For the first few years in my manifesta-tion journey, I was extremely focused on various manifestation techniques which I could use to manifest my desires. I read al-most every single book out there, took every single course out there and had some success with the techniques… but not as much as I liked. In particular, there were a few inten-tions and desires which continually eluded (and even frustrated) me, as I could never seem to make them work. Despite all of that, I did what most persistent people would. I pressed on, never once stopping to question whether I was moving in the right direction.
Somewhere along the way, I realized I had read almost every single book on the
subject of manifestation. I had read almost every single take on the topic, and yet things were still not happening! That was when it became a real wake-up call for me. I had two choices: First, I could choose to declare all of these teachings as untrue and turn my back against them. Or second, I could choose to take a good look at what was happening in-side myself. I could scrutinize everything I have been doing up till that point. Choosing option two would have made for a good story, but the truth is that I chose the first option more than once. Those who have read my other books would know that more than once, I turned my back against these teach-ings in disappointment and frustration. I had tried so many different “techniques” out there that I was deluded. But each time I gave up, a calm voice within told me to go back. It was a nudging feeling, something I recognize today as coming from our higher
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selves. It was the divine gently guiding me in the right direction.
The Universe can send us general sig-nals and nudges, but it can never force or compel us to do anything. That’s why Abraham-Hicks always joke that there is nothing they can do to “zap” us into action!
Or into changing our beliefs! We have to do it ourselves. However, since a part of us is al-ways connected to Source, that larger part of us is always pulling and calling us forth in the direction of our greater good. I know it is that greater part of myself that called me back to these teachings over-and-over again, because deep down inside, I recognized those teachings as true even when I was un-able to elucidate them as clearly as I do today. So wherever you are on the path right now, rest in the assurance that even if you feel totally lost or clueless, there is still that larger part of you that is gently guiding and
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nudging you in the right direction. All you have to do is to listen to it that one little bit more.
And that’s exactly what I did. I listened to my inner self that one little bit more. The final time I came back to these teachings, I sat down and really examined all of it logic-ally. I reasoned that I had done all the outer-directed actions a person could humanely take. I also reasoned that I had all the tech-nical knowledge on the subject anyone can possibly have. So what was missing? That was when I finally realized that there have been certain aspects of these teachings that I was neglecting. For one, I could not give up my worrying (a topic which I cover in my other book “It Is Done”). I had convinced myself repeatedly that it was alright to worry, since I was doing all these very posit-ive actions on the outside. In other words, I had totally neglected the ‘95’ in the 95-5
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code. I did not pay any attention to what I did during 95% of the time when I wasn’t actively doing all these manifestation tech-niques. It was an eye-opening moment for me, as I realized that even though I was so deeply involved in these various positive techniques… what I did during 95% of my day was still terribly negative and skewed in the other direction!
That was when everything started to click for me. I started to examine all my past manifestations and discovered that whenev-er things happened quickly for me, those were the intentions which I had no manifest-ation stuck points about. I was clear about them right from the start. Then I looked at the things which were not manifest in my life, and discovered (not surprisingly) that I had all these various stuck points around them! The more manifestation stuck points surrounding an intention, the more
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challenges I had getting it to manifest! I had hoped to press ahead in spite of these mani-festation stuck points, instead of finding clever ways to think around them! That was the crux of the entire issue and the discovery was a real eye-opener for me. It was like a gi-ant weight being lifted off my shoulders!
That was when I became aware of what I did during the 95% of my time. In the be-ginning, I still continued engaging in the various outer manifestation techniques. But the real change came when I began to have conscious awareness over what I did during 95% of the time. It was what made all the dif-ference, and it should — since it represents what we do during most of our waking hours! How you think and feel during the majority of your time makes all the differ-ence in the speed and timing of your mani-festations. Whether you are an effective manifestor or not boils down to how you
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manage your inner state during the 95% of the time you are not meditating, praying, af-firming… as opposed to the 5% of the time that you are.
In fact, the moment I placed my con-scious awareness on how I thought and felt during the 95% of my time… The moment I worked to consciously eliminate these mani-festation stuck points… everything happened for me. Longstanding manifestations started coming into my life from all directions, be it in the area of finances, career or relation-ships. Suddenly, everything worked and clicked!
Bear in mind that in the beginning, I was not entirely successful at controlling the way I felt the whole 95% of the time. I was merely shifting my conscious awareness to it.
I did not successfully get rid of all of my neg-ative feelings or emotions, but lots of good
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things still happened for me anyway. This is the way it works in our Universe. I am not requesting that you eliminate 100% of your negative thoughts, worries or stuck points from your consciousness right now. That would be doing it the hard way. If you even reduce or think around a single stuck point…
that would suffice. Getting rid of that single stuck point will provide the much-needed momentum to move you forward. Therefore, do not ever be concerned that you have too many stuck points to overcome, or that you are constantly thinking negative thoughts all day. Conversely, do not beat yourself up when a negative thought somehow floats through your mind. All I am asking that you do is to reduce the frequency of these negat-ive thoughts, not to eliminate them com-pletely. I’ve found that even a small reduc-tion in negative thoughts can lead to a huge improvement in outer results.
