I recall attending my first Manifestation Seminar
I recall attending my first Manifestation Seminar, I recall it vividly, it was run by a self- help guru called Kumar and I recall I was really peeved off, not a single woman in the audience, nope not one I guess they should have renamed the seminar Man- Infestation ..
The only woman was Kumar’s wife who walked around the hall giving out leaflets with more seminar dates and she wasn’t all that, somewhat mature and daubed in foundation resembling an ancient Britain wearing wode and mud, so I guess Kumar’s idea of attraction and mine were totally different concepts.
Manifestation was another Self-Help trend that I threw money at, similar to when I went hiking and peeing in the wind, I never got anywhere just stained my chinos.
Self Help promised to turn my flabby hairy arse into the six packed Greek Adonis that’s what I desired but couldn’t be bothered to go to the gym, or watch my diet, so my dreams remained dreams permanently.
I did go through the motions of affirming, humming, breathing and after a few weeks always got back to my sorry excuse of a life, every day was a ground hog day the same ol’ shit but packaged slightly differently, just enough for my pre frontal cortex to remain interested and just enough for me to go through the motions for one more day.
Imagine life as a maze, all you can see are huge, white, glossy walls and long, long, corridors, and every time I open my eyes there is a different order, the walls move into different configurations. At first it was fun every time I blinked the configurations would change. The maze would change, amazing, I soon realised that with each blink I could change my very own destiny but soon the nightmare awakened I realised there were other forces at play another hand that dealt the shots.
Imagine being in a labor-rat-ory, where everything is squeaky clean, too clean in fact, almost sterile, you are the only mark, the only stain on the floor, as you wearily trudge along day after day. You cannot see beyond them, the walls, or over them, you can’t dig under them, or climb over them, I’m now in my 50s, not that I keep count I deleted that memory a long time ago but I hear whispers from neighbouring walls reminding me as if I have completed a mile stone, not me I am destined to walk, walk, walk, for ever every mile forever or whenever the lab technician decides to stick me, to put me out of my misery. