When manifesting anything - are you guilty of doing this?

[mallie]

Hey everyone,

I have been reading CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD (this is a series and contains books 1-3) by neale donald walsch. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_6?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=conversations+with+god+book+1+2+3&sprefix =conver

On page 91, neale and God had a fascinating conversation on manifesting what you want and God goes on to explain the 10 steps to manifesting what you want.

1) I have created you in the image and likeness of God.

2) God is the creator (and we are co-creators with him)

3) You are 3 beings in one. You can call these 3 aspects of being anything you want. Father, son, holy ghost; mind, body, spirit; superconscious, conscious, subconscious.

4 Creation is a process that proceeds from these three parts of your body. Put another way, you create at three levels. The tools of creation are: thought, word and deed.

5) All creation begins with thought (proceeds from the father). All creation then moves to word (ask and you shall receive, speak and it should be done unto you). All creation is fulfilled in deed (and the word was made flesh and dwelt among us).

6) That which you think of, but thereafter never speak of, creates at one level. That which you think of and speak of creates at another level. THAT WHICH YOU THINK, SPEAK AND DO BECOMES MADE MANIFEST IN YOUR REALITY.

7) To think, speak and do something which you do not truly believe is impossible Therefore the process of creation must include believe or knowing. This is absolute faith. This is beyond hoping. This is knowing of a certainty (By your faith shall ye be healed). Therefore the doing part of creation always include knowing. It is a gut-level clarity, a total certainty, a complete acceptance as reality of something. (that is why visualizing of what you want and your desires completely manifested is so powerful because it tricks your subconscious into believing that what you want is already manifested!)

8) This place of knowing is a place of intense and incredible gratitude. It is a thankfulness in advance. And that, perhaps, is the biggest key to creation: to be grateful before, and for the creation. Such taking for granted is not only condoned, but encouraged. It is the sure sign of mastery. All masters know in advance that the deed has been done!

9) Celebrate and enjoy all you create and have created. To reject any part of it is to reject a part of yourself. Whatever it is that is now presenting itself as part of your creation, own it, claim it, bless it, be thankful for it. Seek not to condemn it (God damn it) for to condemn it is to condemn yourself.

10) If there is some aspect of creation you find you do not enjoy, bless it and simply change it. Choose again. Call forth a new reality. Think a new thought. Say a new word. Do a new thing. Do this magnificently and the rest of the world will follow you. Ask it to. Call for it to. Say "I am the life and the way, follow me."

THIS IS HOW TO MANIFEST GOD'S WILL ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

God then goes on to talk about how we all need to monitor our thoughts 24/7/365 and think ONLY those thoughts we want to manifest.

How many of you are guilty of this? You do your visualizing and affirm/mbo's in the morning and then the rest of the day cancel OUT ALL YOUR GOOD WORK by saying things like:

1) I can't afford that.

2) That is too expensive, what a rip-off, these people are charging an arm and a leg.

3) That is not in my budget right now.

4) I am never going to succeed or I am never going to get what I want.

5) I don't have the money right now

6) The rich get richer and the poor get poorer

7) Inflation just eats away at everything. The cost of living just keeps going up.

8) I am never going to get ahead

9) I am always going to be in debt or broke or financially limited.

10) I'd better not buy this right now and wait until later when I have more money.

11) I really wish I had more money to buy whatever I wanted.

I am sure all of you can think of a ton more statements you speak to yourself either outloud or think everyday.

When you are trying to manifest anything, you have to constantly monitor your thoughts, words, and written words and make sure that EVERYTHING that goes out is a reflection of what it is you are trying manifest.

To do all your work in the morning and then thruout the day have conversations with yourself, neighbors, family, friends, etc and talk down about the economy, your finances, etc, just cancels out all the work you just did. It is challenging to constantly monitor your thoughts and immediately replace all negative thoughts with a positive thought, but it can be done.

They say it takes 30 days of doing something for it to become a habit. So let's all start to focus ONLY on what we want all day and all night and manifest what we want?

Btw: I cannot say enough about the conversations with God series. It really is an eye-opening series about God and the role he plays in our lives and in the manifestation process and I highly recommend it.

I would also like to guide everyone to my other thread - since it ties in with this one When manifesting anything - are you guilty of doing this?

[AngelPsychic444]

mallie,
It's so true what you say about cancelling out our positive thoughts and affirmations with negative ones, as we go about our day. This is such a common problem, even Abraham mentions it in the Abraham-Hicks books, how many people contradict themselves in same sentence sometimes! For example they say "Oh, I wish I had a brand new car, but I can't afford it".

