CranioSacral Therapists - Lessons From an Instant Manifestation

Manifesting is all the rage these days. It seems you can't turn a corner without tripping over one more Law of Attraction expert advising you to imagine yourself there NOW, keep the vision planted in your mind and prepare for your success.

Don't get me wrong. There's a lot of truth to that. Yet there's also a critical missing ingredient I recently stumbled on firsthand. It created what I call a miracle manifestation. It took weeks to come about. And still I have no doubt it happened in an instant.

Here's the story...

I belong to a year-long coaching club run by a masterful mentor. There are thousands of people in the program. Yet he coaches only 20 of the members live on the telephone. And you need to submit a lengthy application to be accepted.

At the end of each weekly coaching call, our mentor announces the names of the people he's coaching in the following week's call. And grabbing that session is serious business. You have to accept by 9 a.m. the next morning. Otherwise it goes to someone else.

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What Are the Odds?
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I'm sure you can imagine ~ with thousands of members and only 20 coaching sessions available, the odds are pretty high against being selected. Yet the moment I heard about the live coaching calls, I decided then and there that one of those sessions was mine.

I didn't want to be picked. I decided to be picked. I surprised even myself when I spontaneously squealed out loud, "I am doing this!" I told friends about it, too.

But here's the kicker. Those live coaching calls are all on Wednesday nights. And there was one night I knew I wouldn't be available because I was flying across the country to Colorado that day.

So when I decided I was going to be one of the 20 people coached, I found myself repeating this out loud, too: "Just don't let it be on Wednesday, August 26."

Then I let go of that thought. Because I figured, what are the odds that I'd be picked for that Wednesday night?

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Being Shaken From My Stupor
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The week before I flew to Colorado, I was snuggled up on my comfy couch listening to that week's coaching call. It had been a long day and I was feeling drowsy.

I was drifting off when a voice on the phone startled me awake. It was my mentor announcing my name on the call. He had selected me to be coached the next week ~ on Wednesday, August 26! The one day I declared I didn't want.

I was flabbergasted. Here I had the perfect demonstration of manifesting my desire and my fear all at once. Befuddled, I turned to Rev. Michele McGrew, a spiritual teacher and founder of Wake Up Goddess.

"Had that been my fear playing out in my reality?" I asked her. Now that I had proof of how powerfully I can manifest, I wanted to get this thing right.

"It's even simpler than that," she replied. "You declared to the Universe what you don't want. But just like the subconscious mind, the Universe doesn't process the word don't."

So in essence, I was telling the Universe, "I'm going to be one of the 20 people picked. Just let it be on Wednesday, August 26."

It turns out I got exactly what I asked for. I just didn't understand what I was asking.

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3 Simple Steps to Getting What You Really Want
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Looking back, I can define the precise instant I manifested that highly unlikely coaching call. It was the instant I made the conscious decision to be picked. That decision is also the ingredient that was missing all those other times I tried to attract what I wanted.

Even now I can feel the subtle yet distinct difference between making that decision and simply wanting it. Wanting carries the energy of trying, while deciding feels like it is done. Now if you want something and decide to achieve it, that's when the magic happens.

Try it yourself. Follow these 3 simple steps to attract what you really want into your life:

Step 1: Make the decision to get [fill in the blank]. Don't want it. Don't wish for it. Don't plead for it. DECIDE.

Step 2: Declare your decision out loud beginning with "I AM."
As a CranioSacral Therapist tuned into subtle energy, you know the power of thoughts. A verbal declaration brings those thoughts one step closer to physical form by impressing them into sound waves.

Step 3: Speak only positive words and phrases. I should have said, "I AM getting picked for a live coaching call. And I'm going to be on my comfy couch when it takes place." I know I would have gotten what I really wanted. And I know you can, too.

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Add a Nickel's Worth of Wisdom
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Okay, confession time. I'm not great at staying hyper-focused on visualizing what I want to attract. After I submitted my application for the live coaching call and reality set in, I had my doubts that I would be picked.

Fortunately, my decision was greater than my doubt.

Next time, rather than allow myself to feel doubt, I will consciously choose to release my attachment to the outcome. And know that whatever is in my highest and best good will come to pass.

It always does.