Can a desire of yours be blocked because it is not for your highest good? This is rather a landmine of a topic, but I knew I had to address it eventually. Recent events have forced the issue a bit, so here we are.
Many people suggest adding “for the highest good of all” at the end of all affirmations, like some magic defense against doing inadvertent harm. Others say that such a step is not necessary.
Some say the Universe / the gods can hold up your manifestation because, well, reasons, which we’ll discuss later. Others say that you are the sole creator of your life, and what you want, you can get, no questions asked.
Which side is true? This is what I hope to discuss in today’s post.
My Own Experience with a Blocked Manifestation
I told this story during the last Spiritual Freedom Support Call, but I’ll retell it for those who didn’t listen in.
Many of you know that I’m a witch (read about that here if you didn’t), and that I work with Hades and Hecate as my deities.
Hades has taught me a great deal about creation and the law of attraction since I’ve started working with him. We have this cycle where he teaches me something new, I get everything I can out of it, write a lot of new posts here about my new revelations, and then stabilize at that new level. Then I ask for the next level, he teaches it to me, and so on.
I went through this recently. I was feeling pretty comfortable where I was, and also not sure what kind of things to write about next. So, I asked for the next level.
I was given two things at once, but in opposite order of how I’ve written them here. The first thing was about how your manifestation can be blocked if it is not in your highest good, which I’ll explain below. The second was the idea of creation vs. attraction, which I already wrote about last week.
Anyway, the idea of the highest good came via a personal lesson. I had mentioned a few weeks ago that I wanted to do a podcast on starseeds. I didn’t know too much about the subject myself, so I had the idea of finding a guest or two who would be willing to talk about their experience of realizing they were a starseed.
I was successful in finding a couple of volunteers. However, almost immediately, obstacles started presenting themselves.
On the first attempt, both guests fell through. One could not attend due to unforeseen circumstances, and the other simply didn’t respond.
Okay, so take two. On the next day, the first guest is no longer responding. The second one says he’s not interested unless there’s at least one other person.
Cool. So I send out an email to the mailing list asking for a volunteer. I get a response. Yay!
Except, now the other guest isn’t responding, either.
Well okay, I figure we’ll go on with me, Christine, Justin, plus the guest from the mailing list. Everyone shows up, surely this time it’ll work out.
Except, no, we have technical problems with the podcasting application. We debug for over 30 minutes. No dice.
Well, at this point I am seeing a pattern. If I’m honest with myself, I realize that I’ve been seeing this pattern for quite a while, but didn’t want to admit it. Sometimes you just want something to work out, and you keep pushing your way through no matter what. But eventually, you have to admit defeat and realize it’s not going to work out.
Now here’s the thing: throughout this process, I was quite deliberately manifesting a positive result. And I saw some of the effects of that. I found guests rather easily. They had fascinating stories. But, any attempt to finalize the podcast just ended in failure.
I know how to manifest. This was something more than mere resistance. I know what resistance feels like. Any resistance there might have been was quickly released. I also know what it feels like when I’ve homed in on the vibration of my goal. Everything was in line.
But, the results just weren’t going my way.
It was explained to me afterwards that it just wasn’t time for me to do this topic. Why? I really have no idea. Will I try it again later? I similarly have no idea. I just know it wasn’t permitted right now.
But Wait! Aren’t We Creators?
Yes, we are. But as I have explained before, just because we are creators, doesn’t mean that there are no limits.
As humans, we aren’t always great at knowing exactly what is best for us. You may think a particular job is perfect, but there may be some unknown detail that makes it a horrible fit for you.
So tell me this: would you prefer to get that job anyway, and suffer the consequences later, or would you rather be warned of the path you’re about to tread?
This sort of acts as a built-in failsafe, so that if you don’t get the message prior to this point, then the Universe / gods will send a stronger and stronger message, as you see with my experience above.
However, in most cases (I’m not necessarily saying in all cases), you will still have the choice to continue, anyway. If you are really stubborn, and choose to proceed despite the warning of the gods, generally you will be allowed to do so. But, in every single case, you will not like the outcome.
For example, in my experience above, I was close to just recording the podcast with the resources we had and running with it. However, I had a very negative feeling about it, and thankfully, Christine said something to the effect of, “I don’t think this is meant to work out.”
A second example was early last year. Co-Creation Coaching was pretty new still, and I was frustrated with the lack of growth. I was considering taking an entirely new path as a way of hedging my bets. I’ve always been very interested in numbers and working with money, so I thought about going back to school for accounting.
Everything worked out at first. I found a great program I could do from home, which was important to me as I didn’t want to relocate. The price was pretty reasonable.
But then, any attempt to proceed was foiled. Again, it didn’t seem to be resistance, because I was super excited about the whole thing, and was confident it’d all work out. In fact, they were trying to get me to start during the next term that started just a month later.
But, all of the financial details just wouldn’t go through. I applied for financial aid, but had a loan in default. I took care of that, but it wouldn’t be reflected on my record for something like nine months. I thought perhaps the Blind Association of New York would help cover it, but they wouldn’t consider it, either, until that record was clean. I even tried manifesting the amount myself, but got no traction on it.
I held it as a future possibility for a while, but then CCC started taking off, and I realized I loved what I was already doing.
But again, I could have waited those nine months and reapplied. I’m sure it would have worked out. But I’m just as sure that I wouldn’t have enjoyed it. Yes, I enjoy working with money, but I enjoy helping people to learn to work with it in a spiritual context. That’s why I created my course, Effortless Money Manifestation, and I also now offer my LOA money coaching.
So, in my opinion, if something is not for your highest good, you will be warned repeatedly. But, you may still be allowed to achieve that desire if you really persist in it. No one is taking away your freedom. But, I for one am glad that this failsafe is in place.
Focus on the Feeling, Not the Goal
Sometimes we allow ourselves to get too caught up in the vision of the goal itself. I’m definitely not saying that’s a bad thing, and I encourage really getting detailed about your goals if that feels good to you.
However, those images are just placeholders. That specific job you may be looking at is just a placeholder for the real perfect job for you. You may not know what that perfect job is, but the Universe does.
It’s somewhat like shopping on Amazon. You may have an idea of the item you want. But you read the reviews, and find that it actually has some pretty major flaws. So, you look at other related items, until you find one that has all the features you want, and has good reviews. You went in with an idea of which one would be right for you, but you kept in mind the real essence of what you wanted, and searched until you found that.
In the law of attraction, the feeling of your goal, which I’ve in the past called the vibrational essence, is that search query that filters out the unwanted results. If a manifestation looks good, but it really isn’t a match to that feeling you’re focusing on, then it’s denied.
For instance, if you want more abundance, there are a whole bunch of ways you can get it. You can get another job that pays good money, but which you might not enjoy. Obviously, that’s not desirable. You can put in a lot of overtime at your current job. That may not be desirable, either, because of the amount of effort involved.
Just a desire of “more abundance” is not only a goal of more money. It’s a goal of more money along with the feeling of freedom and effortlessness. If you really wanted to, you could take on three jobs, but is that really abundance, even if it results in a higher bank balance? I don’t think so, and I bet you don’t, either.
Of course, you can get specific with how that abundance comes to you, if you can do so without resistance. If that means is for your highest good, then it’ll come to you in that way.
For instance, when I started setting monthly goals, I was very vague about how they happened, though I was specific about the amount. As a result, the money came in many different ways, though all desirable. Some came through this website. The rest came through various other means.
Now, though, I desire for my business to grow even more, so I am setting specific goals for that, which are only satisfied if money comes through the services I offer here. As a result, I see a lot more of that happening now. It still comes through other means as well, but there’s a definite shift.
So, you can be specific. But make sure you are specific for good reason. Sometimes I see people getting overly specific just because they can’t imagine how else their desire could be fulfilled. But, there might be another means that is for your highest good. Ask yourself, “Why does it have to be in this way?” If you have a good reason, then great! But if not, then just focus on the essence of what you want, and why you want it.
Who is It That Blocks Your Manifestation?
All this talk about your highest good might sound like the Universe is judging you, and what you can and cannot have. However, that’s not quite true.
There are two ways that a manifestation can be blocked for not being in your highest good, or the best match to the vibrational essence of your desire. I think it’d be helpful to discuss both of those here.
The first way is by the Universe itself. It’s important that when I say “Universe”, I am not referring (yet) to a higher intelligence. I’m referring to the spiritual laws that hold everything together. It’s completely blind to any idea of human morality, justice, and so on.
It’s like talking about gravity. Gravity doesn’t care if dropping a brick on your foot hurts: if you drop a brick over your foot, it’ll fall on it.
