My temple is my body
My world around me my altar
My words are spells
Every thought an intention
My action rituals
To manifest all that will be
I am sacred
I am divine
Ara
The affirmation I posted in the first “Foundational Elements” blog reminds us that our words are spells and our thoughts are intentions. If you stop and notice what you are speaking and thinking, it will give you insight into exactly what you are creating in your life – for better and for worse. Do you say things like, “I can’t afford it” or “I’m broke”? Chances are your finances reflect just that. Do you find yourself thinking “nothing ever works out for me” or “I’m so unlucky”? Those are your intentions – even if you are setting them unconsciously. This is not meant to shame or blame you, only to make you aware.
I know from first-hand experience how words and thoughts can be used to our detriment because I spent years fretting about my finances. My fear around money was so great that I would literally plan for failure. I would look at how much money my husband and I had in the bank and then calculate how long we could live on our savings if we lost all our clients. I went even further with my catastrophic thinking and imagined how we would manage if all we could find was minimum wage jobs to replace the income we lost. It sounds crazy now, but I had no conscious awareness of what I was doing and simply went along with the ill-advised strategy of hoping for the best, but planning for the worst.
Fortunately, once I began learning some of these practices outlined in this blog, I realized the consequences of that negative mindset. As I changed the way I looked at our finances, our finances changed, and over time we were able to pay off our bills and even become completely debt free. Once my consciousness shifted to an abundance mindset, I never worried about money again and my bank account has reflected my new way of thinking ever since. The same can be true for you.
While you may not have money worries, it can be easy to fall into the same trap I did in some other area of your life. That’s why this blog post is aimed at raising awareness about the power we have to create our own reality. When you think about affirmations, positive phrases may come to mind. But when you criticize yourself or project a negative outcome, that is an affirmation too and it can be just as powerful.
Once again, we can look to many of the great wisdom texts and see that these truths have been taught through the ages. Some of my favorite writings on this topic come from authors of the 20th century, such as Florence Scovel Shinn and Louise Hay. There’s also Neville Goddard, a popular author and speaker on New Thought until his death in 1972.
Goddard recommends thinking about the fulfillment of your desires just before falling asleep. He points out that thoughts become feelings, which in turn put our subconscious to work creating our reality. In his book, Feeling is the Secret, he writes:
“Call your desires into being by imagining and feeling your wish fulfilled. As the end is accepted, you become totally indifferent as to possible failure, for acceptance of the end wills the means to that end. When you emerge from the moment of prayer, it is as though you were shown the happy and successful end of a play although you were not shown how that end was achieved.”
In other words, our only task is to focus on what we desire, and let the universe handle the rest. We don’t have to know how or when or where.
If you prefer a modern take on Goddard’s teachings, you can read “Wishes Fulfilled, Mastering the Art of Manifesting,” by Wayne Dyer. In this 2012 book, Dyer sums up the steps to wishes fulfilled as follows: 1) Use your imagination just before going to sleep; 2) Think from the end; 3) Feel as if it has already happened. Dyer writes:
“That which you feel yourself to be you are, and you are given that which you are. So assume the feeling that would be yours were you already in possession of your wish, and your wish must be realized.”
Some powerful female writers were spreading the same message during Goddard’s time. One of my favorites is Catherine Ponder who wrote a dozen books including the “Dynamic Laws of Prosperity.” She also recognized these truths that we will return to again and again during our nine-month journey together.
As we go through the Rebirth Journey together, you will learn tools and rituals for tapping into your desires so you can set intentions and supercharge them with your thoughts and your words. To help get you started, I will share an easy and effective tool now. Start noticing how often you are in fear of things not working out. Then try replacing that thought with this question instead:
“What if everything turns out even better than I imagine?”
Can you look back on times in your life when you were fearful about something that never actually happened? Now that you are learning the essential elements required for a rebirth, experiment with pivoting when you find yourself having fearful thoughts. If your mind dwells on a bad outcome, use that as a prompt to pivot and ask yourself the question: “And what if it turns out better than I imagine?”
While I will be the first to acknowledge that we do not always get exactly what we want, I am a firm believer that in many cases, the universe will give us something even better.
Have you ever wanted a man, a job, a house or something else that you now know was not in your best interest? By focusing on what you desire but leaving room for an outcome that is even better than you imagine, you are setting aside your small ways and making space for the universe to use its big ways to work its magic.
Can you think of a time in your life when everything turned out even better than you imagined? Share your story in the comments below.
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