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Manifesting Abundance in the Middle of Tough Times

 In 2000 my life took a terrible turn.  Very difficult circumstances caused me to move from Florida to Minnesota.  Due to enormous grief I was unable to pursue my career as a hypnotist until I had achieved some measure of peace. 

 So, within a short period of time I found a job not related to counseling.  The challenge was that it was a difficult sales job with high quotas.  Hence, a few months later I was handed a written notice of job termination if my sales didn’t improve quickly and dramatically by the end of the month.  This imminent loss simply piled itself onto the enormous grief I had left behind in Florida. 

 One night, after waking up again worrying, I remembered key information about manifesting.  Funny enough, this was information I had shared with so many clients who had applied it successfully but I had ‘forgotten’ it. 

 You know how it goes: taking one’s own advice is tough medicine—especially when your emotional resources are stretched to their limit.  I am reminded of one of my favorite funny quotes: “Take my advice because I’m not using it!”

 But, this time I had to take my own advice or suffer terrible emotional and financial consequences.  Following is an outline for an incredible manifesting exercise that changed my life. This exercise is an adaptation of advice from Dale Carnegie’s book How To Stop Worrying and Start Living.

 What’s curious is that I only spent 4 hours working on the manifesting exercise and I shudder to think of how much time I had spent worrying. 

 Step 1— Clearly identify your problem.  Just one.  Identify the main problem that is at the root of other perceived problems.  For me, my problem was losing my job. 

 Step 2—Clearly identify all the sub-problems and the attendant feelings that stem from the major problem.  In my case, this meant several things.  I’ll share a couple of the big ones here.  First, my bills would go unpaid.  The feelings that went with this sub-problem ranged from panic to despair.  Second, being unable to pay my bills, I would have to declare bankruptcy.  Again, feelings of panic and despair.

 Bear in mind that a problem not clearly seen is a problem with lots of damaging power.  It lurks menacingly in the corners of your mind causing a great deal of harm just through fear.  In fact, more harm probably results from worries hiding in the dark corners of our imagination than from the reality of the worries were they to come true (which most times they do not). 

 So, the point is to get all your worries and feelings out of your head and onto paper.

 At this point you might think that the first two steps seem to be focusing on the problem rather than the solution.  The truth is that this process actually helps to free you from focusing on the problem(s).  You see, so long as your imagination is wrapped around one major negative idea and all the negative sub-ideas that come with the major one, one is indeed manifesting—the problem is that only negativity and fear are being created.

 This process gives you the ability to free your mind, imagination and heart from the quicksand of overwhelming worry.  It does so by giving your unconscious mind room to imagine and ultimately create better possibilities.  Steps three and four tell you how.

 Step Three—Create a list of responses to each problem.  The major and minor ones. 

 Note that your responses should range from the ridiculous to the ultra-practical.  By letting your deep mind come up with goofy solutions you may find some humour and perhaps unique answers.  At the very least you are lubricating your imagination so that it can come up with answers that a mind full of unease could never imagine.  One of my solutions to the imagined problem of creditors calling was to think of myself barking at them on the phone. 

 Please note:  I never had to do this but the thought of it made me laugh which caused me to draw a few odd stares in the coffee shop where I was doing my work.

 Just remember: “Seven days without laughter make one weak.“

 Step 4—Pick one (relatively sane) response to one problem and do it until the problem is solved as much as possible.  I know this sounds simplistic but three things came to my mind when I first rebelled against this simple step:

 (1) Dale Carnegie’s ideas have changed the lives of millions of people.  I figured he was onto something.

 (2) I had seen it work for hundreds of my clients.

 (3) I knew I needed to do something other than waking up freaking out at 3 in the morning. 

 Here’s the bottom line:  In a very short period of time after implementing this solution manifestation program, I went from about to lose my job as the worst salesman to becoming one of the top salespeople in my region.  I earned several awards and, just as importantly, I was bringing home large ($15,000) commission checks. 

 And the bonus is that by giving yourself constructive options to focus and act upon, many of the terrible feelings you may be experiencing will literally fade away.  A friend of mine many years ago gave me a great line to live by: “There are either problems or solutions—what do you want?” 

 If you would like to see a summary by Dale Carnegie of his book How To Stop Worrying and Start Living, please visit: http://www.MindBodyHypnosis.com/worry.htm

 And remember W.H. Murray’s words: “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness concerning all acts of initiative and creation. There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans; that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too”.

 So, commit now to doing whatever it takes to succeed.  Reach beyond your limitations.

 And never give up.

About the Author

Devin Hastings runs a private hypnotherapy practice and state licensed school in Minnetonka, Minnesota. In the early 1980’s Devin was homeless and so has experienced the terrible grief and loss that so many others are afraid of or are experiencing. Therefore, please read this article and truly act on it because you really can change your life for the better.

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