Similarly, the Universe via the law of attraction, and other related universal laws, doesn’t care if you are struggling to manifest your desire. What you hold within, it’ll reflect without. That’s it’s job, and it does it perfectly.
People who struggle with the law of attraction often tell me that they wish the Universe would cut them a break. But, it’s incapable of doing that, unless they align with being cut a break. It doesn’t have an idea of mercy and compassion anymore than gravity does.
So for that reason, it also doesn’t really have a concept of something not being for your highest good. If you’re aligned with something, it’ll come to you. If you have the subconscious structures in place to support that goal, then it’ll be attracted to you effortlessly. If not, then of course that’s another story entirely.
However, again it has a bit of a built-in failsafe, because if something that looks good on the outside is actually not going to match the feeling you have been focusing on, then it will not really be a match to you, and you won’t get it.
However, it also means that if someone is a “bad” person (putting “bad” in quotes because the Universe has no concept of good or bad‚, they can still get anything they want, provided they can align with its essence and generate the necessary subconscious structures to support that goal.
But, there is a second way by which a manifestation can be blocked, and that’s by what I refer to as the gods. You may call this the Divine, the Creator, or any other name you choose. However, to me, they are the gods.
The gods are indeed a higher intelligence. Where the Universe works according to the laws it was programmed to follow, the gods can break the rules. Where the Universe has no concept of mercy and compassion, the gods can and often do. However, on the other hand, where the Universe must always give you exactly what you are a match to, the gods are under no such obligation.
The more you relate to Divinity as an intelligent force, the more you are building a relationship with the gods, and they can work more directly in your life.
Both of my examples were examples of literal divine intervention. I’ll show you soon how you can tell the difference between resistance, simply not being aligned, and actual intervention by the gods. But, I’m positive that the latter was the case for me. I wanted something, and they said, “No, we don’t think that’s such a great idea. It’s not for your highest good. Proceed at your own peril.”
Doesn’t that infringe on my free will? No, as I described, I still had the choice to continue. But, I took their warning, and stopped pursuing that path.
But even if I didn’t have the choice, I trust them to make those decisions. After all, that is why I have a relationship with the gods I do. I trust them to act in my best interest. They are invaluable mentors and guides, and of course, much more than that, too.
How to Tell Why Your Manifestation Is Being Blocked
Above I mentioned three reasons you might not yet have your manifestation:
- You have resistance, so it cannot yet come until you generate the subconscious structures to support your goal
- What you think you want is really not a match to the vibrational essence of your goals, so the Universe cannot bring that to you
- What you think you want is judged by the gods (or your idea of Divinity) to not be for your highest good, so it is blocked from you
So how do you tell the difference?
Well, resistance always feels negative. You probably know the feeling of resistance quite well by now, if you’ve been working on a next level goal. It feels like fear, stress, or anxiety, or anything like these.
When you’re moving towards your goal and get something you believe is a match, but really isn’t, the feeling is going to be subtly different. In my experience it causes surprise more than anything. For instance, you feel great about interviewing for that job, but then you don’t get it. The feeling is, “Oh, I wonder why that happened?” Usually, it’s because you weren’t actually a match to it. Either there is still low-level resistance just beneath the surface, or the job had some detail you weren’t aware of that made it not actually a match to your desire.
The third option I find to be the easiest to decipher. When you are actively pursuing something but the gods believe it is not for your highest good, it feels like repeatedly ramming into a brick wall, but being too stubborn to stop. It’s not that you have resistance, but that you are so set on this that you keep pushing forward.
But, when you really look at what’s been going on, you see many, many obstacles. I mean, it gets to the level of the ridiculous pretty quickly. Things that really should have worked out, just seem to be sabotaged.
A single obstacle is generally just your own resistance. But once it starts feeling like the Universe has it in for you, that’s because, well, it does, sort of. It’s not that the gods have it in for you, so much as they are trying to prevent you from going down the wrong path, by quickly and repeatedly erecting brick walls in your way.
Once this happens, the best thing you can do is to stop, take some time to center yourself, and ask them, “Okay, what is it you’d rather me do?” And, they will answer you, provided you are able and willing to receive the answer. Quite often, months or years down the road, you’ll look back and realized that you’re actually happy it hadn’t worked out for you after all.
How About You?
Now it’s your turn. Have you had the experience of running into so many obstacles, despite not having much resistance, that it seemed like the Universe was actively trying to block you? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
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B, I’ve certainly had things where it just doesn’t work out despite repeated efforts, but on reflection there’s always a background feeling of the desire not being a match to my true, authentic self. I think life will block manifestation in such cases. True desires (ones which reflect the authentic self) are always more readily manifested, in my experience. Chopra talks about this.
Hi CJ,
I know you’ve said this kind of thing before, and it really depends on what you mean by the “true, authentic self”. I believe you’ve said before that you can’t manifest any selfish desire, which I obviously disagree with, because I’ve done it. Repeatedly. 🙂
But if you mean that it can’t be anything that is against your chosen path, then I agree.
I think people like to try to separate the spiritual and the material. We can’t manifest money because it’s selfish. Unless of course we give it to others, then that’s okay. (That’s sarcasm BTW.)
Matter is a part of spirit, though. I think we came here to succeed and to be happy. So I happily manifest material things, almost every day to be honest.
But we definitely have a path we walk. If something goes against that path, it’s not going to work out. That’s up to the gods, really.
Yes, I don’t think ‘true/authentic’ rules out personal materialistic desires unless those desires become excessive, in which case they are an expression of greed/fear rather than the correct path.
So say I wanted to set up a charity, I think that would be a lot easier to manifest than setting up a betting agency.
Hi CJ,
Why? That seems like a personal bias. I get it, because it’s common. I’ve gambled before (blackjack), and rather enjoy it in moderation. But again, the Universe has no preferences or opinions on what is right and wrong.
Quick story: a few years ago, Christine and I went to Las Vegas. I enjoyed myself there greatly. Wonderful hotel we stayed at (can’t remember which one right now), great restaurants, and had lots of fun.
How is gambling any worse than, say, a self-help guru who sells the idea that people need his program in order to find happiness? Both of these examples can be done tastefully, and also done distastefully. Gambling is a fun pastime for many. For others it is unhealthy. But that’s like saying producing alcohol is immoral because some people use it to excess. Or, say, being a psychic is immoral because some people rely on them too much. It’s really all the same to me.
I really like this youtube video. A nice angle on karma. A bit more gentle interpretation than I’m used to.
Spirituality does state this and it is pretty clear. “Being Erica” the tv series comes to mind. When Erica wanted to go back to do the things she did not do, her mentor told her there was a reason for that. She still wanted to do them though, because she thought she missed out on some stuff, and he took her there (it is a spiritual/time travel/dramedy), but each ended up being a disaster; for some the timing was off and they happened later on and for others Erica dodged a bullet). Sometimes a bullet is just dodged. It is that simple.
That’s a really good point, Kat. I’ve never seen that show but it sounds interesting.
I agree though, usually when those things are denied us, there’s a very, very good reason for it. I know I’ve always been thankful to those experiences, eventually.
B, on the subject of authenticity, can you say what is the most direct and powerful way to understand one’s true vocation? I’m still finding it hard to tune into it.
Hi CJ,
In my experience, it will find you. I didn’t know what I was meant to do for years, and eventually I just happened into it. There’s really no shortcut.
So, Brandon, what would you recommend for these cases? For example, say you do not know where you want to live or where exactly you would like to work. Eventually, you will fall into it? But in the meantime, you can write down what you do want, without being too specific, since you yourself do not know exactly, and things will unravel from there.
Hi Kat,
Exactly right. Be as specific as you are able. In time, details will fill in. Specifics will give way to more specifics. Some of the details might change entirely. But, just focus on what you want to the best of your ability. And make sure, most of all, it evokes the feelings you want to have from the goal.
Sometimes we get so caught up in the goal as we think it should be, that we don’t stop to think whether it makes us feel how we want to feel.
B, I’ve certainly had things where it just doesn’t work out despite repeated efforts, but on reflection there’s always a background feeling of the desire not being a match to my true, authentic self. I think life will block manifestation in such cases. True desires (ones which reflect the authentic self) are always more readily manifested, in my experience. Chopra talks about this.
Hi CJ,
I know you’ve said this kind of thing before, and it really depends on what you mean by the “true, authentic self”. I believe you’ve said before that you can’t manifest any selfish desire, which I obviously disagree with, because I’ve done it. Repeatedly. 🙂
But if you mean that it can’t be anything that is against your chosen path, then I agree.
