Manifesting Series Part IV
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Pop quiz:

With all of the wonderful manifesting knowledge that you have, have you ever closely examined how you "fall off the wagon"? What are the subtle thoughts and actions we indulge, which cause our vibration to lower, our Light to temporarily darken, and our connection with Source to weaken? How is it that we fall into a state where we are NOT manifesting our soul desires?

Personal example:

Probably the best way to reveal this anatomy of how Not to manifest is for me to share a recent, (painful) personal example. I was with my Father and two younger brothers. My father is a wealthy, retired, and happy man, and my two brothers are successful businessmen in the fast-pacing, exciting, and (to me) glamorous world of cutting-edge Internet businesses. As glorious and adventurous as were our four days together, sea-kayaking in the Gulf Islands, I came home Sunday evening and realized I was depressed and "disconnected."

I use the word "disconnected" as a short-hand for a particular emotional state which we all experience. I felt unsettled, a little restless, discontent with my life, moody, a little down, bugged (but I didn’t know about what). I was also feeling physically low (later I found out from my biorhythms that I was indeed having a physical critical day). It only slowly began to dawn on me that I WAS DISCONNECTED. In this state of low vibration, my core vibration was not high enough or strong enough to manifest anything. I had fallen out of the manifesting zone.

Fortunately my schedule for Monday was very light, and I gave myself permission to have a down day. I slept, and read, and laid around, and didn’t turn on the computer (!). In that process of giving myself permission to "just be," I got in greater touch with my disconnection. I went into detective mode, to find out where I had slipped out of the flow, and when I had fallen out of the manifesting zone.

I played detective - to discover "who dun it", and realized, of course, it was I who had "dun it". Here is how "I dun it" to myself. Does any of this sound familiar to your "dun it to yourself" too?
 

Became critical of others:
In looking back on my "fall from the manifesting zone," I was amazed to observe that on our adventure trip I became critical of the yacht that was ferrying us between the Gulf Islands and its crew. In hindsight, to be critical of such a fabulous experience is quite ungrateful. But nevertheless there I was, stewing in my own critical thoughts. This could have been an early warning sign that I was starting to slip from my usual high core vibration state and out of the manifesting zone.

Compared myself to others and found myself lacking:
As I listened to my brothers’ tales of exciting Internet business dealings, I started comparing my life to theirs. I started thinking that their life was better. I started seeing my life as dull. I felt lack. If I had been connected to Source, I would not for one minute exchange my life for theirs, but I was slipping off the wagon fast, and I was buying the illusion that their life was better than mine!

Started thinking on the competitive plane:
I was now thinking on the competitive plane. The competitive plane is where we compare ourselves as one ego to other egos. I wanted to compete with my brothers. I was envious of what they appeared to have. I started thinking that the only way to get really financially rich was to wheel and deal in their Internet world.

Became discontent with my life:
The bottom-line of all of these UN-manifesting thoughts and behaviors was that I stopped being grateful for this awesome life that I have created, and started becoming discontented with my life. I see now that I was doubly discontent because (1) I was comparing myself with their apparently better life, and (2) all of my dreams and aspirations for my own life suddenly looked so far away and elusive. I didn’t realize at that time that I had fallen out of the manifesting zone, and of course my manifestation dreams would look impossible.

When we are critical, comparing, competing, and discontent, we can not manifest:
When we are critical, comparing, competing, and discontent, we can not manifest real fulfillment (of course, we are "manifesting" all the time). That is the bottom-line of this current online seminar. The behaviors I am examining take us out of the manifesting zone and plunge us into the realm of ego only. Through these behaviors we lose connection with our soul, Spirit, and Source Energy. It is impossible to keep our core vibration high enough to attract The Good to us.

How to return to the manifesting zone:
I took an important first step to return to the manifesting zone when I gave myself permission to have a down day. In that process of giving myself permission to "just be" I got in greater touch with the disconnection. I went into detective mode. This is an important part of the restoration process. As I slowly gained perspective about my disconnection from Spirit and my slip from the manifesting zone, I found the following behaviors helpful in restoring my connection to Source: