Firing
Up New IntentionsA New Twist on Old Manifesting Technique
As 2009 winds down you're probably inundated with suggestions for
creating a powerful new year, right? I know I am.
Amidst all the advice, I ran across a unique method for manifesting new
intentions. I liked it enough to share here.
Mike Dooley's "Manifesting Change" audio series is exceptional
for many reasons (blog review coming soon). One of my favorite nuggets
is this exercise designed to empower new intentions:
1. Jot down as many thoughts of yours that have already become the things
and events in your life. Skip lines or leave a space between each
bullet point. Note dreams of yours that have already come true or
thoughts of yours that have already become things.
Take a couple of minutes ...
2. Once you've made this list, in the spaces between each "dream come true"
or "thoughts became things," jot down present dreams of yours that
will become true.
With the simple act of associating prior successes with successes
you wish to experience, you will see you've been there before,
you're not learning any new tricks, just exercising that ancient muscle that
you came equipped with that effortlessly creates the world around you.
I'm one of those that usually skips the exercises. (I do them in my head,
or think I'll do them later.) But this one I really did.
It was profound.
First, just listing prior dreams come true is a powerful process. The
acknowledgement of success and putting the spotlight on "wins" is a great
vibe to activate!
But beyond that, going back through and filling new dreams in between
existing dreams was incredibly empowering. Seeing
them all on one list made them feel TOTALLY do-able; so within reach!!
These other crazy things came true, why wouldn't THESE crazy things come
true, too?
It brought these existing intentions to "no-brainer" status. Of COURSE
they're happening; they're on the same list with all the other wonderful
things that have happened!
This process also revealed lingering doubts I wasn't aware
of. My dreams come true items were written in strong bold simple
words, but my wishes for the future were smaller with lots of caveats.
Doubt revealed!
I rewrote the list so the past and future successes all looked the same
(powerful writing, concise words) and hung it on the board where I see it
every day. Sometimes I get mixed up about which ones haven't happened
yet .. which HAS to be a powerful message to Universe, right?
Mixing up my future dreams with my accomplished ones imbues them with the
vibration of success!
For me it also reinforces the illusion of time - like things aren't so
linear any more. On some plane I already AM all these things I dream
of. (Which is a fluent Spanish speaker who's authored several
impactful ebooks and has an enviable meditation practice and is the world's
favorite LOA expert for hire! hee hee)
It's your turn now. If the exercise calls to you,
please have fun with it!
PS: Mike offers two twists on the exercise you might enjoy
as well (the last one I'm especially looking forward to!):
Jot down fears or challenges of the past that you've mastered or dealt with.
Intermingle that list with some present day fears or challenges. This
simple act of associating prior successes with present day challenges will
immediately show you that you've been there before, you can do it again.
Third variation: Jot down the names of people who have achieved as you wish
to achieve, and in that list put your name.
Thanks, Mike, for sharing such a simple yet powerful way to fire
up new intentions for 2009!
(Here's
the page where you can check out Mike's full Manifesting Change
program (under Shop, then Audio/Video. Great gift to self!)
If you're so inclined, please feel free to reproduce this article in full with proper author credit (that would be me, Jeannette Maw) and link back to Good Vibe Coaching. Thanks!