I think people like to try to separate the spiritual and the material. We can’t manifest money because it’s selfish. Unless of course we give it to others, then that’s okay. (That’s sarcasm BTW.)
Matter is a part of spirit, though. I think we came here to succeed and to be happy. So I happily manifest material things, almost every day to be honest.
But we definitely have a path we walk. If something goes against that path, it’s not going to work out. That’s up to the gods, really.
Yes, I don’t think ‘true/authentic’ rules out personal materialistic desires unless those desires become excessive, in which case they are an expression of greed/fear rather than the correct path.
So say I wanted to set up a charity, I think that would be a lot easier to manifest than setting up a betting agency.
Hi CJ,
Why? That seems like a personal bias. I get it, because it’s common. I’ve gambled before (blackjack), and rather enjoy it in moderation. But again, the Universe has no preferences or opinions on what is right and wrong.
Quick story: a few years ago, Christine and I went to Las Vegas. I enjoyed myself there greatly. Wonderful hotel we stayed at (can’t remember which one right now), great restaurants, and had lots of fun.
How is gambling any worse than, say, a self-help guru who sells the idea that people need his program in order to find happiness? Both of these examples can be done tastefully, and also done distastefully. Gambling is a fun pastime for many. For others it is unhealthy. But that’s like saying producing alcohol is immoral because some people use it to excess. Or, say, being a psychic is immoral because some people rely on them too much. It’s really all the same to me.
I really like this youtube video. A nice angle on karma. A bit more gentle interpretation than I’m used to.
Spirituality does state this and it is pretty clear. “Being Erica” the tv series comes to mind. When Erica wanted to go back to do the things she did not do, her mentor told her there was a reason for that. She still wanted to do them though, because she thought she missed out on some stuff, and he took her there (it is a spiritual/time travel/dramedy), but each ended up being a disaster; for some the timing was off and they happened later on and for others Erica dodged a bullet). Sometimes a bullet is just dodged. It is that simple.
That’s a really good point, Kat. I’ve never seen that show but it sounds interesting.
I agree though, usually when those things are denied us, there’s a very, very good reason for it. I know I’ve always been thankful to those experiences, eventually.
B, on the subject of authenticity, can you say what is the most direct and powerful way to understand one’s true vocation? I’m still finding it hard to tune into it.
Hi CJ,
In my experience, it will find you. I didn’t know what I was meant to do for years, and eventually I just happened into it. There’s really no shortcut.
So, Brandon, what would you recommend for these cases? For example, say you do not know where you want to live or where exactly you would like to work. Eventually, you will fall into it? But in the meantime, you can write down what you do want, without being too specific, since you yourself do not know exactly, and things will unravel from there.
Hi Kat,
Exactly right. Be as specific as you are able. In time, details will fill in. Specifics will give way to more specifics. Some of the details might change entirely. But, just focus on what you want to the best of your ability. And make sure, most of all, it evokes the feelings you want to have from the goal.
Sometimes we get so caught up in the goal as we think it should be, that we don’t stop to think whether it makes us feel how we want to feel.
Well, it happened to me. We moved house six months ago and the process was horribly stressful.
We had our heart set on a place, but to cut a long story short, even though our offer was accepted, the vendor went back on the agreement and dropped us for someone who made a higher offer (UK contract law for house purchase etc is like that. .) We were heartbroken, but that weekend, we took a trip out to the countryside where we wanted to live and view a couple of houses we weren’t that excited about, just to get our minds into a positive frame again.
One of those houses was much better than the photographs made out, it was the right price and had just about everything we wanted.
Well, we live there now and it’s just about perfect, not just in ways we anticipated and wanted, but in many other ways too. We still have to pinch ourselves to make sure it’s all real. . .
So I think our greater good was served by losing the first house, heartbreaking though it was. (And it’s still on the market, hah! . . . can i say Karma? 😉 )
Interestingly, I had written a ‘letter to the universe’ a la Melody about what I wanted, and it turned out almost perfectly.
What a nices story, Jon. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Jon,
I absolutely believe it. That sounds like exactly what the Universe / gods would do. 🙂 I’m so happy it worked out for you so well though. 😀
Well, it happened to me. We moved house six months ago and the process was horribly stressful.
We had our heart set on a place, but to cut a long story short, even though our offer was accepted, the vendor went back on the agreement and dropped us for someone who made a higher offer (UK contract law for house purchase etc is like that. .) We were heartbroken, but that weekend, we took a trip out to the countryside where we wanted to live and view a couple of houses we weren’t that excited about, just to get our minds into a positive frame again.
One of those houses was much better than the photographs made out, it was the right price and had just about everything we wanted.
Well, we live there now and it’s just about perfect, not just in ways we anticipated and wanted, but in many other ways too. We still have to pinch ourselves to make sure it’s all real. . .
So I think our greater good was served by losing the first house, heartbreaking though it was. (And it’s still on the market, hah! . . . can i say Karma? 😉 )
Interestingly, I had written a ‘letter to the universe’ a la Melody about what I wanted, and it turned out almost perfectly.
What a nices story, Jon. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Jon,
I absolutely believe it. That sounds like exactly what the Universe / gods would do. 🙂 I’m so happy it worked out for you so well though. 😀
I really like how you differentiate the different things it could mean when things don’t work out. This post clarified a lot of ideas for me.
Would a deity or other supernatural (fairy, angel, etc.) ever block a manifestation with no particular prior relationship with the person? Would they ever say, “Hey, I like that kid. He doesn’t really know me, but I’m going to keep him from getting into that mess”? Or is there always a prior relationship strong enough that they feel they have permission via the relationship?
Great question, Lisa. I’d say that generally they’re not going to limit your free will. Generally you’ll have a prior relationship. But that’s not necessarily the same as knowing their name, or even knowing that you’re working with a specific being. Many people call these beings simply “Source” or “Universe”, but still treat it as a relationship, so the particular energies that interact with them the most will be the ones that continue to work with them.
Happened to me too. I got my masters in Public Relations in 2008. Had my heart set on that field. I went on interview after interview after interview. Landed a few unpaid internships. Could not land work in the field. Around this time, my health started deteriorating, I discovered a new field where I could work from home (my current field). I had a spiritual awakening in 2012 and my entire life path completely shifted. I’ve talked about this experience often with people in the past.
Almost as though, the Universe had different plans for me. It’s so hard for me to understand or explain, but it really does re-enforce the “letting go of attachment to results”, because I often wonder if we really do have full control and free will here? I take it that our HS (or Gods/Spirit Guides, etc) will nudge us in the direction that will be most advantageous for us, but we HAVE to be able to say yes or no to that. I get the underlying feeling that I could have pushed and eventually landed work in the PR field, but it would not have been for my highest excitement or “highest good”.
But, then again, I look at “bad people” (saying that in the same context that you did in your post B) and how “bad people” have been able to manifest such terrible things. I would have to question, was there own HS not trying to block their manifestations? Why were they able to be successful? I look at Hitler or other “bad people”. Maybe they just ignored the signs and pushed ahead anyway.
Bashar discusses this in detail. He says that often the issue of “timing” is a matter of your HS holding out on a manifestation in order that you gain experiences first so that you will enjoy the manifestation even more when it DOES arise. Or even that we will get something even BETTER.
And again, to me, this comes back to the notion of “letting go of what the final outcome “needs” to look like”. Because, we, from our limited physical minds really can’t see the larger picture. Our Higher Selves (or as you call it the Gods) have a clearer view.
So, the issue of trust comes more so into the equation. We simply have to trust and stop doubting, because the entire process is already perfection.
Hi Derek,
That’s a great experience, and matches what I discussed perfectly.
I will say that in my own view, the higher self isn’t the one to block manifestations. It will certainly nudge and guide, but the more active blocking like what you experienced, just in my own experience isn’t the higher self. It’s mostly higher-order beings who do that sort of thing.
You go a bit further along that spectrum of detachment than I do. I do believe that we have at least near complete control. And free will doesn’t mean that we have infinite choices. For instance, though I may have free will, I cannot choose to, say, become a tree, or grow to 7′ tall. Like I mention in the Saturn return post, infinite creation also implies structure and order.
So when I say to let go of what exactly the goal should look like, I’m not saying we can’t get exactly what we want. But we have to be open to the possibility that what we think we want is not actually what is the best match to our desire. But I don’t advocate being completely detached from the result as in, “Well, whether I get this or not, it’s okay.” As I’ve been writing of late, such passivity is not effective for creation, as it won’t move enough energy to cause the changes in your subconscious structures required to create something new in your life.