The first part of the sentence tell's the Universe to bring you a new car, and the second part cancel's your order....lol.

And so it goes... we live and learn...!

[mallie]

mallie,
It's so true what you say about cancelling out our positive thoughts and affirmations with negative ones, as we go about out day. This is such a common problem, even Abraham mentions in the Abraham-Hicks books, how many people contradict themselves in same sentence sometimes! For example they say "Oh, I wish I had a brand new car, but I can't afford it".

The first part of the sentence tell's the Universe to bring you a new car, and the second part cancel's your order....lol.

And so it goes... we live and learn...!

Thanks AP!

So true - so true! I have done it and I am sure a lot of us have and don't even realize it. This is why I created this thread to give everyone a gentle reminder.

My mom is really guilty of telling me "are you sure you can afford that - it is kinda expensive" and "Everything is so expensive anymore." It drives me nuts! I keep telling her she needs to think more abundant and stop all this "oh it's too expensive," and "we can't afford it talk!" If she wants to get ahead financially.

What I have now done is ask my angels and archangels to remind me everytime I start thinking negatively (because sometimes we are so used to doing it - it can be 2nd nature and we don't even realize we are doing it) so I can stop immediately and turn it all around and it does work.

What I find most challenging, is when something negative happens (say an unexpected bill comes in), that is when A LOT of negative talk can start spiraling and you can start with one negative thought, which leads to another, which can lead to another. Before too long not only are you worked up and in a bad mood, you have just put a lot of ngativity out to the universe to come back to you. Plus that negative, angry mindset and energy then puts it into your vibration, which can then attract more negative experiences into your life and then that leads to more negativity. Do you see the insanity here?

I have also asked my angels and AA to also help me to feel more positive and joyful thruout the day (because that was one block that was getting in the way of thinking positive all the time). I ask them every night now to come into my dreamstate and pull out all the negativity, depression and dark, dense negative energy and interject lots of high, positive, joyful energy and you know it is working! I do feel a lot better!

The great thing is no matter what your burden is, if you ask your angels and AA for help - they will be glad to help you.

[Merr]

Originally Posted by mallie

My mom is really guilty of telling me "are you sure you can afford that - it is kinda expensive" and "Everything is so expensive anymore." It drives me nuts! I keep telling her she needs to think more abundant and stop all this "oh it's too expensive," and "we can't afford it talk!" If she wants to get ahead financially.

This is my main problem. I live with someone who makes statements like this. How does your mom react when you make statements like that? At the moment, I'm trying to visualise other people as being more supportive and open to abundance. I find it difficult though and I find that listening to negative talk from others brings me down sometimes.

[mallie]

This is my main problem. I live with someone who makes statements like this. How does your mom react when you make statements like that? At the moment, I'm trying to visualise other people as being more supportive and open to abundance. I find it difficult though and I find that listening to negative talk from others brings me down sometimes

Hi Merr,

When my mom makes these statements - well first of all, I get irritated because I know if I can afford something or not. She acts like I am an idiot and am financially irresponisible (which I have never been!). So that is my first immediate reaction. Then my 2nd reaction is to second guess myself and think "well maybe I really can't afford it," and then I start thinking and almost agreeing with her about the "well maybe I should wait on this purchase."

Usually, I wind up buying what I wanted to buy in the first place, because it was my ego that started buying into the whole scarcity, lack and limitation. My spirit knows I am unlimited and that money and business always come to me. So sometimes it takes awhile for me to sort out these feelings. That is why I don't call my mom when I am depressed or in a vulnerable mood because then it can affect me a lot more. My mom and I get along, but sometimes she really does drive me up the wall with her lack and limitation thinking!

Now, as far as you living with a negative person. The funny thing is my mom does buy into the whole thoughts create your reality (that's why when she starts going on about "Are you sure you can afford that - yada yada yada- I stop her and let her know that she is starting to talk negative and then she usually will stop) but she lives with my dad who likes to watch the news and then give her a play-by-play account of what is going on in the world.

