Manifesting - Page Three
Activating Symbols
Symbols are an extremely important component of manifesting anything for better or worse in our lives. Everything that we experience with our senses can be a symbol for something that is either happening in our lives, has happened or will happen if we continue to move along the path we have currently chosen for ourselves. Everything that you have in your home for example is a symbol that represents something that you believe to be true for you. If you have heaps of clutter everywhere, this might be a symbol for you that your life is "cluttered and messy" or that you are struggling to reach your goals because of never ending obstacles just the same as you are having to struggle to find something you need or want amidst all the clutter! If you have a number of broken objects, this can be a symbol that things in your life are broken or tend to break down. Many things you don't love or enjoy looking at can be a symbol for having many things that are not fun or joyful in life in general. So the first step in working with symbols it to take a good long look at what is around you and ask what all these things are saying to you! If you do not like what these symbols are saying/representing, its time to clear them out! Give them to charity, a friend who might appreciate them, or in some other way recycle them to folks that would love and appreciate these things. Put them in the rubbish if they are far beyond repair, but do try to recycle as much as you possibly can.
Now think of what is most important to you to manifest at this time in your life. What symbols would best represent to you what it is that you desire to manifest? It doesn't matter what these symbols are, as long as they resonate for you they will work! You need not spend a lot of money on any of this either, downloading pictures from the Internet and printing them out can be helpful or looking around your home and collecting those things that are symbolic of your desire is an option. Often many people find they DO have a number of things available to them right now that they can begin working with. Maybe you have a plant in a beautiful pot that reminds you of your desire. Or a crystal, a bottle of perfume, doesn't matter, just keep looking through your things until you have even a small collection of symbols you can work with. If you can't find much among your posessions and don't want to spend a lot of money to buy anything new, don't worry, I will be suggesting something here that you can work with that is just as effective.
Once you have your collection of physical symbols, the next step is to think about symbols that we all see in our day to day lives that may symbolize your own desire at this time. For example, to me a Jaguar car represents freedom and success, the ability to travel and go where I want when I want. So when I desire more success and freedom in my life, I focus my attention on the Jaguar hood ornament. This activates this energy in my life, by placing my focus and attention on it, I am saying to the Universe that I desire more of what that car respresents to me. If someone desires more money, they may want to focus on the symbol for their own particular currency. Increased business success, someone may want to focus their attention on a logo from a business that is highly successful and relates to their own line of work. A new relationship, perhaps a wedding ring will do. Its important to be creative with this and not judge whether a symbol is appropriate for you or not. If you are following your own inner guidance and it is saying a symbol is right for you, go for it!
What also makes this aspect of working with symbols helpful is that these things are all around us and easily accessable. Many of these symbols can be downloaded and printed out from the Internet or drawn by hand, such as a symbol for money. Quick tip here, if you are seeking to attract more wealth and abundance from around the world, don't forget to include symbols for other currencies as well!
You can take all of this even further and look for esoteric symbols that speak to you of your desire. An image of Kabbalah, Infinity ( think of an 8 on its side) or The Merkaba might work for you. Using cards from the Tarot can also be very helpful and I have done this frequently with wonderful results. Using glyphs from astrology is another valuable tool. There are many sites on the Internet that have pictures of Mandalas so if that appeals to you, seek them out and print them out. Or make up your own symbols if thats what you feel guided to do! Symbols are activated by the meaning you give them, so if they give you positive feelings, if they feel right to you, they will work for you! Don't forget the power of scent either. Scent evokes very powerful energies within all of us so if there is a scent that reminds you of something you desire, see if you can find it in incense, room sprays, candles, perfume and of course essential oils.