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What happened soon after I cleared up what was going on 95% of my time? As men-tioned earlier, longstanding manifestations which have been “stuck” started coming true for me. Even intentions and desires which I set years ago, and had long given up on and forgotten started coming true for me! In the moment they came true, I had a sense of in-stant recognition and knowing. It was then I realized, “Oh yes! This is what I asked for back then! And it’s true now!” That feeling is truly incredible. Therefore, I now know today that the Universe never forgets any of our intentions and desires unless we choose to change them. Put differently, once we hold an intention, the broader part of ourselves continues holding that intention… and there is no need to keep re-stating our intentions for fear that the Universe misses out on it.
There is no “signal” we need to keep broad-casting out there.
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I rarely talk about the downsides, but I should right now and show you a simple workaround. In fact, this is the first time I will be talking about the seeming
“downsides” of doing any spiritual manifest-ation work. Recall that both our negative and positive strongly-held feelings are attractive / magnetic in nature, and that the Universe does not discern or care about what you ask for. The Universe always gives us whatever is in line with our vibrations. It will give you whatever you ask for, whether consciously or unconsciously, without judging the “right-ness” of it. Therefore, you may ask for something which is considered “bad” by oth-ers, but if you really ask for it and put your-self in alignment with it… you’ll still get it.
The Universe simply does not judge.
One thing I discovered after practicing these techniques was the need to deal with my residual fear-based intentions and
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vibrations from the past. Let me give you a simple example. Have you ever heard met one of those unreasonable or rude individu-als at the grocery store, and fantasized about giving them a piece of your mind? Or maybe giving your boss or nasty colleague a piece of your mind? Of course you would not have done it for real, but each time you observed your nasty colleague doing something that riled you, you might have fantasized giving him or her a piece of your mind… and played that satisfying scenario over and over in your mind’s eye just for the fun of it! I myself have
“fantasized” over these scenarios even for just a fleeting moment. Guess what, whenev-er we feel strong emotions and feelings, re-gardless of the reasons we are feeling them for… our strong feelings are setting things in-to motion as future physical manifestations!
And so, it was quite amusing to have a few of those instances actually come true for
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me once I started practicing the 95-5 code.
Lots of my desired good came to me almost instantaneously, but I also found some of these undesired scenarios materializing for me really fast! It was a really valuable lesson in manifestation for me… Because it was then that I finally understood the impartial-ity and precision of these Universal Laws.
They work for whatever you ask for. The Universe always gives you exactly what you ask for (whether consciously or uncon-sciously). By replaying a scenario over and over in my mind vividl, even though I was just fantasizing for the kick of it, I was actu-ally setting a strong intention to have a simil-ar experience in my physical reality. When I cleared all the negative feelings and worries that were standing in the way of my mani-festations, these seemingly “negative” scen-arios manifested in my life for me as well.
Therefore, when I found myself in those un-pleasant situations, a part of me was secretly
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saying, “Oh my… These Laws actually work!
Look at what’s happening now!” So I was able to recognize the humor of the Universe and move on.
I feel inspired to add a few paragraphs about this subject here because a small por-tion of readers may start having certain “bad things” come true for them, along with the good stuff they have always asked for. Recog-nize that this is a natural consequence of your residual vibrations and what you have asked for in the past. All is always well.
Now some of you may be reading this and find yourselves worried about whether
“bad” things will start happening to you out of the blue. There is absolutely no cause for concern as things never happen out-of-the-blue for no reason at all. Note that apart from the one or two isolated incidents, noth-ing “bad” or untoward has happened to me. I
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had tons and tons of ever-flowing, endless good stuff and just two of these seemingly negative experiences coming true for me by comparison. Therefore, do not be worried that bad things you conjured in the past will suddenly start happening for you, because many of those “bad” intentions would have been erased or countered by your sub-sequent and numerous good intentions for well-being and safety. This is the purpose of the time buffer, which is to allow yourself to clarify your intentions. The reason why those one or two incidents still happened for me was because I was feeling neutral about them (a lack of manifestation stuck points), and because I had “rehearsed” those scenarios over-and-over again, each time feeling strong and vivid emotions. In other words, by repeatedly visualizing them, I was “want-ing” them. At the same time, since those scenarios did not really threaten my safety or well-being, I was not setting
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intentions that pushed them away from me.
Thus, when I let go of the general fears and worries that were holding my other mani-festations apart from me… these “manifesta-tions” came true for me as well. So don’t worry, bad things will not happen to you once you start practicing these techniques.
On the contrary, all the good that you desire will start happening for you very quickly.
This recommended affirmation by Abraham-Hicks is perhaps the most apt for use here: “Today, no matter where I’m going, no matter what I am doing, and no matter who I’m doing it with — it is my dominant intent to look for that which I’m wanting to see.” And it is so!
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