I was listening online to someone describing how to manifest, and after describing her first experience, which was a beautiful example of really wanting something she had never had and receiving it, she went on to make rules, and the first one was to be very specific. I’ve found that when we ask it’s important to allow room for the magic to enter, and then open ourselves to receiving that magic coming into our life. So we ask for something, leaving space for even more to arrive, possibilities we might not yet be able to imagine.

The beauty of manifesting is the element of surprise. We can attract even more than we asked for. That’s what I’ve found. We just have to open ourselves and especially our hearts.

When I wrote about manifesting a while back, I shared an experience a friend had of manifesting moving boxes when she needed them. It was one of her first experiences with seeing that something that she asked for came to her, and this is always a happy and powerful experience. Someone emailed me and said, why are you worried about manifesting moving boxes when we have huge problems in the world?

The answer is simple. We each have to manifest what we want and need. That’s different for everyone. It’s important to start small. Ask for something that you need that’s actually doable. In my friend’s case, she needed moving boxes, she was going to borrow some, and a new neighbor knocked on her door a short time later to ask if she would like her moving boxes, as she had just moved in. What are the odds? And yet that is the way it works. The world problems are complex and deep. These will resolve, thru the efforts of many, and thru the shift of each into the heart consciousness that supports a new way of being. Each person chooses peace, each person chooses love. These are very powerful choices, choices that change our entire experience.

In fact, doing the personal healing and shifting into heart consciousness is the single most powerful action each person can take, because that creates peace in one more life. It means one more person has stopped struggling in order to begin to want the best for everyone, and is now broadcasting supportive energy as opposed to criticism or judgment or control. This is how the world changes. And we can each play a very important role. Self-love is a powerful magnetic tool.

As we clear our personal patterns of limitation and lack of self-love, we begin to discover our power to create a different kind of life. We move past everything that kept us small, kept us struggling and kept us unhappy. I’ve shared a lot about this in these posts. We move into the beauty of who we are here to be, and we no longer condemn or sanction anyone else for their choices. This is powerful work.

We become able to create on a new level. We become able to manifest. We are given glimpses into the magic that’s possible by our own efforts. For example, one of the first things I consciously manifested was chocolate. I went to a small neighborhood grocery store on Valentine’s Day to find truffles, and there weren’t any. I said, to myself, I really want some Fannie Mae truffles. A moment later the door of the store opened, the UPS driver walked in and handed me a small package. I had lived in this small community less than 2 months, but he saw my car parked outside. I had moved here from a city, and discovered small-town life is very different. Everybody knows everybody: none of the city anonymity is available here. In the box was the very thing I asked for, sent by a friend. Talk about magic.

The way it arrived, the moment I asked for it, struck me. I knew then we were headed for a very new experience, and the feeling of powerlessness that had plagued us for so long, was ending.

This was a powerful experience for me, and really made me start to see what is possible when we ask for what we want instead of remaining in the position of believing we are simply at the mercy of external forces. We are not, and these last several years we are learning about our incredible creative ability.

Let me return for a moment to the friend who manifested moving boxes. Recently she hurt her back and decided she needed someone to help clean her house. She checked some local places and no one was available. A couple days later a neighbor said to her, “My daughter can do it. And she lives nearby.” The daughter came and cleaned her entire place. She said she was also available to help in other ways, if needed. So again, more success. The more we see our success, the more we move into our power to do this.

So start with something small, so you can see for yourself that it works. Ask and then allow whatever it is to come to you. Maybe it won’t come the first time you try, but keep doing it. Eventually it will happen. And then you will start connecting with all the magic that’s out there. Just be sure to leave room for it. The magic, which is high-frequency, elevates us and shows us the potential we are moving into. It allows us to see past everything that was holding us back. We suddenly can see a new possibility as well as the fact that we are far more powerful than we ever knew.