanting it BAD!

I've repeatedly seen people discount their own ability to invite success through the power of manifestation because they falsely attribute it to some airy-fairy, hocus-pocus idea that intention is all you need.  Most of us have an inherent understanding that action is a necessary step to reaching your goals.  And that understanding is largely responsible for the fact that we live in a go-go, do-do society.

But you don't have to look far to see that all the nuttiness, all the incessant doing and lists making has led us collectively to a not-so-happy place.  Here we are, forever trying to squeeze just another tiny drop of blood from the proverbial turnip.

So clearly, manifesting is not entirely about action.  And as I said before, while action does play a significant role, it's always preceded by allowing.  Here's what I mean by ALLOWING.

-          Allowing yourself to move beyond entertaining the possible and begin to entertain the impossible.

-          By giving up the idea that blessings come to you in a rational or predictable fashion.

-          By letting go of any attachments to having your dreams be realized in a certain shape, color or size…. or by some timeline dictated by you.

-          By acknowledging that sometimes you don't have to DO anything at all. You don’t have to earn it or prove your worthiness. Sometimes all you have to do to create miracles is to believe in them.

-          By surrendering the old story that perhaps you don't really deserve to be happy.

What you may have noticed as a common thread running through all of those variations on allowing is that they’re all internal processes relating to your right to choose your destiny.  By the way, the word destiny isn’t some preordained story of how your life turns out.  In fact, the true origins of destiny are to ‘make firm or establish’. And to establish your own sweet success is to play an active part in designing genuine delight just for you!

As you follow the path of allowing, remember that it’s always necessary and always unseen; an invisible process of germination that must be permitted to unfold at its own pace if the seed is to ever blossom.  Germination requires trust in yourself which comes from acknowledging and expressing gratitude to the supreme force that brought you to this life of delicious opportunity.  You see, my purpose is to remind you over and over like a patient friend and ally that your life can blossom in splendid techni-color.  You can be a living work of art when you allow yourself the time and space to gently unfold in this garden of humanity.

18th Century painter and sculptor Giorgio DeChirico once said:

"To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits; logic and common sense will only interfere.  But, once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams."

Here's my 7-day challenge for you:

Keep your self from perpetual motion.  Start taking note of any urges to move into habitual action.  Instead of doing, identify any ideas to which your rational mind is attached.  Release the rules, surrender conditions and be still; floating gently amid the waves of something far greater than your mind could possibly contain. 

Please join me next time when I ask “What’s the force-; of “Yes�?�

Until then, I leave you with abundant peace.