Visualization is killing your manifestation abilities
Not everyone should be making vision boards...
I’ve done a lot of experimenting with manifestation techniques over the past few years and after successfully manifesting some pretty amazing “bit ticket” items (a new job in my niche with double the salary and my dream apartment!!), I’ve made some discoveries on how to ACTUALLY bring your manifestations into 3D as opposed to keeping them in your imagination.
I have been doing “manifestation work” for around three years, but it’s only in the past 3 months that my actual dream items have come in. Why is that?!
Well…I’m going to tell you in this article!!
But let me walk you through my journey a bit…
A few years ago I enrolled in a manifestation program called TBM, which is basically an online course that walks you through the process of manifestation.
And guess what…I manifested some stuff with it BUT…whenever I would manifest something it would just kinda…disappear or I would get really close to it coming into my 3D reality, almost like it was teasing me and then it would end up not happening!
And after this happening time and time again, I started to be like “WTF”, what’s missing from my “formula”?!
Well…it was actually very simple.
I realized that there’s a very subtle energy that was blocking my manifestations from actually showing up in the 3D realm (cause that’s the whole point of manifestation, right?! To actually see your dreams manifest right in front of you?).
It was a VERY subtle energy of “wishing” that was keeping my manifestations from actually showing up and this energy was emanating from my field I’d say like 98% of the day and I wasn’t even aware of it 😳.
EVEN when I was doing the manifestation course, I was still in that forward moving, wishing, desperate energy, you could call it “dog paddling”.
And I’m going to challenge you for a second…
Check into your energetic body right now…are you “wanting” anything at all? Are you wondering about anything in the future? Is your energy leaning a bit forward in anticipation?!
I bet it is! And I’m sorry to call you out like this, but…this placement of your energy is actually the brick wall that’s keeping your manifestations from meeting you in 3D 😮.
And it’s SOOOO subtle. You don’t know it’s running you until you actual go into your body and balance it out and then you’re like…WTF…so I’ve spent years like this and no one told me?!
Well…it’s kinda part of the whole deal, being incarnated on Earth in the 3D realm. It’s like a force you need to work against. There’s a reason why we have a “reptilian" part of our brain. It’s the mechanism in our brain that just LOVES to dog paddle and “want” things.
***I talk in more detail about this “reptilian” energy in this guidebook.
Some people would also call it the “ego”.
So…I mentioned visualization as being a problem, let me explain that…
Why you don’t need a vision board
One thing that most of the “manifestation courses” have in common is they all want you to list out your wishes or make a vision board with everything you want on it.
And you know what…I think some people WOULD benefit from this.
But…not everyone!
For those who have yet to neutralize this “reptilian” mechanism that keeps them in this subtle fight or flight mode of “wanting”, creating a vision board will actually just activate this energy further.
You create the board or make the list and you get “excited” and “hoping”. Like I said, even getting excited about the future is putting your energy forward. You’re in anticipation of something happening, instead of moving your energy into the “now” which activates a new energy…the energy that makes your manifestations actually APPEAR.
I think people who have been doing manifestation for a while and have been bringing their manifestations physically into 3D can make their lists/vision boards without activating the energy because they already know that whatever they want will come to them. They fully trust the universe 100%.
When you’ve never manifested something into 3D, you still have that little inkling in the back of your mind of “the universe BETTER deliver these things” or you really “hope” it’s gonna happen.
Hoping, wishing, dog paddling, even being excited for something that may or may not happen in the future is you reaching out for what you WANT. And that “reaching” energy needs to be totally neutralized for the manifestation to actually come into 3D.
It’s kinda like the FINAL step in the manifestation process.
So, how do you do it?…will get into that soon.
First, here’s an example of what manifesting without a list or vision board looks like.
My experience manifesting without a list
About a year ago, I “manifested” a 6-month vacation to Mexico, but…I didn’t have it on my manifestation list and I didn’t have it on my vision board.
No time in my life did I ever say, “I want to move somewhere hot for 6 months” or “I want to live in Mexico”. I seriously never even thought of it!
When the opportunity was presented to me last year, I wasn’t like “YAY, my manifestation is finally happening”, I was just like…damn…this is really cool and exciting…maybe I should go?
And guess what…this trip was one of the most life-changing, incredible experiences of my life. It was literally the trip of a lifetime and throughout my journey there I was given SO much support from everyone I met.
I also ended up SAVING money weirdly enough and connected with many souls from past lives, which was amazing!