Once you have all the symbols that you would like to begin working with, and remember, you can always add more symbols later if you want to, start by placing them in areas where you will see them frequently, the more areas the better. No one but you needs to know what these symbols mean to you but if you don't want anything to be real obvious, you can always keep smaller versions of your symbols on your person, such as drawings or a crystal. Here is where scent can really be a bonus too, no one else needs to know why you are really loving that new incense so much! It will still serve as a constant reminder and focus for what you are seeking to manifest. If you really want to activate a particular symbol in your life, spend some time each day, even if its only 5 or 10 minutes, meditating upon or just looking at one or more of your symbols and sending lines of light to it from yourself and the Universe. You can also picture lines of light coming from your symbol back to you as a way of further enhancing your ability to attract its energy into your life. As with anything, the more time and energy you spend focusing on your symbols, loving their energy, interacting with them in anyway that feels appropriate to you, the faster and more powerfully they will be activated in your life. Also bear in mind that symbols can also be used to release challenges you may be facing right now. Take some time to become clear in your mind as to what the highest resolution of the challenge may be. Next, ask your Soul, your Expanded Self, your Guides or Angels what symbol would help you to achieve this higher resolution. Trust in the image that comes to you, even if you do not understand it at the time. If you need clarity, ask for it and then go find something else to do that is mundane such as doing the washing up or dusting. Often when we are involved in those sorts of activities, both the mind and body can relax enough to let the guidance come forth. Then find ways of bringing this symbol into your life or simply continue to picture it in your mind as often as possible, focusing on what you DO want, not what you DON'T want! This is very important as focusing on what you don't want only feeds it more and more energy. If you need help with this, ask your Guides, Angels, Expanded Self for help and they will respond, I gurantee it!
The Power of Four
Several years ago a colleague mentioned that when she misted her home or office with a combination of the gem essences Purple Fluorite and Gold, she had new clients suddenly appear or money flowing in from a variety of sources. Yet she sensed that something more was needed, that there were "missing ingrediants" that would make the manifestation even more powerful. Not long after, I "happened" upon a book on numerology and as I was flipping through it, I noticed a paragraph that really caught my eye: "Four is the number of form, structure and manifestation." My colleague was spot on, even though the Fluorite and Gold were enough to get the energy moving, what was really needed was something to anchor the other two points of the equation. So I began experimenting by intuitively selecting different gem essences that could be combined with the first two. On a hunch, I substituted White Gold and had even better results to be going on with. I then added Citrine and finally Tsavorite (Garnet) and thats when the energy really began to move! The combination of the four pulled in the energy required for manifestation in a much larger way than either of us had expected. It had a form to flow into, and as long as either of us were also clear that we needed to insure that our own channels within were open and clear to allow this energy to flow, it did! Now obviously an important aspect of this equation is that our own channels within were also open and clear. What I mean by this is that we also consciously choose to be willing to work on any belief patterns that stated we were not worthy of greater good in our lives. We also asked for guidance on practical actions we might need to take to not only keep the flow of energy coming to us, but also how to increase it. As the guidance was received, we were willing to act upon it, even to the point of setting aside other things we might have planned for the day if at all possible. From time to time I have noticed that I would hit a wall in allowing the energy to flow and once again the power of four came to my assistance. A combination of Wild Scotch Violet, Button Fern, Melaleuca Pulchella and Emerald Ebony Tree helped to keep my inner channel of allowing greater good much more open. Other ways of working with the energy of Four in this way might be to bring down four rays of white light or coloured light, using the colours your own inner guidance suggests.
If you have access to the actual stones/metal involved, and its money energy you are wanting, you can create a box shape on your altar with them in which you can then place a piece of paper on which you have written your desired manifestation. Or you can use each stone to anchor each corner of the paper. I also like to surround this with four votive candles or tea lights (Be sure to use appropriate candle holders and observe all safety precautions!) using the candle colours green or violet. Gold would also be a good colour choice to use with this or simply select what ever colours feel right to you.
You can use the Power of Four to manifest pretty much anything you might desire in life. I will be including on my main essences page a link where you can purchase a wide variety of essence combinations or you can simply use that page as a resource guide for purchasing crystals. For those combinations that include flower essences, you can try downloading pictures of each flower or plant from the Internet and printing them out to use as a grid or purchasing the plants yourself and creating a larger grid outdoors. While I have not tried the following myself, it may also be worthwhile to write the name of each essence on paper and then use that as your grid. You can use a standard sheet of paper, write the name of a single essence in each corner and then write your desire in the middle of the paper, drawing a line from each essence to the desire. Be creative and experiment until you find what works best for you!
