And This Little Piggy Said … Go for It. – Part 1 of 2

The image I chose for this post is that of the lucky pig which symbolizes prosperity, wealth, and abundance.

Another year has passed and I’m getting into my thoughts of the New Year. Even though I have desires of what I would like to manifest, thoughts of just what and how it can come about are flitting about in my mind.

These days, I’m hearing more that setting intention and even visualizing are not the best strategies for manifestation. This is because it can interfere and even block what might be coming our way. While I have manifested what I’ve wanted in the past in the ways mentioned above, I really can’t say whether I’d blocked something even better. I might have, who knows?

Some of the things that I’ve manifested turned out to be not the best things for me. They were things I thought I wanted but then left me feeling pretty foolish once I had achieved them. Then there were things I thought I really wanted and now I thank goodness they haven’t manifested for me.

Wow, how powerful the mind is. We can burn ourselves if we don’t know how to use this power. The mind is a tool that can hurt or benefit, depending on how we handle it. Either way, it is all for the evolution of our soul.

I have thought about this over the years.

Do we have control of our lives?

How many times have we heard we have no control of our own lives and that it is completely up to a power outside ourselves? I no longer believe this and I know that I cannot make excuses for things happening to me that I might not like. I am focusing more on seeing my part in everything that happens.

Observing events in my life has helped to open my eyes.

I am a co-creator and meet the Divine to create my life as I desire. The key I have come to realize is that I need to allow what I want, and not resist by living out old programs that no longer serve me. Once I know what I truly desire I have to be open to receive it, joyously. This is very important and yet not as easy as it sounds, as I might still have blocks that put the kibosh on what I desire.

As I look at my life, I can see that I manifest many things I want as well as things I don’t want. Manifesting what I truly desire includes one of the most important elements: Having the feeling behind what I want. The desire is there, on a deep level of intuitive knowing. When I don’t get what I want, it is because I don’t believe I can have it, or I don’t really want it, or it is not good for all concerned. As I think about it, why would I really want something that is not good for all concerned?

A good example was when I wanted to buy a small house. I felt a deep desire for a house of my own and yet, no matter how hard I tried to find the house of my dreams, it never manifested. Roadblocks continuously stopped me at the door. At the time, my desire for it was shadowed by the thoughts in the recesses of my mind that I would be laid off my job in the oil patch, and soon. It was inevitable that I would eventually lose my job like tens of thousands of other people in the field, and it did happen. My house-hunting days ended.

What I realize now is that I had made a decision to buy a house based on the wrong reason: I didn’t want to rent an apartment again. That also blocked what I wanted. Well, the timing wasn’t right and as a result, I got to leave my money in the bank. When I think about it now, I am grateful I didn’t get a house at that time.

What is important is being aware of what is deeper in my mind when wanting to manifest something. I can also manifest things I don’t want by holding them in my mind, fearing them, and giving them that power. The feeling of fear or even anger reinforces my manifesting what I don’t want.

Part 2 of this post will appear next week. Hope to see you then.

Happy New Year.