It Manifested Because It Was Aligned

You just happened to have desires that align with the universe.

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Talk of manifestation is everywhere. Just yesterday, as I was ending a meditation session, one of the participants said to me “yes, manifest it!” when I mentioned a book I was planning to publish soon. Manifestation is the hot new thing. And that’s why I’m here to tell you that it’s bullshit.

Don’t worry, this isn’t going to be depressing. It’s better than the mainstream idea of manifestation, trust me. Keep reading.

You will always want more stuff.

Let’s start by picking apart the idea of manifestation. It is a way for individuals to rail against their living realities to make a change. People are sad. They’re depressed as hell. They desperately want their lives to change. There are few people out there who will tell you that they love their lives and they want for nothing. Rich and poor, healthy and sick, coupled or single, there’s almost no one who is just living in perpetual bliss. That’s why we try to manifest our desires, right?

Here’s the thing. After the universe “manifests” your desire, then you start to want something else. You naturally keep wanting more. You may even get excited that you’ve unlocked the secret of manifestation, so you decide to try for bigger and better things. Then, when that manifests, too, you get a really big head, don’t you? And that’s when you start making social media posts about how you manifested your family and your dream house. All in an attempt to manifest even more toys for your family or crap to put inside your new house.

The string of desires never ends.

If your desires continue to manifest, that’s really cool. But you didn’t do it. You just got lucky.

You are part of a whole.

The universe moves through time as a unit. Did you know that the word cosmos means ‘order’? You’re part of a bigger thing than yourself. You aren’t here to just manifest possessions and property and relationships. You’re here to work with the greater sea of existence to make things happen for us all.