Now to your question, I agree that “bad” people like Hitler have to do a lot of ignoring of their guidance to get to where they are. That’s not an easy path to push against your own inclination to growth and expansion so persistently.
But it also raises a question: for how “big” the event of World War II was, did Hitler’s higher self not see that potentiality before incarnating here in that life? And if he did, must he have in some way agreed to play that role, or to sink to that level? Perhaps both for his own lessons and experience, as well as that of the world as a whole? It’s interesting to contemplate. I know that in the Akashic Records, large-scale, impactful events make quite the energetic imprint. So a soul that played a central role in those events… well I think they must have known it, or at least the possibility of it.
Yeah, I guess I don’t really believe in deities ha. I really don’t think it’s important whether you believe it’s the HS, Spirit Guides or other deities. The more you cling to one position that says “it’s this way and not THAT way”, I have found, I just limit myself in a box anyway.
For me, it’s the same way for astrology since you mention it here. It absolutely will serve you if you believe it will like anything else and could be a wonderful benefit. I have explored astrology in very small amounts. Just never really resonated greatly with me. But, I know many people who love it and live by it. I had my own past life regression a few years back with a Michael Newton trained regressionist in NYC. I was very into past life stuff at the time after reading both big books of Michael Newtons, exploring Dolores Cannon’s stuff and it served me well until it didn’t. I have shifted in a more simplistic direction in my life. I found that stuff were really fun pointers to explore on the path, but they only represented an objective truth for me when I believed very strongly in them. But, there is nothing wrong with utilizing that information if one feels that it will serve them.
That aside, what you say about “what we want is not actually want we THINK we want”, well, that’s my point. This would imply that you could never truly know what it is you specifically want, because, well, even when you visualize or work towards something, the universe might still block it and provide something even BETTER. So, this is why I believe it make more sense to never be attached to a particular outcome. How could you be if you never truly know how, when or what it will look like when it DOES come?
I’ve heard the same things about Hitler and have read a lot about “mass agreements”. I think there is certainly validity to it, no doubt. But, it would leave the question of free will once again very open…..how could we ever know if what we are trying to manifest can actually happen or not….OR….whether something is going to be blocked for a “greater purpose”? It’s a very nebulous line.
Also, the more we explore the ideas of “why this would blocked or why that would be blocked”, we tend to induce more doubt in the manifestation process. If you can truly, be, have, do anything you truly want (within the parameters of the collective agreement/laws of the universe), well, that’s quite empowering, and I have read countless stories of people who have even overcome the laws of the physical universe. People who have levitated, gone without food or water, I mean, I think the more we limit ourselves by saying “we are limited by certain things”, we in turn DO limit ourselves by that belief. But, of course, it’s likely not in our “highest good” to even explore that stuff such as overturning Universal laws, because those laws serve a purpose to us. But, i think it’s very possible to do it with really intense…..such as a Buddhist monk.
But, I do believe free will is our birthright. So, I really think with all of this said and done, we are totally free to adhere to that nudging from the “Gods” or not. But, I am leaning more towards a life of flow right now. It’s been serving me a lot better. Will see how long this lasts 🙂
Hi Derek,
As said, we come at this from very different angles. You prefer to keep things simple, and to keep the gods out of it. For me, they are an integral part of my practice, and have added immeasurably to it. I’ve learned so much more since I started working with the gods I have a relationship with. Of course, both paths are perfectly okay.
When I differentiate roles like I have, I’m not trying to be rigid. I’m just speaking from my own observations and what I’ve learned personally.
Regarding astrology, as I mentioned before, I believe it is as useful as you allow it to be. I certainly never intended to believe in it or see it as useful, nor did I try to do so. I was just open to the insights it might be able to provide.
I think part of the perspective difference is in the simplicity you mention. To me, the gods, divination, astrology, and all the rest adds a magical element to life that I love to explore and deepen for myself. For you, at least from what you’ve said, it sounds like it just overcomplicates things. But hey, that’s perfectly fine as I said. Everyone’s on their own path.
Yes what we want is not always what we think we want, but to jump from that to, just totally be detached from any result, seems like quite a jump to me. It’s like saying, if I’m at a restaurant and I want to try a new dish, well I don’t know if I’ll like it or not, so I may as well not even order it. But why not order it and be excited for the potential it has?
But, to me, the creator paradigm is far different from, I guess you could call the flow paradigm. I mentioned before the resistance mode vs the release mode, and in that comment thread I said I believed you were in the release mode, where you just don’t have the drive to pursue next level goals. But I don’t think that can be translated to mean that everyone should be detached from outcomes. I’m certainly not detached from outcomes, and I get at least nearly everything I intend, and I am very happy throughout the process of it. 🙂
Yes I believe we can do just about anything. However I do believe there are inherent limits, and those limits serve us. The Universe is structured. It’s also expansive. In the second part to the astrology podcast I’m going to talk about the expansive Jupiter energy, vs. the restrictive Saturn energy. A lot of people like to focus on that limitless, free, expansive Jupiter energy, and I’m just saying, you need a balance. There’s expansion, and there’s also constriction and limitation. They are two sides of the same coin, but both very necessary. As one who is completing my Saturn return, i’ve come to realize the value in restriction quite a bit.
I do believe we have free will, even if there are agreements in place before we come here. But I believe those agreements are not placed in such a way so as to undermine our free will, anymore than I think that the requirement to eat undermines my free will to choose not to. Or if indeed there are those who don’t have to eat, then say the requirement to breathe oxygen undermines my free will to choose not to. I don’t think that is the case.
I actually mentioned the “attachment” thing because I was feeding off of your own comment here:
“But we have to be open to the possibility that what we THINK we want is not actually what is the best match to our desire.”
And I fully agree with this comment of yours. It’s how I see it as well. But, based on this, how could we ever truly be attached to any outcome if we are acknowledging that we really don’t always know what we actually want? But, it also takes away from the notion of trusting that “I am going to get this thing that I want”, because we are acknowledging that maybe we will NOT get this particular thing, since the universe or the gods has something else in mind for us. So, how can we manifest and visualize with trust in something so specific, if we are acknowledging that we don’t even know a lot of the times what we truly want or if this particular thing is “what we truly want”? Which is why the notion of “flow” indicates that we are aligning with this trust, and we know the universe will deliver to us what it is we TRULY want and all action will come from an inspired place of trust. You can’t have it both ways as I see it.
I’ve actually mentioned many times that I am indeed “creating” something in my life which is healing ( not to mention we are always creating whether we are aware or not) and I have found that healing is happening now the more and more I let go of “what healing needs to look like” and actually starting living more and more in the present moment and almost forgetting about “trying to heal”. No, I am not there yet, but I am getting there as my body is getting stronger and stronger, with still flare ups in between, but they are happening less and less, and this has largely happened by letting go of of the focus on “healing my body” which is so ironic, and more so on “connecting to love” in my life….which is actually BEING more so in the present moment and enjoying and noticing the subtleties of my life experience. When I mention flow, I am speaking of being in a state of unconditional love regardless, of what is happening on the outside.
That doesn’t mean, I don’t take action to create something. Actually, more and more ideas are coming into my experience over the last few weeks of things that really excite me. I’m even planning a potential move to Florida in the next year, now that I have a location in Florida in mind. But, I don’t feel a need to cling to any particular outcome as though it “needs to happen”. I actually want to start my own business as a healer myself too. Clearly not there yet, but this too for me will be another exploration and challenge for sure in letting go of attachment.
The “flow path” is exactly in line with your ‘blocked experience’ here in the post. The universe (HS, spirit guides, gods, whatever term) knows better than my limited physical mind, what it is that I truly want. If it didn’t, then I would be working in the PR/marketing field, with no illness and never even considered what “spirituality” actually is. OR, the gods or the higher selves know what I truly want and can nudge me, and I have complete free will either way to listen or push ahead which is what I think it more than likely is.
So, the the more I learn to trust (which has always been an issue for me), in unconditional acceptance, in knowing that no matter what, the universe IS benevolent and always knows what’s perfect for me right now…..the more I can see that no matter what his happening, it’s all perfect. The more ideas of doubt I induce on what I can or cannot do, well, that’s where my focus goes. Simple as that.
There is this approach to life that keeps coming up for me that life is not so really “serious” as we believe it is, unless we want to believe it is.
Hi Derek,
I agree with much of what you say, but I simply draw different conclusions.
Yes, trust is vital. Yes, we should be open to the gods showing us different outcomes.
That doesn’t mean that I’m not going to put my full energy behind a manifestation. In the time since I’ve started doing this, manifestations have started coming at rapid-fire speed, because of the energy I put into them. This energy is not “force”—I say this because I don’t want to be inadvertently misunderstood in this way.