My mom asked me one day "how do I think positive when you father keeps wanting to go over negative things happening in the world." I told her to try to tune him out (my dad sorta believes in the whole your thoughts create your reality) and try to remind him you are trying to think positive and don't want to discuss negative things with him. I told her it takes 2 people to have a conversation and if he knows you are not open to discussing negativity then he probably won't come around so much to discuss it. I also email my dad and remind him to think positive My dad has actually gotten a lot better about everything -so maybe you could try this.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of negative thinkers that are actually addicted to negative thinking. (believe it or not, negative thinking can actually stimulate certains stress hormones and give some people a rush) and/or they do not believe their thoughts create their reality. I have a client (who I try not to run into because if I do she will just go on and on about her no good husband, the economy, how her dance studio business is drying up, etc). I tried to tell her about loa and wouldn't you know it - it was almost like I said nothing to her! She just started talking about her no good husband. I gave up because I realized she was a drama queen and was not ready to take responsibility for her life. While she was talking I just kept going over and over in my mind."God, please end this conversation now with this woman and get me out of here!" lol! I also go over and over my positive affirmations. I gotta try an mbo in my mind the next time this happens and see if it ends the conversation any faster. Luckily, I rarely run into her!

You might want to try calling on the assistance of the AA Michael to either keep you away from negative people or to surround you with protective light so that all negativity bounces off of you - if you do need to live with them and cannot avoid them. You can also ask him to help transform these negative people into more positive people. Additionally, you can also call forth the angels of unconditional love and freedom and the angels of freedom and release and write out a letter to them asking for their assistance in this situation.

You don't need to feel powerless in this and there are ways to take back your power. Being surrounded by negativity really does pull down your energy, but love can transform it. Why not try an mbo and see if it does anything? Have you seen angelpsychics thread on mbo's? The Gentle Way: requesting most benevolent outcomes

[Merr]

Originally Posted by mallie

Hi Merr,

When my mom makes these statements - well first of all, I get irritated because I know if I can afford something or not. She acts like I am an idiot and am financially irresponisible (which I have never been!). So that is my first immediate reaction. Then my 2nd reaction is to second guess myself and think "well maybe I really can't afford it," and then I start thinking and almost agreeing with her about the "well maybe I should wait on this purchase."

Usually, I wind up buying what I wanted to buy in the first place, because it was my ego that started buying into the whole scarcity, lack and limitation. My spirit knows I am unlimited and that money and business always come to me. So sometimes it takes awhile for me to sort out these feelings. That is why I don't call my mom when I am depressed or in a vulnerable mood because then it can affect me a lot more. My mom and I get along, but sometimes she really does drive me up the wall with her lack and limitation thinking!

Now, as far as you living with a negative person. The funny thing is my mom does buy into the whole thoughts create your reality (that's why when she starts going on about "Are you sure you can afford that - yada yada yada- I stop her and let her know that she is starting to talk negative and then she usually will stop) but she lives with my dad who likes to watch the news and then give her a play-by-play account of what is going on in the world.

My mom asked me one day "how do I think positive when you father keeps wanting to go over negative things happening in the world." I told her to try to tune him out (my dad sorta believes in the whole your thoughts create your reality) and try to remind him you are trying to think positive and don't want to discuss negative things with him. I told her it takes 2 people to have a conversation and if he knows you are not open to discussing negativity then he probably won't come around so much to discuss it. I also email my dad and remind him to think positive My dad has actually gotten a lot better about everything -so maybe you could try this.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of negative thinkers that are actually addicted to negative thinking. (believe it or not, negative thinking can actually stimulate certains stress hormones and give some people a rush) and/or they do not believe their thoughts create their reality. I have a client (who I try not to run into because if I do she will just go on and on about her no good husband, the economy, how her dance studio business is drying up, etc). I tried to tell her about loa and wouldn't you know it - it was almost like I said nothing to her! She just started talking about her no good husband. I gave up because I realized she was a drama queen and was not ready to take responsibility for her life. While she was talking I just kept going over and over in my mind."God, please end this conversation now with this woman and get me out of here!" lol! I also go over and over my positive affirmations. I gotta try an mbo in my mind the next time this happens and see if it ends the conversation any faster. Luckily, I rarely run into her!

You might want to try calling on the assistance of the AA Michael to either keep you away from negative people or to surround you with protective light so that all negativity bounces off of you - if you do need to live with them and cannot avoid them. You can also ask him to help transform these negative people into more positive people. Additionally, you can also call forth the angels of unconditional love and freedom and the angels of freedom and release and write out a letter to them asking for their assistance in this situation.

You don't need to feel powerless in this and there are ways to take back your power. Being surrounded by negativity really does pull down your energy, but love can transform it. Why not try an mbo and see if it does anything? Have you seen angelpsychics thread on mbo's? The Gentle Way: requesting most benevolent outcomes

Hi Mallie,

I think that people we spend a lot of time with can have a huge impact on our reality. For me, the long term goal is to move out, but in the short term I've been working with my emotions. The great thing about this is that it's not only helped with living with someone negative but it's helped me understand myself so much more. I've been trying to love others as a way of loving myself and it works for me much better than trying to love myself ever has done.

