Manifesting Story

[jiminnyc]

Hi everyone! I want to share a story with you all about manifesting. I have to say right up front that I have been skeptical of this aspect of the Conscious Growth philosophy, but after an experience I had today that skepticism is now a little shaky.

First, a little background. Ever since my friends Dan and Laura and I started talking about the "manifesting" post on the blog, we've all been noticing and picking up pennies. I saw them everywhere and some times I would pick them up but other times I would walk on by (what will people think of me, right?). Lately, though, I started picking them up in earnest wherever I saw them, mockery be damned. And then something strange started happening… nickels began to show up everywhere! Just nickels. So I picked up the nickels and then I started seeing dimes. No joke, they were popping up everywhere – in the hall in my office building, on the locker room floor, on the subway, on the street. So many dimes and I wasn't even trying! But I noticed that I never saw any quarters.

So, today on the way to my office, I decided to try to manifest a quarter. I looked around on the subway platform. Nothing. I checked the two payphones in the station. Empty. I looked on the floor of the subway car. Nada. Defeated, I sat down, read my book and eventually arrived at my stop, resigned to not finding any quarters. In fact, I had forgotten about my intention to find them by that time. Then, as I was leaving the station, there was a Metrocard on the ground. It was in a hard to reach spot in the middle of the turnstile, so I would have to hold up traffic for a few seconds to bend over and pick it up. I decided to risk the scorn of the hurried commuters and snatch it up anyway. I popped the card in the Metrocard machine to check the balance and, well, you can probably guess what the balance was. Yes, I kid you not, it was EXACTLY 25 CENTS!

This skeptic is starting to become a believer!

[cacheborn]

Great story, jiminnyc. When I read a story like this, reminds me of what Morpheus says in the Matrix, "Welcome to the real world, Neo."
Happy manifesting.

[Mad Scribbler]

My big takeaway grom the workshop is that the more truly open you are to an experience, the more easy the flow. I'm not saying it's easy to be open; that's the part that will take some real work. Sometimes you must take other challenges where you stretch a little before you take it on directly.

After taking on the task of being deliberately stupid, it opened the door to other things. (i.e. being able to create shifts in attitude and kindness) and I also intended to find $100 on the craps table. After laying a black chip on the pass line, I couldn't believe my eyes. I thought I was seeing double. It turned out I won $200! (I don't know the rules of craps, so maybe they pay 2 to 1?)

from a financial perspective, I not only came back with more money in my wallet than when I left, but I also made a deposit into the ATM in Vegas (as opposed to pulling money out)

from a bigger perspective, I gained alot more from the conference than any effort I expended in getting there. It makes "hitting it big" small by comparison.

Keep up the great work and dare to be stupid!

[Zas]

Ah, these stories are so fun and inspiring!

I think sometimes life gets so weird it's hard to believe where I've ended up . . . But in the end, even when I can't fully believe it, I know I'm having way more fun now.

Anyway, thank-you both for your stories!

[jiminnyc]

So, today I tried for a dollar, and I picked up only one metrocard... it had a balance of $1.75! Bonus! Funny thing was it was a beat up looking one that I almost didn't pick up because it looked old.