This does not contradict for me the need to also trust the Universe / the gods. 99.9% of the time, we’ll get exactly the thing we wanted to get. I mean, in all of my manifestations over the last several months, only maybe 2 or 3 small ones were ones that were, let’s say, discouraged. That’s among countless manifestations that I have indeed successfully manifested.
So, I start out with the assumption that I will get what I want to get.
This is not the same thing as attachment. I’m not attached in a lacking egoic sort of way. It’s just, confidence and choice.
When I said above I’m attached to my outcomes, i did not mean it in that way. I meant it in the way of, I definitely have a strong preference that they happen. That strong preference, though, is the needed energy to move energy and change reality around me.
So, it’s not hard for me, if the gods say, “Hey this isn’t the best choice right now,” to say, “Oh, okay. That’s fine. Let’s move on to the next goal.”
The way you’ve framed it above, it makes it sound like it’s a toss-up whether we’ll get it or not. I’m not saying that. It’s not a 50/50 chance, or anything close. The overwhelming majority of manifestations will be achieved exactly as envisioned. The gods try to stay out of our way as much as possible. If it were just chance, or up to the gods / the Universe, then the law of attraction would actually be meaningless, and there would be no point. Then we’d be back to passively praying, “Please give me X.”
I maintain that we’re creators. I also maintain there are limits. Wisdom is in realizing where those limits lie.
I agree that everything is perfect. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t have a desire to change certain elements. Both perspectives can exist at once. I can see this as perfect, and simultaneously desire, say, more money, or the growth of my business, etc.
I suppose I have the opposite experience of you, and I’ve worked with many clients who have complained of this issue as well: when I simply felt good and accepted anything that came, well, not much changed. Maybe very slowly, but I desired faster change than that. When I started insisting on change, then change happened. And, as I’ve applied that over and over again, it’s continued to happen, over and over again.
I barely had enough to get by each month financially. Once I started insisting that I met certain financial goals, I started magically meeting those goals. I didn’t change anything I did physically. It was all in the insistence that reality must be other than it currently was. And, it’s remained that way ever since.
And I agree that life is not so serious. Taking it too seriously can really sabotage manifestations.
I get what you’re saying B about attachment. This is your living room here, so I don’t want impose my own views any further. But, I will say that if I look at a lot of the comments in a lot of the articles, including my own, we all are looking for that “trust”. For me, it’s not trust that the Universe will always guide us in what’s “right” for us, but trust in that…..the universe will actually DELIVER what we truly, specifically want. It becomes a very nebulous perspective when we say…..well most of the time, it will come, but there are certain times, where it might not. And it’s like….well….how is that supposed to help us to trust even MORE? I mean, we’ve all experienced manifestation in our lives. We’ve all had experiences of manifesting things. We know it’s a REAL fact of the universe. But, I think a lot of us, want to know……to what extent can we “get what we want”?
Here’s Bashar’s perspective on this subject, although Bashar implicity adds (which is not written here below) to keep in mind the notion of getting something even BETTER as part of the manifestation as well:
“We, as our Higher Self (Over-Soul) actually creates Time (as we experience it). Our Higher Self exists outside Time and Space. It projects portions of itself into specific time/space holograms (time/space matrixes), which we then experience as an incarnation. So, from the point of view of any one incarnation, there is time, there is “past, present, and future”. But from the point of view of the Higher Self, there is no Time. It’s all happening NOW. It’s just one big Eternal-NOW. So keep in mind that our Higher Self is creating the actual “time” that we are experiencing in a linear fashion.
When we intensely want to do something now, and it is easily possible to do it, no problem. We just do it.
But if we intensely want to do something now, and it is NOT possible to do it NOW, we are then at a critical decision-junction:
We can choose to interpret this as
“I am not getting what I want.”
Or, we can choose to interpret this as
“I always get what I want. If it’s not available now, then there must be an excellent reason for this.”
Which of these choices we make is critical in determining the outcome, as this choice is equivalent to selecting a BELIEF, and we then experience the outcome aligned with that belief.
If you choose to interpret the situation as
“I am not getting what I want.”,
then, sure enough, you will continue to not get what you want.
But the alternative is this:
Choose to interpret this situation (of not being able to do what you want to do NOW) as
“I always get what I want.”
“I always get what I want. If it’s not available now, there must be an excellent reason for this.”
You see, often our Higher Self “arranges” time in such a way that we do not get what we want when we initially want it, only because it wants us to first accumulate certain experiences, certain skills, certain appreciations, certain connections with other people, certain awarenesses – FIRST! So that when we do get to experience this thing we want, we will then be appreciating it and enjoying it on a much deeper and more profound level.
So when you want to do something and it is not immediately available, REMEMBER: Your Higher Self is merely delaying this experience, so you get some other experiences first, so that you may enjoy and appreciate this thing you want EVEN MORE, when you do get it.
So when you want to do something and it is not immediately available, TRUST YOUR TIMING.
Do not buy into the belief that
“I do not get what I want.”
Instead, remind yourself:
“I always get what I want.”
“I always get what I want. If it’s not available now, then my Higher Self must have some experiences it wishes me to have first, so that when I do
get what I want, I’ll be able to enjoy it even more. I’ll be able to enjoy it on a much richer, deeper basis.”
Hi Derek,
You’re not imposing at all. 🙂
I know that trust is one of the most important aspects of this whole thing. And I know it can be discouraging to say, “Your manifestation might be blocked.” However, I also value honesty above all else, so wanted to write this post for that reason, because it is true. You see elsewhere in these comments several examples of people who have experienced something not working out, and getting something even better. In my experience, in all cases, those for whom something has not worked out, are later happy that it didn’t.
I believe we get what we want, but as I said, we don’t always know what that is, even when we think we do. My point of difference with you is that it seems you are saying, “Because I don’t know if what I think I want is really what I want, I just won’t even put my attention on it.” And I’m saying, “99.9% of the time, I get exactly what I envision. I’m going to put my full energy behind this, and even if I get something different, I know it’ll be absolutely perfect. But I’m going to revel in the excitement of having this very specific goal.”
I agree with the generalities of what Bashar says, even if I disagree with the technical details of it. But I think the choices are “now,” “later,” or “no, but here’s something even better.”
Just to clarify when I say “bad” people, I am not suggesting the Universe only adheres to “good”. But, I meant that, clearly, it was not in Hitler’s “highest good” to kill close to 10 million people ha. Even a desire that is motivated from a scared ego place that is acted upon, is also completely allowed to happen. But, I would suggest that there is still always that guidance that will try in its own to way to nudge us along the path in a direction more aligned with what we truly want. So, I would assume that people who still do “bad things”, are just ignoring their guides and higher wisdom and pushing through anyway, which is why perhaps they are still able to manifest, but in the end, it catches up to them in a different way. No, I am not suggesting karma. I am simply suggesting that life is always nudging is in the direction of our highest good/highest excitement/ highest joy (whatever term works better for you) and it is ENTIRELY up to us to listen to that or to ignore it and try to fight through life, but we saw what happened to Hitler in the end. He died a very scared death at a pretty young age. Perhaps all of that resistance DOES catch up with you in the end. Maybe I’m just talking out of my ass 🙂
I really like how you differentiate the different things it could mean when things don’t work out. This post clarified a lot of ideas for me.
Would a deity or other supernatural (fairy, angel, etc.) ever block a manifestation with no particular prior relationship with the person? Would they ever say, “Hey, I like that kid. He doesn’t really know me, but I’m going to keep him from getting into that mess”? Or is there always a prior relationship strong enough that they feel they have permission via the relationship?
Great question, Lisa. I’d say that generally they’re not going to limit your free will. Generally you’ll have a prior relationship. But that’s not necessarily the same as knowing their name, or even knowing that you’re working with a specific being. Many people call these beings simply “Source” or “Universe”, but still treat it as a relationship, so the particular energies that interact with them the most will be the ones that continue to work with them.
Happened to me too. I got my masters in Public Relations in 2008. Had my heart set on that field. I went on interview after interview after interview. Landed a few unpaid internships. Could not land work in the field. Around this time, my health started deteriorating, I discovered a new field where I could work from home (my current field). I had a spiritual awakening in 2012 and my entire life path completely shifted. I’ve talked about this experience often with people in the past.
Almost as though, the Universe had different plans for me. It’s so hard for me to understand or explain, but it really does re-enforce the “letting go of attachment to results”, because I often wonder if we really do have full control and free will here? I take it that our HS (or Gods/Spirit Guides, etc) will nudge us in the direction that will be most advantageous for us, but we HAVE to be able to say yes or no to that. I get the underlying feeling that I could have pushed and eventually landed work in the PR field, but it would not have been for my highest excitement or “highest good”.
