Manifesting people/celebrities/old friends -> freaking me out!

[dice]

I know that sometimes manifestation is just an increased ability to notice something that was always there -

but some really really HIGHLY unlikely and unusually well-timed things have happened recently.

Just by passively thinking about them occasionally (without forcefully 'intending' them to come into my life) I was able to 'bump' into Robin Williams and comedian Danny Bhoy, SNL Finesse Mitchels - all times being completely dependent on my timing down to the second.

A little while ago I was thinking about an old friend I worked with in a coffee shop, and 15 minutes later she walked by outside.

Early one day I was thinking about another friend that I hadnt seen in a while, and later that afternoon she got on the same bus as me - a bus that neither of us usually take.

Usually manifesting - as i understand it - means that YOU are the person finding what you want - either intrinsically or extrinsically. But in this case it seems like these people are hearing my thoughts and coming to find me.

This happens at least once a week - is anyone else experiencing this?

[fellowtraveler]

Could be precognition, could it not?

Seems to me if there was no particular need or intent for you to see these people, then perhaps you are simply picking up on what is to be.

[MmeIntentional]

Originally Posted by fellowtraveler

Could be precognition, could it not?

Seems to me if there was no particular need or intent for you to see these people, then perhaps you are simply picking up on what is to be.

I would agree. I used to have loads of things like that happen to me many years ago but I don't get them anymore.

If I were you I would log each manifestation down that came true.

[jtracy]

I sounds like you are especially good at manifesting people. When you say "Usually manifesting - as i understand it - means that YOU are the person finding what you want - either intrinsically or extrinsically. But in this case it seems like these people are hearing my thoughts and coming to find me", you are in fact describing the Law of Attraction in action. You are presumably attracting these people into your environment and then being able to notice them.

I am intrigued with the idea that manifestation is an increased ability to notice what is already there. I had an experience several years ago where I manifested a family into my life which I needed desperately but never consiously asked for (indeed I could never have imagined what actually happened, yet it turned out to be just what I needed). Even at the time, it seemed eerie how everything just came into place through a series of serendipities. Admittedly, I never was able to actually become friends with this family, but the fact was that they helped me get through a very emotionally difficult time nevertheless. So evidently, you don't have to conciously ask for someone to come into your life, sometimes you ask for them entirely unconsiously. And, I'm guessing, sometimes you just have to ask for help, and the Universe knows which people (or circumstances) can give it best.

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by fellowtraveler

Could be precognition, could it not?

Some cases might be precognition, others probably not. An example of the "not" category, from my personal blog entries - this one is dated 28 June 2007:

Yesterday I went somewhere quiet at lunchtime to do some manifesting. Frankly, it wasn't any heavy-duty manifesting, just more like focused daydreaming.

I thought about how to do a great job at work. This led me to think about the possibility of doing some innovative transactions that would involve teaming up with other business groups in the bank. We could combine our different areas of expertise to produce some really new ideas in the investment banking world.

I thought of somebody I could work with. Truth is, I know who S is, because we had met and gotten to know each other before, about three years ago. But I hadn't seen S even once since I joined my current workplace in March this year. I just knew that we were now working in the same bank.

I decided that I should meet up with S. I manifested the intention that we would work on something innovative together. Credit derivatives mixed with commodity finance - what an interesting combination.

Went back to office, did my work, and left the office in the evening. Went into the lift, got to the ground floor, and the lift door opened. Guess who was standing right outside the lift door? S.

Heheh. The Law. It never fails. You always get what you think about.

Frankly I wasn't sure that he'd remember me, but he did. In fact, S was very warm and friendly. He was interested to hear that I was now working in the same bank as himself, and even more interested to know my area of work.

"Let's meet for lunch next week," S said.

Here comes the new, innovative, groundbreaking transaction.

Here is another interesting example. This one is not by me, but my wife. This is from my blog entry dated 11 December 2007:

I believe in the LOA not merely because of my own personal experiences, but also because of my wife's experiences. I don't blog very often about her LOA adventures, but she is quite a phenomenal manifestor in her own right. Here's her latest manifestation.

My wife has been thinking about employing a second maid, for additional household help. On Friday, while at the hospital, she called the employment agency. It had some candidates, but none with the suitable experience and background.

"What I would really like,' said my wife to the agency, "is someone like P's maid."

P is an acquaintance of my wife. Half a year ago, P had employed a maid through this same agency (in fact, my wife had recommended this agency to P). My wife knew about P's maid's experience and background, and had had a good impression of P's maid.

Anyway, that Friday night, before my wife fell asleep, she manifested for a maid like P's maid to show up. My wife is particularly fond of using bedtime manifestations.

On Monday, the agency person called my wife and said: "This is really an amazing coincidence. P just told me that her maid has resigned with immediate effect. So P is sending her back to my agency today. Would you like to consider employing her?".

We did interview P's maid that very day (she came to the hospital on Monday night for the interview). There's no real happy ending, because after the interview, we decided that she was unsuitable after all. Something about her personality .... .

It's still pretty amazing - P's maid showing up like that, just two or three days after my wife manifested for a maid like P's maid.

But the real point that I personally gather from this LOA episode is this - you have to be very clear what you ask for, because you WILL get it. And then you might discover, as we did, that what you asked for is not what you really want.

