4 Rarely Discussed Reasons Why Your Manifestation Isn’t Working
When many of us think about manifestation, we think about having a positive mindset and how our thoughts create our reality. Manifestation is actually a holistic process of bringing our ideas from the thought realm into the physical realm. One definition of manifestation is “a sign of something existing or happening”. Manifestation requires a number of elements to come together, beyond positive thinking and this is what we will discuss below.
You are asking for something that you do not have the character or energetic resources to maintain
The first reason your manifestation may not be working is that you do not have the character or energetic resources to receive or maintain the manifestation. For example, say you are manifesting a mansion with 10 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a large lawn and a swimming pool. If you were to miraculously get that mansion today, with nothing else in your life changing, you will quickly realise that a mansion of this description requires a large amount of money to run it. You need money to hire a gardener, keep the pool clean, keep the house clean. You will need resources to keep the house warm in the winter time. Many “old money” folks who live on large English estates like the one featured in Downton Abbey, find they need to sell their houses because they can no longer afford the running costs.
A less material example might be trying to manifest a life partner. You may meet the man of your dreams tomorrow who treats you with utmost respect and love. However, if you haven’t processed your childhood trauma and worked on the rougher aspects of your personality, you may eventually chase him away. This is not just a theoretical example. It happens to many people everyday.
In esoteric terms, these two examples demonstrate that you don’t have the “energy” or the energetic resources to hold your manifestation should you even get it. Most of the time, your subconscious knows this, and actively works against your manifestation by producing doubt and unbelief in your heart and mind.
This is why it’s so important to do inner work. Inner work makes you an energetic match for what you want. It helps you work through limiting beliefs, poor character and decision making. It holds you accountable for your actions and behaviour.
The Universe does not waste energy. If you can achieve something through intelligence and physical action, it will not give you a miracle
You have not followed up your inner work with the required action or “outer work”
The second reason why your manifestation may not be working is that you have not followed up your inner work with the required action or “outer work”. As I said above, manifestation is much more than positive thinking. The Universe does not waste energy. If you can achieve something through intelligence and physical action, it will not give you a miracle. It’s critically important that you add action to your positive thinking.
Action looks like making a concrete and realistic plan of what it takes to achieve your goal. Action looks like executing that plan. For example, let’s say you are trying to manifest a better job, it would be wise to first understand what skills are required to do that better job and determine whether you have those skills. If you don’t yet have those skills, make a plan to gain them either on your current job or through training. Once you have gained those skills, plan to use your network and recruitment agencies or LinkedIn to find and apply for the job you want. You will have to show up if you want to manifest something, there is no way around that.
You may be wondering, what’s the point in manifesting if I still have to show up and apply for jobs? Manifesting helps you get in the right headspace of what you want. It helps you operate with intention rather than letting life just happen to you. It encourages the Universe to underpin your efforts and energy with more energy. It opens the door for inspired action. Inspired action is when you intuitively sense what the right next action step is to take. You still need to perform the action but the Universe absolutely sends nudges about what the best action may be. For example, again using the job search as an anchor, you may be nudged to call an old friend and tell them you are job hunting. They may know of an opening which you can then apply for. That is inspired action.
What you are asking for may not be for you or in your life plan
The third reason why your manifestation may not be working is that what you are asking for may not be for you and may not be in your life plan. We all have our own destinies and life plans which we likely agreed before we incarnated. When many people discover manifestation for the first time, they understandably believe that this means they can manifest whatever they choose without limitations. This is not true. There are limits. We live in a limited reality and our free will is exercised by our Divine Self, not our Avatar. Our Divine Self has planned amazing experiences and manifestations for us based on its desire and objectives. The more we align with our Divine Self, that is, who we truly are, we will quickly see that much of what we are trying to manifest is from a false sense of who we are, from our false self or ego. We often look at others and what they are achieving and desire it for ourselves. We do this without discerning whether that aligns with the truth of who we really are and what we came here to do. We are trying to be someone that we are not and the Universe does not support these kinds of manifestation. Ask yourself this, if none of your friends and family could see what you had, would you still want it? If you couldn’t tell another soul what you had, would you still want to manifest it?
The Universe is random
The fourth reason why your manifestation may not be working is that this reality is subject to randomness. Randomness is the term we use when we can’t see how various energies and intersecting are combining together to produce a result. Let’s use an example. Say you find a house that you adore, which meets all of your requirements in terms of size, style and location. You’ve been manifesting a house like this for a while. You are ready to buy it. You put in an offer which is initially accepted but then you suddenly lose your job. Maybe this wasn’t in your life plan, but because one of the shareholders of your company was embezzling money, the company has been investigated and shut down by the authorities. Why has that happened? Someone has made a stupid decision, using their free will that impacts you indirectly. The timing is awful. On the surface all of this looks random. Unfortunately, we live in a co created and co sustained reality. Our free will intersects with others all the time, both in ways we see and ways we do not. Cause and effect is always in operation.
This is why it is so important to surrender. There is much we do not know about our reality. We need to practice gratitude and contentment, knowing that it will all work out in the end. Yes we need to put in the work, whether it’s inner work or outer work, but we also need to surrender because none of us truly know the details of everything that is happening around us or for us.
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