But, then again, I look at “bad people” (saying that in the same context that you did in your post B) and how “bad people” have been able to manifest such terrible things. I would have to question, was there own HS not trying to block their manifestations? Why were they able to be successful? I look at Hitler or other “bad people”. Maybe they just ignored the signs and pushed ahead anyway.
Bashar discusses this in detail. He says that often the issue of “timing” is a matter of your HS holding out on a manifestation in order that you gain experiences first so that you will enjoy the manifestation even more when it DOES arise. Or even that we will get something even BETTER.
And again, to me, this comes back to the notion of “letting go of what the final outcome “needs” to look like”. Because, we, from our limited physical minds really can’t see the larger picture. Our Higher Selves (or as you call it the Gods) have a clearer view.
So, the issue of trust comes more so into the equation. We simply have to trust and stop doubting, because the entire process is already perfection.
Hi Derek,
That’s a great experience, and matches what I discussed perfectly.
I will say that in my own view, the higher self isn’t the one to block manifestations. It will certainly nudge and guide, but the more active blocking like what you experienced, just in my own experience isn’t the higher self. It’s mostly higher-order beings who do that sort of thing.
You go a bit further along that spectrum of detachment than I do. I do believe that we have at least near complete control. And free will doesn’t mean that we have infinite choices. For instance, though I may have free will, I cannot choose to, say, become a tree, or grow to 7′ tall. Like I mention in the Saturn return post, infinite creation also implies structure and order.
So when I say to let go of what exactly the goal should look like, I’m not saying we can’t get exactly what we want. But we have to be open to the possibility that what we think we want is not actually what is the best match to our desire. But I don’t advocate being completely detached from the result as in, “Well, whether I get this or not, it’s okay.” As I’ve been writing of late, such passivity is not effective for creation, as it won’t move enough energy to cause the changes in your subconscious structures required to create something new in your life.
Now to your question, I agree that “bad” people like Hitler have to do a lot of ignoring of their guidance to get to where they are. That’s not an easy path to push against your own inclination to growth and expansion so persistently.
But it also raises a question: for how “big” the event of World War II was, did Hitler’s higher self not see that potentiality before incarnating here in that life? And if he did, must he have in some way agreed to play that role, or to sink to that level? Perhaps both for his own lessons and experience, as well as that of the world as a whole? It’s interesting to contemplate. I know that in the Akashic Records, large-scale, impactful events make quite the energetic imprint. So a soul that played a central role in those events… well I think they must have known it, or at least the possibility of it.
Yeah, I guess I don’t really believe in deities ha. I really don’t think it’s important whether you believe it’s the HS, Spirit Guides or other deities. The more you cling to one position that says “it’s this way and not THAT way”, I have found, I just limit myself in a box anyway.
For me, it’s the same way for astrology since you mention it here. It absolutely will serve you if you believe it will like anything else and could be a wonderful benefit. I have explored astrology in very small amounts. Just never really resonated greatly with me. But, I know many people who love it and live by it. I had my own past life regression a few years back with a Michael Newton trained regressionist in NYC. I was very into past life stuff at the time after reading both big books of Michael Newtons, exploring Dolores Cannon’s stuff and it served me well until it didn’t. I have shifted in a more simplistic direction in my life. I found that stuff were really fun pointers to explore on the path, but they only represented an objective truth for me when I believed very strongly in them. But, there is nothing wrong with utilizing that information if one feels that it will serve them.
That aside, what you say about “what we want is not actually want we THINK we want”, well, that’s my point. This would imply that you could never truly know what it is you specifically want, because, well, even when you visualize or work towards something, the universe might still block it and provide something even BETTER. So, this is why I believe it make more sense to never be attached to a particular outcome. How could you be if you never truly know how, when or what it will look like when it DOES come?
I’ve heard the same things about Hitler and have read a lot about “mass agreements”. I think there is certainly validity to it, no doubt. But, it would leave the question of free will once again very open…..how could we ever know if what we are trying to manifest can actually happen or not….OR….whether something is going to be blocked for a “greater purpose”? It’s a very nebulous line.
Also, the more we explore the ideas of “why this would blocked or why that would be blocked”, we tend to induce more doubt in the manifestation process. If you can truly, be, have, do anything you truly want (within the parameters of the collective agreement/laws of the universe), well, that’s quite empowering, and I have read countless stories of people who have even overcome the laws of the physical universe. People who have levitated, gone without food or water, I mean, I think the more we limit ourselves by saying “we are limited by certain things”, we in turn DO limit ourselves by that belief. But, of course, it’s likely not in our “highest good” to even explore that stuff such as overturning Universal laws, because those laws serve a purpose to us. But, i think it’s very possible to do it with really intense…..such as a Buddhist monk.
But, I do believe free will is our birthright. So, I really think with all of this said and done, we are totally free to adhere to that nudging from the “Gods” or not. But, I am leaning more towards a life of flow right now. It’s been serving me a lot better. Will see how long this lasts 🙂
Hi Derek,
As said, we come at this from very different angles. You prefer to keep things simple, and to keep the gods out of it. For me, they are an integral part of my practice, and have added immeasurably to it. I’ve learned so much more since I started working with the gods I have a relationship with. Of course, both paths are perfectly okay.
When I differentiate roles like I have, I’m not trying to be rigid. I’m just speaking from my own observations and what I’ve learned personally.
Regarding astrology, as I mentioned before, I believe it is as useful as you allow it to be. I certainly never intended to believe in it or see it as useful, nor did I try to do so. I was just open to the insights it might be able to provide.
I think part of the perspective difference is in the simplicity you mention. To me, the gods, divination, astrology, and all the rest adds a magical element to life that I love to explore and deepen for myself. For you, at least from what you’ve said, it sounds like it just overcomplicates things. But hey, that’s perfectly fine as I said. Everyone’s on their own path.
Yes what we want is not always what we think we want, but to jump from that to, just totally be detached from any result, seems like quite a jump to me. It’s like saying, if I’m at a restaurant and I want to try a new dish, well I don’t know if I’ll like it or not, so I may as well not even order it. But why not order it and be excited for the potential it has?
But, to me, the creator paradigm is far different from, I guess you could call the flow paradigm. I mentioned before the resistance mode vs the release mode, and in that comment thread I said I believed you were in the release mode, where you just don’t have the drive to pursue next level goals. But I don’t think that can be translated to mean that everyone should be detached from outcomes. I’m certainly not detached from outcomes, and I get at least nearly everything I intend, and I am very happy throughout the process of it. 🙂
Yes I believe we can do just about anything. However I do believe there are inherent limits, and those limits serve us. The Universe is structured. It’s also expansive. In the second part to the astrology podcast I’m going to talk about the expansive Jupiter energy, vs. the restrictive Saturn energy. A lot of people like to focus on that limitless, free, expansive Jupiter energy, and I’m just saying, you need a balance. There’s expansion, and there’s also constriction and limitation. They are two sides of the same coin, but both very necessary. As one who is completing my Saturn return, i’ve come to realize the value in restriction quite a bit.
I do believe we have free will, even if there are agreements in place before we come here. But I believe those agreements are not placed in such a way so as to undermine our free will, anymore than I think that the requirement to eat undermines my free will to choose not to. Or if indeed there are those who don’t have to eat, then say the requirement to breathe oxygen undermines my free will to choose not to. I don’t think that is the case.
I actually mentioned the “attachment” thing because I was feeding off of your own comment here:
“But we have to be open to the possibility that what we THINK we want is not actually what is the best match to our desire.”
And I fully agree with this comment of yours. It’s how I see it as well. But, based on this, how could we ever truly be attached to any outcome if we are acknowledging that we really don’t always know what we actually want? But, it also takes away from the notion of trusting that “I am going to get this thing that I want”, because we are acknowledging that maybe we will NOT get this particular thing, since the universe or the gods has something else in mind for us. So, how can we manifest and visualize with trust in something so specific, if we are acknowledging that we don’t even know a lot of the times what we truly want or if this particular thing is “what we truly want”? Which is why the notion of “flow” indicates that we are aligning with this trust, and we know the universe will deliver to us what it is we TRULY want and all action will come from an inspired place of trust. You can’t have it both ways as I see it.