Increasing your "Joy tolerance"
I was watching the Wisdom Channel one afternoon last week and almost from the moment I turned it on, I was given an answer to a question that had been bothering me for quite some time. I had noticed, both for myself and others, that when working on increasing our sense of joy in life we hit these walls that blocked progress and seemed to be extremely challenging to climb over. Since Joy is a very important component on the path to successful manifesting, obviously this was something that I was very much wanting to understand and hopefully find some tools to help myself and others overcome the block. I cannot remember the name of the program or the person on the program who was being interviewed, if I ever see it again I will add that information to this page, yet what she said really hit me between the eyes. In a nutshell, we need to learn how to increase our tolerance for joy! She said that many people are raised with a sort of puritanical belief system which says that joy is bad or sinful, we are meant to suffer, life is hard and a struggle. And the reason we are supposed to suffer is because we are not worthy of anything better. How sad! So me and probably you and everyone else we know has been impacted from very young ages, really since the day we are born, to believe in and expect that life is meant to be hard. Have you ever had something really wonderful happen and then think "oh no, I had better not get too happy about this or something bad will happen". Maybe not in those precise words or even in words at all, perhaps for you it has been more of a feeling. I know I certainly have felt and thought this way before! We are taught to feel anything BUT joy in our lives and so when we experience it, many of us tend to feel something is "wrong". We may feel that we are violating some unwritten law that states don't you dare feel life is good or you shall find out just how bad things can really be! Well, I think life IS good. I think it IS meant to be joyful. And I think that when people believe that when good things happen bad must follow in order to keep things in balance, that is a mistaken belief in how we perceive the word balance from a higher level. In Universal terms, balance is about being kind to ourselves and others. Loving and enjoying life. Doing what we feel guided to in hopes it will help others to also feel more happiness and bring more light into their lives. Its about living from a higher level which knows no negativity or pain or sadness. As the Grandfathers say, yes there are "challenges" at the higher levels and yet they have nothing to do with pain or suffering. Nor are we meant to suffer to "atone" for anything.
So, how does one increase ones ability to accept more joy in life? This very wise woman had the answer; Do small things throughout the day that bring you a sense of joy. This made sense to me, a sort of sneaking it in the back door approach that I am finding to be very helpful when I hit my own Joy tolerance ceiling. First off, I would suggest having some sort of plan in mind such as listing things that bring you joy on paper or each morning thinking of several small things you can do during the coming day to feel more joy in your life. They can be very simple such as a walk in the park, having an ice cream, going window shopping, chatting with a dear friend on the phone. I try to suggest things too that cost very little or are totally free as I know that many of us have a tendency to want to spend money to make ourselves "feel better" and then dread the arrival of the bill in the post! That ends up sabotaging one's sense of joy and peace, so do list as many things as you can that are free or very inexpensive. Listening to music gives me joy as does reading and writing. So these are a few things that are on the top of my list. I also love re-arranging my home, so this is another. Completing old projects is another thing that gives me not only a sense of joy, but a strong sense of satisfaction as well. Choose those things that work best for you and go for it! Over time, you will find that you do expect more joy and are better able to allow more of it more frequently which is really going to boost your ability to manifest! Another option is to have some books, articles online or an audio tape or CD that is very postive in nature to read or listen to.
By having an idea of where you can go to get a dose of joy in advance, it makes it much more likely that you will reach for one of these things when your energy starts to take a downward spiral. Sometimes I hit the "oh, whats the use!" wall and thats when I sit myself down and first allow myself just to feel what I am feeling and then say "okay, so I can sit here and feel like c%^p OR I can choose to grab a happy book, tape, or do something from my joy list that will help me feel better. Some days its difficult for me to move past that wall, but eventually I find myself reaching for what ever it is that will help me to accept more joy.
(The Unlimited Essence for the month of September will also be on increasing one's tolerance to joy and after September will be available through the previous month's page.)
Instant Karma or Getting What You Want Through Randam Acts of Kindness
I was in a book shop not too long ago and I noticed a fun little book with the title "Instant Karma". Intrigued, I started flipping through it and it was filled with ideas on things one can do to generate more "good karma" in one's life. What a wonderful idea for a book! It really got me to thinking about how each of us can find so many different things to do that will help to bring more light into the planet and thus our own lives. Some of the things I do on a regular basis include:
Leaving a bigger tip than expected or tipping the person that serves you at your fave coffee place. One place I go to has a jar on their counter for tips that reads "Instant Karma". I noticed since they started doing this their tips seem to be increasing!
Donating money to causes and organizations that speak to your heart and soul.
