Attachment: prompt
If Wishes Were Horses…
Thoughts on manifestation
Everyone loves a good manifestation. Just ask Oprah & Rhonda Byrne (author of The Secret). Both of these Humans have made a lot of money attempting to teach us how to wish every little thing we crave into existence.
Unfortunately, sometimes it works. And The Universe, in Her Great Good Wisdom, will go along with us — to teach us a vital lesson.
Many times what we think we want most — the situations/feelings/dreams we are most attached to — are not in our best interest. Long Term. When we attempt to pray/manifest a specific outcome we are attached to, we are prolonging our lesson.
We are still working hard at controlling Life. Because WE know best. Because WE are the masters of our own destiny. Because WE see the larger picture.
All of that leads to attachment to outcomes and is the antithesis of joy. It is a road to continuous suffering and disappointment.
Nothing we imagine for ourselves can be as perfect as what The Universe has in store. And if we keep insisting on getting our own way — we are in the direct path of our own growth.
Please don’t misunderstand — I am not anti-prayer or anti-hope or anti-positive thoughts. Just the opposite, in fact. The point I want to…
