Getting what I want by not being attached to it
Posted on April 21, 2008 in the Mike's Posts, Manifesting, Law of Attraction category
Since I started writing what I wanted to manifest on this blog, I have had pretty good results. The only reason that I don't post more often is because I have learned that focusing on 1 thing works for me. Overloading and splitting my attention into too many directions does not.
I have also realized 2 other things that typically happened when I successfully manifested something:
1. I plot what will happen, starting from the result to what I want
For example, when I wanted a new job, I described what it would be like. The hours would be good, it would be a great experience builder, I would make $xx,xxx per year, and it would better prepare me for running my own business. From there, I thought how I could get from there to where I was in the present moment. I thought about my roommates who were telling me about job opportunities and the people that I would have to meet and the loose ends I would have to tie at my old job before I left. I created a scenario that could realistically play out if no monkey wrenches were thrown into the plans.
Then…
2. I loose all expectation and attachment to the result.
I would like to say that I lose attachment because I am highly evolved and I see that everything will work out in the end, so I don't need to worry. But that's not the case. Really, I got exactly what I wanted when I really wanted something badly… and then moved on with my life without wondering if it would happen or not. I just continued living life the way I wanted to, doing what I would normally do to get what I want. And then situations would play out that lead me to through the scenario that I thought about in step 1.
The reason I have been thinking about this recently is because I have been very attached to working on a new business/side project/passion project. While my life has done a 180 recently (in a good way), I still find myself searching for the ideal business. It would be something that I am passionate about, something that is create/design-based, something that I can do regardless of my location, and something that I can leverage so that there is not a direct correlation with time and money (not being paid per hour but instead being paid by the value that is created). I would ideally create and systemize and move onto a new project and do it all over again. This would be a business that I would feel compelled to do even if I made no money from it (it would not feel like homework). And I would make enough money from it to pay off my debts and live off of.
Being that this feels so hard to accomplish and far from where I am now, I have been trying to make it happen by wanting it and thinking about it constantly. I realized that all I have felt is the lack of what I wanted and as a result I have been feeling frustrated about it.
So now, after realizing what has worked for me in the past, I have decided to take my own advice. I am going to visualize my business (without knowing what it is exactly that I will be doing) and reverse plot the steps that would get me there. Then I will let go of the need to have this business and live my life and take every logical step towards having what I want when the situations present themselves.
And I'll let you know when that solid business idea arrives.
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