I’ve actually mentioned many times that I am indeed “creating” something in my life which is healing ( not to mention we are always creating whether we are aware or not) and I have found that healing is happening now the more and more I let go of “what healing needs to look like” and actually starting living more and more in the present moment and almost forgetting about “trying to heal”. No, I am not there yet, but I am getting there as my body is getting stronger and stronger, with still flare ups in between, but they are happening less and less, and this has largely happened by letting go of of the focus on “healing my body” which is so ironic, and more so on “connecting to love” in my life….which is actually BEING more so in the present moment and enjoying and noticing the subtleties of my life experience. When I mention flow, I am speaking of being in a state of unconditional love regardless, of what is happening on the outside.
That doesn’t mean, I don’t take action to create something. Actually, more and more ideas are coming into my experience over the last few weeks of things that really excite me. I’m even planning a potential move to Florida in the next year, now that I have a location in Florida in mind. But, I don’t feel a need to cling to any particular outcome as though it “needs to happen”. I actually want to start my own business as a healer myself too. Clearly not there yet, but this too for me will be another exploration and challenge for sure in letting go of attachment.
The “flow path” is exactly in line with your ‘blocked experience’ here in the post. The universe (HS, spirit guides, gods, whatever term) knows better than my limited physical mind, what it is that I truly want. If it didn’t, then I would be working in the PR/marketing field, with no illness and never even considered what “spirituality” actually is. OR, the gods or the higher selves know what I truly want and can nudge me, and I have complete free will either way to listen or push ahead which is what I think it more than likely is.
So, the the more I learn to trust (which has always been an issue for me), in unconditional acceptance, in knowing that no matter what, the universe IS benevolent and always knows what’s perfect for me right now…..the more I can see that no matter what his happening, it’s all perfect. The more ideas of doubt I induce on what I can or cannot do, well, that’s where my focus goes. Simple as that.
There is this approach to life that keeps coming up for me that life is not so really “serious” as we believe it is, unless we want to believe it is.
Hi Derek,
I agree with much of what you say, but I simply draw different conclusions.
Yes, trust is vital. Yes, we should be open to the gods showing us different outcomes.
That doesn’t mean that I’m not going to put my full energy behind a manifestation. In the time since I’ve started doing this, manifestations have started coming at rapid-fire speed, because of the energy I put into them. This energy is not “force”—I say this because I don’t want to be inadvertently misunderstood in this way.
This does not contradict for me the need to also trust the Universe / the gods. 99.9% of the time, we’ll get exactly the thing we wanted to get. I mean, in all of my manifestations over the last several months, only maybe 2 or 3 small ones were ones that were, let’s say, discouraged. That’s among countless manifestations that I have indeed successfully manifested.
So, I start out with the assumption that I will get what I want to get.
This is not the same thing as attachment. I’m not attached in a lacking egoic sort of way. It’s just, confidence and choice.
When I said above I’m attached to my outcomes, i did not mean it in that way. I meant it in the way of, I definitely have a strong preference that they happen. That strong preference, though, is the needed energy to move energy and change reality around me.
So, it’s not hard for me, if the gods say, “Hey this isn’t the best choice right now,” to say, “Oh, okay. That’s fine. Let’s move on to the next goal.”
The way you’ve framed it above, it makes it sound like it’s a toss-up whether we’ll get it or not. I’m not saying that. It’s not a 50/50 chance, or anything close. The overwhelming majority of manifestations will be achieved exactly as envisioned. The gods try to stay out of our way as much as possible. If it were just chance, or up to the gods / the Universe, then the law of attraction would actually be meaningless, and there would be no point. Then we’d be back to passively praying, “Please give me X.”
I maintain that we’re creators. I also maintain there are limits. Wisdom is in realizing where those limits lie.
I agree that everything is perfect. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t have a desire to change certain elements. Both perspectives can exist at once. I can see this as perfect, and simultaneously desire, say, more money, or the growth of my business, etc.
I suppose I have the opposite experience of you, and I’ve worked with many clients who have complained of this issue as well: when I simply felt good and accepted anything that came, well, not much changed. Maybe very slowly, but I desired faster change than that. When I started insisting on change, then change happened. And, as I’ve applied that over and over again, it’s continued to happen, over and over again.
I barely had enough to get by each month financially. Once I started insisting that I met certain financial goals, I started magically meeting those goals. I didn’t change anything I did physically. It was all in the insistence that reality must be other than it currently was. And, it’s remained that way ever since.
And I agree that life is not so serious. Taking it too seriously can really sabotage manifestations.
I get what you’re saying B about attachment. This is your living room here, so I don’t want impose my own views any further. But, I will say that if I look at a lot of the comments in a lot of the articles, including my own, we all are looking for that “trust”. For me, it’s not trust that the Universe will always guide us in what’s “right” for us, but trust in that…..the universe will actually DELIVER what we truly, specifically want. It becomes a very nebulous perspective when we say…..well most of the time, it will come, but there are certain times, where it might not. And it’s like….well….how is that supposed to help us to trust even MORE? I mean, we’ve all experienced manifestation in our lives. We’ve all had experiences of manifesting things. We know it’s a REAL fact of the universe. But, I think a lot of us, want to know……to what extent can we “get what we want”?
Here’s Bashar’s perspective on this subject, although Bashar implicity adds (which is not written here below) to keep in mind the notion of getting something even BETTER as part of the manifestation as well:
“We, as our Higher Self (Over-Soul) actually creates Time (as we experience it). Our Higher Self exists outside Time and Space. It projects portions of itself into specific time/space holograms (time/space matrixes), which we then experience as an incarnation. So, from the point of view of any one incarnation, there is time, there is “past, present, and future”. But from the point of view of the Higher Self, there is no Time. It’s all happening NOW. It’s just one big Eternal-NOW. So keep in mind that our Higher Self is creating the actual “time” that we are experiencing in a linear fashion.
When we intensely want to do something now, and it is easily possible to do it, no problem. We just do it.
But if we intensely want to do something now, and it is NOT possible to do it NOW, we are then at a critical decision-junction:
We can choose to interpret this as
“I am not getting what I want.”
Or, we can choose to interpret this as
“I always get what I want. If it’s not available now, then there must be an excellent reason for this.”
Which of these choices we make is critical in determining the outcome, as this choice is equivalent to selecting a BELIEF, and we then experience the outcome aligned with that belief.
If you choose to interpret the situation as
“I am not getting what I want.”,
then, sure enough, you will continue to not get what you want.
But the alternative is this:
Choose to interpret this situation (of not being able to do what you want to do NOW) as
“I always get what I want.”
“I always get what I want. If it’s not available now, there must be an excellent reason for this.”
You see, often our Higher Self “arranges” time in such a way that we do not get what we want when we initially want it, only because it wants us to first accumulate certain experiences, certain skills, certain appreciations, certain connections with other people, certain awarenesses – FIRST! So that when we do get to experience this thing we want, we will then be appreciating it and enjoying it on a much deeper and more profound level.
So when you want to do something and it is not immediately available, REMEMBER: Your Higher Self is merely delaying this experience, so you get some other experiences first, so that you may enjoy and appreciate this thing you want EVEN MORE, when you do get it.
So when you want to do something and it is not immediately available, TRUST YOUR TIMING.
Do not buy into the belief that
“I do not get what I want.”
Instead, remind yourself:
“I always get what I want.”
“I always get what I want. If it’s not available now, then my Higher Self must have some experiences it wishes me to have first, so that when I do
get what I want, I’ll be able to enjoy it even more. I’ll be able to enjoy it on a much richer, deeper basis.”
Hi Derek,
You’re not imposing at all. 🙂
I know that trust is one of the most important aspects of this whole thing. And I know it can be discouraging to say, “Your manifestation might be blocked.” However, I also value honesty above all else, so wanted to write this post for that reason, because it is true. You see elsewhere in these comments several examples of people who have experienced something not working out, and getting something even better. In my experience, in all cases, those for whom something has not worked out, are later happy that it didn’t.
I believe we get what we want, but as I said, we don’t always know what that is, even when we think we do. My point of difference with you is that it seems you are saying, “Because I don’t know if what I think I want is really what I want, I just won’t even put my attention on it.” And I’m saying, “99.9% of the time, I get exactly what I envision. I’m going to put my full energy behind this, and even if I get something different, I know it’ll be absolutely perfect. But I’m going to revel in the excitement of having this very specific goal.”
I agree with the generalities of what Bashar says, even if I disagree with the technical details of it. But I think the choices are “now,” “later,” or “no, but here’s something even better.”