Encouraging a friend to pursue their own special talents and gifts more fully.
Smiling at other people, even when I don't feel like smiling at anything! This is a huge energy booster too by the way, often when I do, I find I have more than a few reasons to keep on smiling!
Let the driver in the lane next to you over into your lane when they are indicating the need to do so or stopping (if safe to do so) to allow another driver trying to merge onto a busy street in. Here in LA many folks do tend to alert another driver circling in a full car park when they are preparing to depart and to follow them to their soon to be vacated space. What a lovely thing to do, especially especially in areas where parking can be so hard to come by! And a little common courtesy on the road goes a long way!
Take time to play with your dog or cat. Its great exercise for them and special care you give them, will return to you as increased good fortune!
If you don't want to give cash to someone begging on the street, offer to buy them some food instead. I have noticed a number of people here will do this and it is one way of helping. Or donate some money to charities that support and assist those in need.
Make your own list of things you can do to help generate "Instant Karma". Its okay to want good to return to you by the way, though do choose those things that help you to feel good and not just acting out of a sense of guilt or trying to gain something without really caring whether you are helping anyone else or not. Yet the more good that is in your life, the more you can do for others too so get that good karma energy moving in your own life.
I have the following on another page on my site and yet I thought it might be helpful to include it here as well.
Ametrine/Angelic Roots Blend
Ametrine - This essence clears negativity from the aura and the mental body. It is the essence for attaining "Heaven on Earth".
Angelic Roots - This essence is well known for breaking up impasses and stagnant situations, restores a free flow of positive energy and emotion. This essence was produced originally at the prompting of Light Water Essences producer Bonney Whittington who sensed the presence of the angelic energies during a conversation her and I were having. She received the guidance that I was to grab a bottle and allow the energies in the room to pour forth into it and Angelic Roots was born. Since that time this essence has been used for everything from helping to get business financing arranged to dealing with difficult relationship issues that had reached an impasse to kick starting a neighbors Garage sale! It's a powerhouse in a bottle and I use it frequently to clear the energy in and around my home. When things in my own life seem stuck or at a dead end, I grab a bottle of this essence and start misting away, soon the blocks are broken free of and progress is resumed.
Ametrine for Financial Flow:
This is one of my all time, favourite techniques for bringing more of anything good into my life and not just money! For those of you who are not familiar with Ametrine, it is a combination of Amethyst and Citrine that grew together giving the stone flashes of gold within the purple. It truly is a lovely crystal and energy! To do the following technique you will need either the stone itself or a bottle of Ametrine gem essence, either works well. A small, tumbled stone works fine but if you want to invest in a larger stone, that's good too! Now, hold it against your solar plexus while thinking of what you would like to have manifest in your life. You can tape the stone there if it is small enough, sprinkle a few drops of Ametrine essence on your solar plexus or even hold the bottle there, how ever you want to do this will work. (For an even longer lasting impact add 9 drops Ametrine gem essence to some carrier oil such as Jojoba or Sesame seed oil. I prefer sesame because of the words "Open Sesame" to get to the treasure within the cave!) Leave the stone if that's what you are using in place for as long as you feel it appropriate. This could be 5 or 10 minutes or up to an hour, what ever works for you! Doing this morning and night is also an excellent way to help establish a continuing flow of energy into your life. It is very important that you state an Intent such as "The flow of money energy into my life is becoming more abundant right now" or "The Universe and the World are working together right now to bring the flow of Money into my life!" I often prefer to include the word "World" because the Universe works through the world to bring us what we are asking for. By acknowledging this, we are also giving thanks and making ourselves more aware of the connections we all have to the larger tapestry of life. Intentions and affirmations must also be used in the present tense, it is important to think in terms of the energy moving towards you in the present moment rather than in the future because otherwise what you are always asking for will remain in the future which of course never arrives! We are always in the present so that's where our focus needs to be, no matter what we are intending or asking for!
Now while I use this technique for financial flow, there is no reason that it cannot be used for other things such as attracting a loving relationship, right career, a new home, boosting your creativity, attracting positive, loving friends and helpers into your life. Amethyst greatly raises one's vibration so we are standing in the Higher energy flow of the Universe and Citrine links our will with the Divine Will which desires only the absolute best for each of us, no exceptions! Ametrine helps us to bypass negative thinking, past programming and blockages that keep us from creating the sorts of lives we desire. Of course we must each follow our inner guidance, doing those things we know we need to do to be active co-creators, yet Ametrine certainly does make the process so much easier and joyful!