I like the idea of surrounding myself with light inthese kinds of situations, sort of like a protective shield. I'm familiar with some of Doreen Virtue's work and the idea of imagining yourself surrounded by light but I didn't think of applying it specifically when dealing with negative people. I think this would be effective for me.

For a while, I did actually make things worse by pointing out that this person was being negative rather than stating that it would be better to be positive. Now, I'm trying to focus on being positive, but haven't spoken about law of attraction or other things. I haven't hidden all of my angel things though (like my Doreen Virtue 365 days a year book) and feel like my positivity is considered almost childish.

It sounds like a frustrating experience to have helpful suggestions ignored like that. So many people just don't want to even consider that there might be a better way and feel threatened by new ideas. I didn't know that people could actually get addicted to negativity like that but it makes sense. People can be addicted to all kinds of things that are bad for them, so why not negativity?

I think my least favourite phrase is: 'I can't afford it.' Most of the time it isn't even true that people can't afford the things that they want, they're just prioritising.

Thanks for your help!

Merr

P.S. I will check out the thread!

[Sbonn]

Something I like too is Ho'oponopono, it's a great way also to help with cleaning and clearing feelings, beliefs, people, things, situations .. anything honestly. It is very healing to do this on so many levels.

The Joe Vitale book Zero Limits gives a great overview of the process, might be worth checking into for you.

It is like the MBOs in the aspect it is a great release and let go technique too.

Four simple amazing phrases:

I love you
I'm sorry
Please forgive me
Thank you

I have been doing this for about a month now and I have it on auto-pilot and just let those 4 run in the back of my mind during the day all the time.

Then at night I do consciously focus the phrases at particular people and situations and have experienced healing and release by saying those phrases.

I suggest giving them a go!

HUGS
Sbonn

[mallie]

Hi Mallie,

I think that people we spend a lot of time with can have a huge impact on our reality. For me, the long term goal is to move out, but in the short term I've been working with my emotions. The great thing about this is that it's not only helped with living with someone negative but it's helped me understand myself so much more. I've been trying to love others as a way of loving myself and it works for me much better than trying to love myself ever has done.

I like the idea of surrounding myself with light inthese kinds of situations, sort of like a protective shield. I'm familiar with some of Doreen Virtue's work and the idea of imagining yourself surrounded by light but I didn't think of applying it specifically when dealing with negative people. I think this would be effective for me.

For a while, I did actually make things worse by pointing out that this person was being negative rather than stating that it would be better to be positive. Now, I'm trying to focus on being positive, but haven't spoken about law of attraction or other things. I haven't hidden all of my angel things though (like my Doreen Virtue 365 days a year book) and feel like my positivity is considered almost childish.

It sounds like a frustrating experience to have helpful suggestions ignored like that. So many people just don't want to even consider that there might be a better way and feel threatened by new ideas. I didn't know that people could actually get addicted to negativity like that but it makes sense. People can be addicted to all kinds of things that are bad for them, so why not negativity?

I think my least favourite phrase is: 'I can't afford it.' Most of the time it isn't even true that people can't afford the things that they want, they're just prioritising.

Thanks for your help!

Merr

P.S. I will check out the thread!

Hi Merr,

Good to hear from you! You are so right about living with negative people. Many years ago, when I had a roomate, she was also negative and it was difficult. Unfortunately, I did not know about surrounding yourself with white light. Being a clairsentient, I think I absorbed a lot of her negativity. Luckily, I live by myself now and so I am not influenced by anyone negative living with me. In fact, if I keep the news turned off and just think positive and read positive things - I do pretty well. So I can empathize with you wanting to move out and hopefully a way out will soon open up.

I think if you can forgive and release the person(s) you are living with - you could speed up the process. Then visualize a happy, new place opening up for you. In my situation, I just kept praying to God to open up a new place for me where I could live without roommates (I did not visualize or do affirm, I just kept wishing for this) and something miraculous happened and I moved into my own apt without any roommates! It was wonderful!

Yes, the phrase "I can't afford it" or even "It's too expensive" is an abundance killer! It should always be rephrased to say "I can afford it - I am just choosing not to buy it right now! I always have plenty of money to buy whatever I want whenever I want!"

[mallie]

Something I like too is Ho'oponopono, it's a great way also to help with cleaning and clearing feelings, beliefs, people, things, situations .. anything honestly. It is very healing to do this on so many levels.

