Musings of The AlcheMystic

This is an experience I have been wanting to share for awhile. The time is right as I need a reminder myself! It is one thing to intellectually know something and another thing to actually live and practice it. I knew how to manifest and knew that the book The Secret was only part of the story. Growing up I was very familiar with lack and financial challenges. They followed me into adulthood although I had never been unable to pay my rent. It was around the summer of 2010. My husband was doing his art thing and I was doing my energy work/massage/amulets/potion thing. Income was tight and money in the bank was dwindling. Upon doing the math that month I discovered that we were going to be $1000 short on meeting our monthly expenses. This terrified me! Brian took in the info without exhibiting a reaction. Our landlord was awesome and worst case scenario, we could ask for an extra week or two on our rent. Fear engulfed me, with my permission of course! A few days before it was time to write out the rent check I went outside to the mailbox. A familiar envelope caught my eye. It was for Brian from SAG and I knew it contained a check. It had been a long while since he had an animatronics job that included a SAG spot. These days his residual checks were less than $90. Nonetheless I was happy to see it. I ripped open the envelope (i'm tearing up as I write this...I always tear up whenever I tell this story.) to discover a check for ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!!! My brain was filled with disbelief and I felt the vibration of my body completely, undeniably, shift. Tears in my eyes and gratitude throughout my being to my very core, I ran to the garage where Brian was doing his art thing. He could see something was up and asked. Unable to speak I handed him his check. He looked at it, said, "cool" as he handed it back to me. I said, "You realize that this is the exact amount we were going to be short? We can pay rent on time now!" His response? "I NEVER DOUBTED IT." He went on to say, "I knew it would work itself out." I learned so much that day; from the arrival of the check to the words that he spoke. From that day forward I approached manifesting a bit differently:

When I feel fear or concern regarding finances I return to that moment at the mailbox when I saw the $1000 check. I feel the same sensations in my being that I felt then; basically returning to and allowing in the vibration that I shifted to in that moment of realizing the Universe delivered what I asked for. This creates expansion, creating a path for whatever it is I need/want/desire to find its way to me.
I do my best to not fixate on how my desires will find their way to me. In the experience above, I was so focused on how many massage clients I would need, how many necklaces I could sell, and hoping Brian would sell one of his animatronic sculptures. The Universe listens. When we focus on things being delivered to us via path A or path B we limit the flow of abundance. Perhaps the Universe has a path C in mind like it did with the arrival of the unexpected check? Planning is good but I always leave room for the Universe to swoop in and show me a different way if that is what it has in mind.
When most people go into fear about money they stop spending. That's the smart thing to do, right? Well, when I find myself starting to have money fear I allow myself to purchase something I do not need. It can be a crystal, a dress, or simply buying coffee for myself AND a friend. This affirms that I KNOW I am in a good place and that what I want is on its way.

If you are new to this manifesting stuff or just can't seem to make it work for you try the following exercise:

· Ask yourself what it looks like. Hold the vision of what it looks like.

· Ask yourself what it feels like. Create and hold the sensation of feeling it.

· Ask yourself what it smells like. Smell the aroma of what it smells like.

· Ask yourself what it sounds like. Hear the sound resonate in your ears.

· Ask yourself what it tastes like. Taste the sensation.

Engaging those 5 senses will bring you into the vibration of having the thing you desire. Once we tune into the frequency of what we want we will have it. Unless, the Universe has something better in mind for us! (That is a whole other blog of its own!)