If you want a real energy boost, add 44 drops of Ametrine essence to your bath water for 7 days and see what happens! Use it in a mist bottle and mist your home, your car, and your workspace frequently. The more a tool is used, the more powerful it becomes for us. I think of Ametrine as a sort of "wonder stone" and use it in as many ways as I can think of. Try placing a piece in a cash register or money box, I also place a small tumbled stone on top of the box of parchment paper I use for my labels. Use the oil combination as a dressing for candles as well as anointing yourself. And if you would like to give someone else an energy boost, try placing some on some coins or money and give it to the other person. Ditto for affirmations and written intentions. Get creative with this energy and I hope that it serves you as well as it has served me!
Manifesting through Vibrational Invitations
This is an old technique that I have passed on to clients and students in
the past but never included in the newsletters. Recently it came up during
an email to a friend and thinking it might be helpful for others, I decided
to include it this month. It's very easy to do and it does work wonderfully
well.
I know the first question is what is a Vibrational Invitation! What I mean
by this is that we are always sending out energy that attracts other like
energy to us. So in a sense, one can see it as a sort of invitation! So when
someone is feeling fear for example, they are sending out a vibrational
invitation for more fear to come to them. When someone is feeling happy,
they are sending out an invitation for more happiness to join them. In a
very real sense, when we are feeling or thinking anything, we are inviting
more of it to come to use just the same as if we opened a window and invited
the neighbours in for a cuppa. And sometimes those neighbours are not the
sort of people we really want to have in our homes, VBG! Again it comes
back to change the energy or invitations you are sending out and you will
change what you experience in your life. For some folks when they are
seeking to change their thoughts and thus change their vibrational field, it
can help to see themselves as actually extending an invitation as though to
a party to the energies they would like to attract more of into their lives.
With the way the human mind works it often is helpful to use mundane,
everyday sorts of things as tools for changing consciousness. One person I
worked with actually went out and purchased a box on invitations that she
especially liked, wrote each out to something different she wanted to
attract into her life and placed them in a basket asking the Universal
Postal system to deliver them for her. Worked wonderfully for her and
partially because she had great fun doing it! As each experience she had
invited appeared in her life, she would file away the old invitations or
burn them and write out new ones to keep the energy going. Persistence is a
key in manifesting major changes especially, it takes time to move out of
the old grooves of thinking, feeling and doing. By carrying on with the
techniques and tools that work best for you, eventually you will need them
less and less for you will automatically begin sending forth the energy
invites that are predominantly positive with little effort on your part.
Healing & Clearing Negative Energy With Crystals
For this process you will need either a piece
of Obsidian or a fairly good sized clear quartz crystal, at least 2 inches in
length. The clearer the crystal the better though work with what you have on
hand at first and then move on to a clearer crystal when you find the
appropriate one.
The key to this is consistency, you really need to commit to doing this once a
day for 7 days straight. Then take a break for three days and resume for
another 7 days. Repeat this cycle at least three times, for a total of 30 days
including the three day breaks and then use as needed.
The process is as follows; Hold the crystal or obsidian against your third eye.
State the intention that you wish to eliminate negative thoughts and beliefs or
any sort of energy that has caused you pain or blocked your forward movement in
life. As you hold the stone against your third eye you may start to feel a
gentle tug as the energy begins to move from your mind and into the stone. Keep
the stone in place until the transfer of energy feels complete. Initially this
may take several minutes though the amount of time it takes tends to become
shorter and shorter. When the process is complete, immediately clear the
crystal such as giving it a saltwater bath for at least one hour, longer if the
crystal feels heavy or clouded with energy or run it under ice cold tap water
for several minutes. If you can then place the stone or crystal in a sunny
window for a few hours this will help to replenish it’s natural positive energy
and then the stone can be reused the following day. Plea
se remember to ALWAYS clear crystals after using them for clearing energy,
Crystals amplify any energy they come into contact with if allowed to sit
around without being cleansed for a period of time so it’s a good idea to
periodically clear all your crystals at least once a month, more if the
environment in which they have been placed is especially chaotic or
troublesome.
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