Manifesting: How to Start (For Beginners)
By: Emily Johnson
Tags: Spiritual Growth, Self Improvement, Spirituality, Manifestation, Self-awareness

So, you want to manifest.

Maybe you’ve heard about it but have no idea how to start. Maybe you’re skeptical. Whatever the case may be, it’s pretty easy to integrate manifestation into your life, with relatively low effort.

Mindset

The most important aspect of manifesting comes from the mind. Manifesting is quite literally all about your mindset and way of thinking. Sure you can get into all the different methods of manifestation, such as writing it down, repeating mantras, creating vision boards, meditation, etc. However, it all comes back to your mind and how you think.

Are you a glass half-full or half-empty type of person? If you answered half-full, you’re already so much closer to manifesting. If you answered half-empty, you’ve got a bit more work to do.

In essence, the goal is to think in a more positive manner. It’s looking at what went right, rather than what went wrong. It’s looking at all the ways you are abundantly fulfilled, instead of where you are lacking. These are changes you can make on a daily basis. Try to cancel out negative thoughts with positive ones until, ultimately, you aren’t automatically always drawn to a negative mindset to begin with. It’s not as easy as it sounds, but through altering your current mindset, you can change the way you think and feel about any situation.

You could even look at it as ‘tricking your mind’. As the saying goes, fake it until you make it. If you act a certain way, you can get a desired outcome. I.e. walking with your shoulders back and head up exudes confidence and authority to others. The only reason someone would question whether you’re confident or not would be if they saw you walking hunched over with your head hanging low. People are receptive to whatever you want them to see. Likewise, if you think a certain way (even if it’s ‘fake’ positivity) eventually you’ll grow to feel that way and get whatever it is that you desire.

Energy

Absolutely everything is made of energy that we can’t see, but can feel. The energy you put out can be positive or negative. If you’re constantly dwelling on your misfortunes and how far away you are from your desired reality, then that’s what you’re going to get. By focusing on the negatives, and therefore putting out more negative than positive energy, you are attracting more negative energy sources into your life, which is going to continue to lower your vibrations.

Not only that, but you are also telling the Universe something that you don’t want to be saying. By focusing on the negative, you are giving the message, for example, that your life is bad and that you are lacking in certain areas. This sets you even farther apart from the things that you want.

Skip to the Good Stuff

Incase you just wanted to skim — or you actually read all the way through — I just want to say congratulations for taking the steps towards a fulfilling and abundant reality that is patiently awaiting you. Now, let’s get to the good stuff. I have a list of steps to take in order to start manifesting.

I. Your brain can’t tell real from fake, so what I want you to do is to either say out loud or in your head, exactly what it is that you want. The key is to not say the word ‘want’. This is because ‘want’ implies you don’t have it — a lack. We want to imply that we have everything already (even though you don’t yet). I need you to act like you already have this in your life. Some examples could be “I am extremely successful at my new job”, “I exude confidence and am admired by everyone I meet”, “Thank you for all the abundance in my life; I am overjoyed with how fulfilled I am”. If it helps, you can try to think in terms of past tense as well, as though something already happened. So, you could say “I received an A on my math test” even if you haven’t taken the math test yet.

2. Next, you need to focus on a moment where you felt strong positive emotions. Keep that feeling inside while you say your manifestation. For example, think of a time in which you were overwhelmingly happy. Focus on how that felt — the surge of serotonin, the excitement, the giddiness. Try to keep that feeling inside while you say whatever it is that you want. For example, if I’m trying to manifest a good grade on a test, I would say “I am overjoyed with the high grade I received on my math test”, while simultaneously trying to replicate the feeling of joy that would come with it.

3. Visualize. I find that it helps to create a visual in my head while manifesting. Going off of my previous example, I would say that I received a high grade on my test that made me happy, would try to replicate the joy that would be felt by receiving that grade, and would also visualize myself being handed my test back with a big A circled on it and jumping for joy. Similarly, I could visualize what it would be like to show my parents the test with the A on that and how proud and happy I would feel while doing that.

4. Let it Go. Once you’ve done steps 1–3, you’re done. Simply let it go. Do not fixate on the outcome afterwards or what will happen because that is undoing the work you just did. You’ve put out your intention to the Universe, so let it do its thing, and release your manifestation.

I hope these methods helped you get a more solid idea of manifesting and how you can work it into your life to get your dream reality! There’s many more methods that can be used, such as the 3–6–9 method, which I can talk about in a separate article. Remember that everything takes time, so you may not see results immediately, but continue to work on yourself and your manifestations will come around in time.

Happy Manifesting!

-Emily