The Joe Vitale book Zero Limits gives a great overview of the process, might be worth checking into for you.

It is like the MBOs in the aspect it is a great release and let go technique too.

Four simple amazing phrases:

I love you
I'm sorry
Please forgive me
Thank you

I have been doing this for about a month now and I have it on auto-pilot and just let those 4 run in the back of my mind during the day all the time.

Then at night I do consciously focus the phrases at particular people and situations and have experienced healing and release by saying those phrases.

I suggest giving them a go!

HUGS
Sbonn

I just thought I would include the 2 links to the 2 things sbonn mentioned. Here is the link in case anyone wants to learn about the power of using mbo's The Gentle Way: requesting most benevolent outcomes

Here is the second link to the hoponopono thread Journaling about hoponopono/SR

[LisaDreams]

Mallie, I love this thread!! Your OP is great and has created some interesting and valuable discussion. I'd like to share something I found useful. First, I think it's a good thing to have integrity about money i.e., I wouldn't stiff someone for a payment by writing a check smaller than what is/will be in the account when the person goes to cash it. So one day it occurred to me that I thought it was great to have integrity about money and I decided that when those "too expensive" thoughts pop up I would simply notice that the item costs more than I currently have and to acknowledge that either more money will come or the thing will come another way.

The lights went on for me and it made a big change in her life. I feel like there is a difference between noticing something and thinking about it, feeding the thought. Same with the acknowledgement. These are both quick moments that don't feed into the sense of deprivation. Once I started doing that it gave me a way to hold to financial integrity and shift my thinking. It took the charge out of it and the cost of something is neutral now, it's just the cost and not a road block to get it.

Lisa

[Merr]

I really think these phrases are useful SBonn. I've just checked out the other thread that Mallie included the link to as well and think incorporating this idea into what I'm doing would be really helpful.

Talking about using abundance killing phrases, what about the viewpoint of money as a safety net? I've always grown up with the belief instilled into me that it's necessary to have 'some' money as a safety net. In some ways it seems to me like that could be a negative belief but it actually makes me feel secure and I feel like it helps me to attract money to an extent.

[mallie]

Mallie, I love this thread!! Your OP is great and has created some interesting and valuable discussion. I'd like to share something I found useful. First, I think it's a good thing to have integrity about money i.e., I wouldn't stiff someone for a payment by writing a check smaller than what is/will be in the account when the person goes to cash it. So one day it occurred to me that I thought it was great to have integrity about money and I decided that when those "too expensive" thoughts pop up I would simply notice that the item costs more than I currently have and to acknowledge that either more money will come or the thing will come another way.

The lights went on for me and it made a big change in her life. I feel like there is a difference between noticing something and thinking about it, feeding the thought. Same with the acknowledgement. These are both quick moments that don't feed into the sense of deprivation. Once I started doing that it gave me a way to hold to financial integrity and shift my thinking. It took the charge out of it and the cost of something is neutral now, it's just the cost and not a road block to get it.

Lisa

Hi Lisa,

I always love to hear from you because you are such a positive, uplifting person! I love how you are changing your negative perceptions on money. Very inspiring!

[mallie]

Talking about using abundance killing phrases, what about the viewpoint of money as a safety net? I've always grown up with the belief instilled into me that it's necessary to have 'some' money as a safety net. In some ways it seems to me like that could be a negative belief but it actually makes me feel secure and I feel like it helps me to attract money to an extent

Hi Merr,

I agree! When I have money in my savings account I feel a lot better about money and security. I try never to use that money and it just makes me feel richer knowing that I have money I can tap into if necessary. I just keep adding to it every month and it does make me feel more abundant. When I did not have a savings account, I felt more worried and anxious about money and that can attract more bills and financial limitation to you.

[Sbonn]

Originally Posted by Merr

I really think these phrases are useful SBonn. I've just checked out the other thread that Mallie included the link to as well and think incorporating this idea into what I'm doing would be really helpful.

So glad you think it is worth giving it a go There is someone else I know who picked up ho'oponopono with me at the same time and wonderful things have been happening for them too.

BIG HUGS!
Sbonn

[Sbonn]

Originally Posted by mallie

I just thought I would include the 2 links to the 2 things sbonn mentioned. Here is the link in case anyone wants to learn about the power of using mbo's The Gentle Way: requesting most benevolent outcomes

Here is the second link to the hoponopono thread Journaling about hoponopono/SR

Thank ye Mallie for hooking those threads up very thoughtful and helpful of you

BIG HUGS!
Sbonn