One of the most common questions I have received is this: Should we ask for money to own something, or directly for the item itself?
I have explained at several points in this book that one should not be asking for money formoney’s sake. Doing so would be falling into the trap made by possibly hundreds of thousands of people around the world, and making the same mistakes as I did when I first started out. Always examine your inner, deeper reasons for wanting money. What do you associate money with? For most people (myself included), I associate money with a sense of freedom and security. Therefore, what you should be doing is to ask for these attributes and qualities instead of asking for the money. When you adopt this simple change in focus, two things happen very quickly. First, you will be surprised by how quickly the Universe delivers and fulfills your desires for you. When you ask directly for the end-state, the end-result, it comes very fast because you are no longer dictating that something has to come through money. Second, you will also be amazed by how the Universe brings you more than just money. When you ask for security, the Universe gives it to you, some of it through money but also through a lot of other means. Therefore, asking for something to come “through” money is often a convoluted way of doing things, when you should be asking for the broader aspects of what you want instead.
It is the same for any other experience which you want to have. I have found it more rewarding to just ask for that item directly instead, although I seldom do so nowadays. “Asking” repeatedly for something usually creates an energy of lack, because in order to ask for something you have to notice that the thing is not here yet in your physical reality. Therefore, if you want to “ask” for something, do it by imagining the item or desired outcome already in your life. Therein lies a paradox, because if it were already in your life, you would have no need to ask for it. The better you are at resolving this paradox, the more effective and faster your manifestations will be. I have found today that I don’t even deliberately “ask” for much anymore because by letting go of my innermost resistant feelings, the Universe delivers things to me very quickly… oftentimes before I even see a need to “ask” for them! This is a state of living from inspiration, which is definitely possible for every single person — if only you’ll do the inner work necessary to reach this state.
The more you practice and apply the Universal principles in this book, the fewer instances will you find yourself up against “asking” and “wanting” something really
badly. The things you want will eventually be there for you, when you get there. This is an automatic, long-term result of putting these Universal principles into action. If someone is constantly bumped up against strong desires and things which have not manifested yet, it is a clear sign that further fine-tuning and inner work needs to be done.
So let’s suppose that you have a number of unmanifested desires in your life right now, and you perceive a “lack of money” as the reason why those desires are not coming to you. I would suggest that instead of asking for the “money” itself (which would then amplify the lack), that you take your mind off the money issue completely. Take money out of the equation. Recall in the opening chapters that some things do not need money at all, and the Universe often has ways to deliver the things which you want to you in seemingly miraculous ways. Of course, if money is the fastest and most harmonious way in which you can get to the experience, Universal intelligence will deliver that to you as well. But the first step is to stop thinking about the money (or the lack of it) so acutely. Individuals in this situation often go around repeating, “If only I had this $5000, I would be able to do ____!” The very repetition of this
statement is reinforcing the fact that they do not have the money, and keeping their very good from coming to them.
The second thing you want to do after having taken money out of the equation is to immerse yourself in the feelings of your desire already fulfilled. I have touched on this several times in my writings, such as in “It Is Done!” where I encourage readers to tap into that “it is done” feeling. This is a feeling of completion and satisfaction, where everything has already resolved itself. Concentrate on cultivating that “it is done” feeling as much as possible, with regards to what you are asking for. For
example, if you need $5000 to attend a vacation, then drop the $5000 from your mind completely and focus on the feelings of taking a vacation. How would it feel like if you have booked all your flights and accommodation, and are leaving next week? How would it feel like, and what would you do? Use past experiences to help you if necessary. The moment you ask yourself “how it feels like”, you instantly notice that this feeling of powerful, forward-moving momentum is very different from the stuck feeling which you have felt earlier — that of wanting to do something but not having the money to do it. The difference in these two inner states holds the secret to
effective manifestations. One feels very different from the other.
The third thing you want to do is to allow everything that happens to be okay. This means you allow whatever outcome that happens to be alright. Don’t gloss over this point because it is definitely key. The feeling we are trying to reach for here is, “I can feel these feelings so real and acutely right now, that I don’t even care whether this thing manifests for me! I am already experiencing it now!”