3 Steps to Manifest Your Desire

Julie Murphy • May 2, 2022

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The manifestation process works on a much deeper level than just thinking positively and it isn’t all about willpower either. The law of attraction is always at work, regardless of whether you’re aware of it or not, and so the key is to align yourself in that energy of abundance and having full intention behind what you want to create.

When it comes to knowing how to manifest your desire, today I’m going to share with you 3 core steps.

Accept the reality of where you are

The biggest block I see when it comes to manifestation is a resistance to the acceptance of reality. It can be a tough pill to swallow to hear that we have created everything in our lives, but once we do, this is the foundational piece we need to then be able to move forwards and create the manifestation of dreams we have. However, this isn’t about blame, shame, guilt or self-judgement. It’s about accepting the reality of where you are but also doing so with pure self-love and full compassion. It’s about being able to open your heart and truly feel everything that’s coming up. It’s about radical self-honesty and understanding that to create a different outcome on the external, a shift also needs to occur internally. Your outer world is only a reflection of what’s going on within you and so if you’re getting the same undesirable results over and over, this is an indication that something needs to be addressed on the inside.

I encourage you to take a deep breath, drop into your heart and get out of your head about your finances, your relationship, your job or whatever pain point you’re struggling with at this moment. I talk more about this in this video. When you calm your nervous system and begin to truly accept your reality, this is when you’re at your most grounded and can begin to make the best decisions moving forwards that are coming from your heart as opposed to just your head. To make the law of attraction work for you, it’s about leading from your heart and then bringing in the smarts!

Create a plan that’s in alignment with your desire

Manifestation is all about creating momentum and this is also when you will see the law of attraction working in the most incredible ways. When it comes to knowing how to manifest your desire, after accepting your reality, you then have to create a container for expansion to occur. So when it comes to your finances for example, the key here is to develop full awareness of the entire flow of your money. Many of us want to manifest money, yet don’t really have a clear idea of exactly how much we have coming in and going out each month. We might be living paycheck to paycheck, spending from a place of reaction, relying on debt instruments or feeling unhappy about how we’re earning our money (even if we are income and asset affluent). For something to change, you have to create a plan and roadmap that’s in alignment with your desire and begin to work with the flow of your finances accordingly.

For example, I have many of my clients set up their finances in a way that allows them to address their financial past (debts), their financial present (current cash flows) and their financial future (retirement, college funds, further savings and so on). We then dig even deeper and create separate buckets for each of those including naming financial intentions and setting up online bank accounts with those intentions. If you’re curious to hear more about this, I delve into more detail in this YouTube video.

The reason why this is such a core part of the manifestation of dreams is because you're aligning your finances with what you desire. It’s an act of self-love and you’re creating a safe financial container that allows you to work towards your vision, become your own bank and ultimately, on the path to financial freedom and real wealth. It’s all about awareness and intention. It’s also important to understand that even though I’m using money as an example here, I do so because money is a reflection of many other things going on in our lives. People are so often in unhappy relationships or jobs they despise going to every day, but they stay in these situations because they don’t have the financial flexibility to create change. So this is about putting yourself in the driving seat of your life, becoming financially nimble and aligning yourself with exactly what you want to manifest.

Allow yourself to receive

We tend to be great at asking the universe what we want, but then get challenged when it comes to the receiving part. Working with the energy of the law of attraction means being open to receiving! It’s about allowing ourselves to receive what we asked for. You almost have to think of this like building a muscle and in this case, the receiving muscle.

It’s also important to be mindful that sometimes what you ask for doesn’t show up in the way you might have visualized or expected. This is why creating that ultimate awareness and staying in the greater vision is a key part of the process. Once you have the plan in place like I’ve described above, your job now is to continue to unpack your heart and completely embody that your heart’s desires are going to be met. You do this through your words, thoughts and actions. Staying in that alignment when it feels tempting to revert back to those suffering patterns and building the opposite of the suffering pattern muscle. Choosing to react differently to create your dream and living in that highest expression of yourself.

Allowing yourself to giggle and have fun along the way is also something that is often overlooked! When you laugh and let go, the energy that is elevated and unleashed along with this is so expansive and you begin to see your life through a new, brighter perspective! Have fun with it and watch the opportunities open up. Be willing to receive them with full gratitude.

If you’re asking yourself how to manifest your desire, begin with these 3 steps and you will be on your way!

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