Just to clarify when I say “bad” people, I am not suggesting the Universe only adheres to “good”. But, I meant that, clearly, it was not in Hitler’s “highest good” to kill close to 10 million people ha. Even a desire that is motivated from a scared ego place that is acted upon, is also completely allowed to happen. But, I would suggest that there is still always that guidance that will try in its own to way to nudge us along the path in a direction more aligned with what we truly want. So, I would assume that people who still do “bad things”, are just ignoring their guides and higher wisdom and pushing through anyway, which is why perhaps they are still able to manifest, but in the end, it catches up to them in a different way. No, I am not suggesting karma. I am simply suggesting that life is always nudging is in the direction of our highest good/highest excitement/ highest joy (whatever term works better for you) and it is ENTIRELY up to us to listen to that or to ignore it and try to fight through life, but we saw what happened to Hitler in the end. He died a very scared death at a pretty young age. Perhaps all of that resistance DOES catch up with you in the end. Maybe I’m just talking out of my ass 🙂
Brandon, you’ve said in the past that the universe allows all choices without judgment, it just manifests whatever you feed into it, like a machine. But now you’re saying it makes decisions based on our behalf if it thinks it’s not good for us.
Hi CJ,
No, not so much. Please notice in the post where I differentiated between the Universe and the gods. I said exactly what you said, in my post above—that the Universe does not care what we manifest. The gods, however, or your higher intelligence of choice, can and often does care, for various reasons.
Brandon, you’ve said in the past that the universe allows all choices without judgment, it just manifests whatever you feed into it, like a machine. But now you’re saying it makes decisions based on our behalf if it thinks it’s not good for us.
Hi CJ,
No, not so much. Please notice in the post where I differentiated between the Universe and the gods. I said exactly what you said, in my post above—that the Universe does not care what we manifest. The gods, however, or your higher intelligence of choice, can and often does care, for various reasons.
Right you are.
However LoA theory will have to be modified to say that if gods don’t think you should have what you want, then bad luck. The universe might give it to you, but there’s some judgment from gods and they have the ultimate say in whether you manifest your desire.
… and that would make the gods more powerful than the universe.
I’m very sensitive to anomalies and contradictions, so excuse me pointing them out.
The gods more powerful, well yes of course. They are higher order beings.
However, I disagree on judgment, at least in the negative way you are saying.
It is not a judgment thing, as in they think what you are doing is bad. It’s all in your own interest, for your highest good, something that you’ll love even more in the end than the thing you initially desired.
Look at the other experiences people have posted, as well as my own. I have many others besides. When things didn’t work out, it was for very, very good reason.
Right you are.
However LoA theory will have to be modified to say that if gods don’t think you should have what you want, then bad luck. The universe might give it to you, but there’s some judgment from gods and they have the ultimate say in whether you manifest your desire.
… and that would make the gods more powerful than the universe.
I’m very sensitive to anomalies and contradictions, so excuse me pointing them out.
The gods more powerful, well yes of course. They are higher order beings.
However, I disagree on judgment, at least in the negative way you are saying.
It is not a judgment thing, as in they think what you are doing is bad. It’s all in your own interest, for your highest good, something that you’ll love even more in the end than the thing you initially desired.
Look at the other experiences people have posted, as well as my own. I have many others besides. When things didn’t work out, it was for very, very good reason.
you know, B, I just thought of something else. The Universe leads you to where you need to be. Let us say you think you want something and go for it and make it, but then you change your mind and do something else. Well, on that path, you find that you can only get promoted if you do what you were doing before, so you need to go and complete the course or whatever you need to do for it. So, even if you think you are better off where your second choice is, the Universe presents opportunities in the first one.
Also, I just found out that several people in the program I did not go for went into the field I am in now afterwards! So, either way, I would be where I am today had I done that in the first place. That is, I would still be where I am, preparing for what is to come. I may have very well ended up where I am now! So, mystery solved!
Hi Kat,
That’s awesome! Yes, I think that is very likely. 🙂
In my opinion, we can never really make a wrong choice. I mean it might be wrong in the sense that it temporarily takes us where we don’t want to be, but in the long term, if we hold the vision of the goal, the Universe / gods will lead us back to where we need to be.
That’s not to say we aren’t in control. We are in control because we are the ones with the vision. But the Universe takes that vision and makes it happen. 🙂
You’re saying gods are more powerful than the universe? That can’t be the case.
The Universe is just the laws, the principles in place. The gods are higher-order beings who can stretch those laws as necessary. I’ve mentioned this before. For instance, if you ask for help but aren’t a complete match to what you are asking for, they can help, as long as you are at least a partial match.
I want a new bike. I do everything right, give the universe instructions, universe goes to manifest it and the gods come in and prevent it happening. That would make gods more powerful than the universe, which is an impossibility.
I don’t believe it is an impossibility. And I don’t see why they’d block you getting a bike. 🙂
you know, B, I just thought of something else. The Universe leads you to where you need to be. Let us say you think you want something and go for it and make it, but then you change your mind and do something else. Well, on that path, you find that you can only get promoted if you do what you were doing before, so you need to go and complete the course or whatever you need to do for it. So, even if you think you are better off where your second choice is, the Universe presents opportunities in the first one.
Also, I just found out that several people in the program I did not go for went into the field I am in now afterwards! So, either way, I would be where I am today had I done that in the first place. That is, I would still be where I am, preparing for what is to come. I may have very well ended up where I am now! So, mystery solved!
Hi Kat,
That’s awesome! Yes, I think that is very likely. 🙂
In my opinion, we can never really make a wrong choice. I mean it might be wrong in the sense that it temporarily takes us where we don’t want to be, but in the long term, if we hold the vision of the goal, the Universe / gods will lead us back to where we need to be.
That’s not to say we aren’t in control. We are in control because we are the ones with the vision. But the Universe takes that vision and makes it happen. 🙂
You’re saying gods are more powerful than the universe? That can’t be the case.
The Universe is just the laws, the principles in place. The gods are higher-order beings who can stretch those laws as necessary. I’ve mentioned this before. For instance, if you ask for help but aren’t a complete match to what you are asking for, they can help, as long as you are at least a partial match.
I want a new bike. I do everything right, give the universe instructions, universe goes to manifest it and the gods come in and prevent it happening. That would make gods more powerful than the universe, which is an impossibility.
I don’t believe it is an impossibility. And I don’t see why they’d block you getting a bike. 🙂
Those selfish desires still might be a part of your overall spiritual lesson in such a way, that you can manifest them, or whether you do or not in some situations does not influence your soul’s overall progress, so your gods, or your higher self won’t prevent it. Also, the tradition you follow may allow somethings, and punish for others. However, the only reasons that it may be easier to manifest a charity, rather than a venture which makes you money personally is that you are less resistant subconsciously, and you can maintain your focus with the relaxed spiritual grip which is also strong and unwavering, and allow what resistance there is to flow smoothly away with mindfulness, or by using another method. True, it may also line up better with your soul’s path, I won’t leave that possibility out. However, you also may have less resistance to a charity which helps others.
Those selfish desires still might be a part of your overall spiritual lesson in such a way, that you can manifest them, or whether you do or not in some situations does not influence your soul’s overall progress, so your gods, or your higher self won’t prevent it. Also, the tradition you follow may allow somethings, and punish for others. However, the only reasons that it may be easier to manifest a charity, rather than a venture which makes you money personally is that you are less resistant subconsciously, and you can maintain your focus with the relaxed spiritual grip which is also strong and unwavering, and allow what resistance there is to flow smoothly away with mindfulness, or by using another method. True, it may also line up better with your soul’s path, I won’t leave that possibility out. However, you also may have less resistance to a charity which helps others.
I can see how the Universe was working behind the scenes the whole time, in my life. I have 2 examples of it.
1. Applied for college A. For some reason, the manifestation was blocked and I went elsewhere instead, which looking back, was the better choice.
2. Applied for fast food job because I needed the money. I got the job, but the traning kept getting delayed for weeks. Eventually, I started looking for another job and I got it and it turned out to be the best job I ever had and I am very happy there.
So bottom line, the universe was helping me go down the better path all along, and get the job/place of college that they knew I would be much happier with.
It all worked out.
Yep exactly. It always does work out. 🙂 Thanks for sharing those stories.
I can see how the Universe was working behind the scenes the whole time, in my life. I have 2 examples of it.
1. Applied for college A. For some reason, the manifestation was blocked and I went elsewhere instead, which looking back, was the better choice.
2. Applied for fast food job because I needed the money. I got the job, but the traning kept getting delayed for weeks. Eventually, I started looking for another job and I got it and it turned out to be the best job I ever had and I am very happy there.
So bottom line, the universe was helping me go down the better path all along, and get the job/place of college that they knew I would be much happier with.
It all worked out.
Yep exactly. It always does work out. 🙂 Thanks for sharing those stories.