Third example is from my blog entry dated 12 March 2008. This is a deliberate attempt to use the LOA, to meet a specific, consciously chosen person:

"Earlier this week (it was Monday I believe), I was thinking to myself that since I’m quite free at work nowadays, I ought to make the effort to meet a few of my old friends at lunchtime.

On further reflection, I realised that there was only one particular old pal that I really felt like meeting. I had not met him for the past six months at least.

Anyway, I created the image of his face in my mind, focused on it for a minute, and then forgot all about it.

Today at lunchtime I bumped right into him, while we were both getting off the train. Extraordinary."

I just wanted to add that this person normally does not take the train at all. What happened was that his car broke down, so he had to use the train that day.

Now, for Example Four. This one may be precognition at work. In summary, I was going for several job interviews, and I kept visualising for good outcomes at the interview. Here are my notes (dated 3 Dec 2006) on one of my IM sessions:

"Intention No. 1: I visualised feelings of absorption and excitement while at work. I visualised meetings where, upon conclusion, people thanked me sincerely for my help and said I was doing a good job. I imagined feeling competent, useful and mentally sharp, at the meetings. I imagined the feeling of analysing problems with a sharp, clear mind. I visualised looking at my monthly salary statement for $25,000.

In my visualisation of the meeting scenario, there was a white man - he seems to be balding - and his name is Jeffrey? Or John? Maybe Jack. It starts with "J". He was one of the people who seemed very impressed with me. Let's see whether this person manifests into reality somehow."

I didn't deliberately visualise a white, balding man with a name that starts with J. It was just something that kept popping into my mind then. Anyway, guess what happened later? This is from my notes dated 9 Jan 2007:

At that time, Opportunity 2 was the job I had in mind - in other words, that was where I was going to earn my $25,000 per month. Subsequently however, Opportunity 2 fell through.

Now, the interesting thing is that while doing the IM for my $25,000 job, I had visualised a balding white man with a name that starts with the letter J. Anyway, I did meet such a man. He wasn't one of my Opportunity 2 interviewers.

Instead, I met him when I was interviewing for Opportunity M. A balding, bespectacled, plump white man with a name that starts with the letter J. His name is actually Justin.

In other words, I had believed that I was heading towards Opportunity 2, and I picked up or created a mental image - but the mental image wasn't of Opportunity 2; it was actually Opportunity M.

Guess I'm a little bit psychic, after all.

Thought I should add that I am based in Asia, not the US (where most of you regular Pavlina forummers seem to be from), and in my part of the world, white folks are a minority.

Apart from manifesting specific human beings, can you manifest, ummm, non-physical entities? Hmmm. Here's some food for thought. From my blog dated 22 March 2007:

This deserves a little post of its own.

Earlier this week I was reading on Steve Pavlina's forum about people and their spirit guides. I don't know much about this topic, so I manifested an intention that if this stuff was for real, I should like to meet my spirit guide.

It wasn't a heavy-duty manifestation. I was finished in probably no more than 20 seconds long. I kinda forgot all about it thereafter.

Anyway, on Tuesday night, I had a dream. In my dream, I was a kid again, and I was hugging my grandmother (who passed away when I was 14). I said, "Grandma, where have you been all this time?"

She smiled and replied, "Actually, I've never really gone away." Suddenly in the dream I was a grown man again, and I was still hugging her, except that I couldn't see her anymore - it was more like a presence.

It was a very warm, loving feeling. I woke up then.

Maybe this soul, which used to take the form of my grandmother, is my spirit guide, and she had appeared in a dream, in response to my manifestation. I don't know.

Or maybe it was just a dream.

[Angela]

Hey, yesterday I was walking along thinking about my desire for a brand-new red Strida bike, and I looked up and there was Lance Armstrong walking alongside me, and we smiled at each other.

That's got to be a good omen about my bike, don't you think?

[wachusettgirl]

Originally Posted by Angela

Hey, yesterday I was walking along thinking about my desire for a brand-new red Strida bike, and I looked up and there was Lance Armstrong walking alongside me, and we smiled at each other.

That's got to be a good omen about my bike, don't you think?

Absolutely!

[Angela]

Thanks, wasutchettgirl!!!

[wachusettgirl]

Are you kidding me? Lance Armstrong?!! That bike is, without a doubt, on it's way.

[TonyToneTone]

Usually manifesting - as i understand it - means that YOU are the person finding what you want

No, simply putting it out there can usually be enough. That's why you're often told not to worry about the "how" but rather the "what" as in what you want.

Congrats on your manifesting success.

[dice]

Acting like Godot (btw, is anyone waiting for you? ) - my my that is impressive, you've put me to shame

Does anyone have any tips when it comes to manifesting people?

I know it worked for me in each instance because I was in a rather 'relaxed fantasizing state' without focusing on manifesting them. So no doubting thoughts came into my head.

[TonyToneTone]

Originally Posted by dice

Acting like Godot (btw, is anyone waiting for you? ) - my my that is impressive, you've put me to shame

Does anyone have any tips when it comes to manifesting people?

I know it worked for me in each instance because I was in a rather 'relaxed fantasizing state' without focusing on manifesting them. So no doubting thoughts came into my head.

You seem to be REALLY good at it. What did you do in those instances that made the people appear?

[fellowtraveler]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Some cases might be precognition, others probably not.

Yes, of course. I've had that happen (as you describe) as well, to the point it doesn't surprise me any more. Just that in the case of the OP, it sounded as though the encounters weren't intended for any specific purpose (without going into the larger questions of nothing happening for no reason, of course).