Week Two Digest — The Point Of Power Is Now

Time is a human construction we’ve ‘made up’ to measure change. But your reality is always ‘now’. Although you can talk about events in various grammatical tenses (past, present, future etc.), you always and only ever live in now, and can only take action now.

Perhaps even more important is that you experience emotions and feelings in the present moment. Remember, your state is the result of your thoughts (the way you represent your external experiences through visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, gustatory and self-talk). Your feelings and emotions have the most impact on your vibration.

When you think in the present tense about your goal, you’ll experience all the excitement that you would if you actually had the goal in real life. You’ll lift your vibration, and set yourself on an intercept course for your desire.

You think about your goal in the present tense. You could see yourself, dissociated, experiencing the desire you want. Or, you could imagine yourself experiencing what you want as if it was happening now. Or you could use a combination of both! If doing this doesn’t put you in an expansive state, then maybe it would be worthwhile to examine the goal itself and make sure it meets the other criteria laid out in your Problems to Possibilities Guide.

Let's say I want to manifest a new laptop. I might begin by imagining seeing myself siting in my favourite chair, working on the new laptop in a really focused and calm way, churning through the work I want to achieve and looking satisfied and proud.

Next I envisage myself sitting in the comfy chair using the new laptop, noticing how much lighter it is, how it operates more quickly compared to the one I have now, I'm paying attention to how the keys feel more responsive, I notice how much more efficient I am. I might say to myself  "I so happy with this new laptop, I feel so well organised, focused and competent. I'm plowing through my work and enjoying every minute."

Your head brain is likely to tell you what you ‘should’ ‘need’ or ‘have’ to do. Any of these words should trigger an alert. Responses from your head brain are likely to be rational and logical — with lots of words.

Believing you need to do something implies that you don’t want to do whatever it is — thus it is not ‘inspired action’. So even if you receive an answer that is a little weird, follow up on it and see where it takes you.

One day, I'd been consciously creating a new place to live. I'd spent about five minutes sitting in my comfy chair and feeling very excited about all the features I wanted in my new home. I put my hand on my heart and asked what was the smallest next step I could take to move me towards my new home. I got an image of a mind map. This made total sense because I love mind mapping and it was a great way for me to record everything I wanted in my new place, rather than just having it all floating around in my head. It also made it easier to visualise all the details.

My parents always used to say, ‘I’ll believe it when I see it.’ Nowadays we know that the opposite is true - we see it when we believe it. Why? Because what you believe serves as a neurological filter. It affects the Reticular Activating System (RAS) at the back of your brain, so you sort for things that match what you already believe.

A typical example is when you get a new car — you start noticing how many cars of the same model and colour suddenly seem to be on the road. As Anais Nin said, “We don’t perceive things as they are, we perceive things as we are.” So you don’t see things objectively —  none of us do. Each person perceives through their own beliefs, preconceptions, interpretations, and attitudes.

Do you have any doubt about your ability to get what you want? If you genuinely struggle to believe you can have what you’ve set your heart on, maybe decide on something different that would seem a least a possibility for you.

While the universe doesn’t measure things according to their monetary worth, I understand that it might be challenging to ask for something substantial if this is your first venture to consciously creating something. I had the same issue when I first learnt some of these techniques, so I visualised a pen in a box. That was something small that I felt was possible at that time. 

The Universe, God, Spirit, the Quantum Field, the Field of All Possibilities, Spirit, All that Is. Whatever you want to call that energy that we're all floating in and that is within each of us — trust it!

Most of us are limited by our five senses, and sceptics believe that if they can’t sense it, then it doesn’t exist. This is a very narrow approach to life.

There are many things that we can’t ‘sense’ that exist nonetheless. For example, dogs can smell and hear things that are well outside our olfactory and auditory ranges. Does that mean that what they hear and smell is in their imagination?

Some creatures navigate by echolocation. We don’t find our way around like this, but that does mean we won’t be able to in future? In fact here’s a video of an amazing young man. He isn't just blind — he actually has no eyes. He uses echolocation to live what seems like a completely normal life.

As metaphysical science advances, it often completely overturns our assumptions about what is possible. You can search for examples yourself. The reason I’m mentioning it at all is that I want you to keep an open mind to the possibilities that exist for you to achieve what you want.

Your job is to stay focused on what you want and to maintain a good state or vibration. You don’t have to figure out all the steps to reach your goal, or how what you want is going to come to you  — that’s the job of the universe.

If you’ve read the examples in the Problems To Possibilities Guide, you’ll see that the universe works in mysterious ways — ways that mere humans couldn’t even dream up. If you're in any doubt, read how the universe dished up something super special for me. All you have to do is nurture a good state, ask what the next smallest step is — then take inspired action. Keep your eyes and mind open, so you notice any opportunities that present themselves. Then take action if you feel inspired to do so.

Keep going. Stay focused in now. Even though you can plan ahead, the point of power is now. Revisit the key points from last week and remember; whatever you've already learnt — it still counts! Even a little progress is still progress.

• Think of your goal in the present tense. Imagine you have it now.
• Be the energy you want to attract.
• Create the state.
• You’ll see it when you believe it.
• Focus on what — not how. The how is the job of the universe.
• Ask: "What's the next smallest step I can take towards my desire?"
• Take inspired action — now!