(Click here to read about my experience on meeting soulmates from past lives)
And the way the trip came into my life was very “miraculous” where I would be gifted things like free accommodation.
At the hostel I was at, I managed to avoid all of the disasters like the power going out because I just so happened to be staying somewhere else for free.
It’s like the universe was supporting me every step of the way, but I didn’t have this on a vision board or list.
It came in and it was a pleasant surprise and was EXACTLY what I needed at EXACTLY the right time.
And leading up to manifesting this trip, I was very neutral and balanced in my energy field. A coincidence? I think not…
This just proves to me that you don’t NEED a vision board or list.
You JUST need to neutralize your “wanting” energy (which I will repeat…is there, but you don’t know it, I friggin’ swear 😬) and then let the flood of manifestations come in.
As you get more experienced with manifestation, you’ll start to make lists or boards because it’s fun, not because you feel you NEED to do it (and that if you don’t, your stuff won’t come through).
Why is everyone obsessed with the vision boards thing
I think…in an ideal world, vision boards would work for EVERYONE from the get-go, but the fact is, there’s only a small fraction of people who are able to make vision boards and lists without letting that “desiring” and “wanting” energy spiral out of their body.
Those people you see online posting online about how their vision boards came true aren’t lying. Vision boards work and are powerful, but…not when your energy wall is up.
And these manifestation gurus are teaching you their process based on where they’re at at the end of their journey. Where they are now living in total trust in the universe.
They have 100% trust in it and they think that because everything on their list came into their reality, it will work for everyone else.
Eh…not true…
In my experience, if you’re someone who’s just getting into this manifestation stuff, you don’t have that level of trust yet. You have like maybe 75% of it. But even 99% trust isn’t enough. It needs to be 100%.
But anyone just starting to manifest won’t have that trust, especially if they were let down by their parents (who are like their physical representations of the universe) as a child.
I don’t know about you…but when I visualize what I want, it’s always tied with the energy of “wanting”! How can you not visualize something you don’t have and simultaneously NOT want it?! It’s like that thing people do, where they rub their tummy and pat their head at the same time. It’s like…really hard to do!
And even if you THINK you’re not spiralling it out, you are…it’s a subconscious thing and it’s messed UP how we are not aware of it.
What to do instead
If you’re someone who’s just starting out on your manifestation journey, don’t worry about writing out a list. Don’t make a vision board, don’t visualize and don’t “script” (and the reason why I say no scripting is actually not because it activates the desperate energy, it’s because it tends to cause an intense testing period, which can be hard to sail through with grace.).
1. Start by getting to know what it feels like when your dog paddling energy is flying out of your body and attaching onto things. And I’m just telling you…it’s happening right now, you just don’t know 🙏 it’s subconscious.
2. Next, get to know what it feels like for your energetic body to be in “neutral”.
I map out exactly how I do this in this guidebook:
We hold a lot of heavy emotions and trauma in our hearts, it’s where our “wanting” energy comes from.
So when you get into a place of neutrality in your heart space, you’ll see that the wall comes down and seeds of your manifestations start to sprout up around you.
And what’s really crazy, is that you won’t be heavily tested by the universe when you start seeing the stuff come in, which can happen when you only rely on “scripting” or visualization.
Read this post I wrote on slow vs. fast manifestation and why scripting isn’t a great thing to do when you’re new to manifestation.
In conclusion
So, to conclude…start by adjusting your energy. Then…when you feel like you have it under control and have total trust in the universe, go and make your lists and vision boards or…don’t!
I don’t even make lists anymore because I actually like being surprised by things.
I had no idea that living in Mexico for 6 months would benefit me. I would have probably picked a different location actually, but I ended up falling in love with it.
I have learned that you actually DON’T know what’s best for you. I find it’s better to keep things open, live in that neutral state and let your surroundings be your “vision board”.
You’ll start to be shown little clues on what might be coming and you’ll automatically know what to choose when the time comes.
A lot of my friends who are into manifestation will say that they wrote down what they wanted, but then changed their mind because they were shown something better that made more sense for them. This happens constantly!
I’m going to do another post on how to use your intuition to navigate your manifestation process and choose what you want, so look out for that 😉.
Click here to check out my book “Heart-Focused Meditation”. It goes through a meditation process that will help neutralize your energy and get your manifestations to start popping up in 3D. It’s CRAZY how it works. I also talk about some wild things I manifested using this meditation method!
Let me know if this works for you! For me, it’s been the missing piece to my process.
***(If you’re interested in booking a personal psychic reading with me, here’s the link to my shop)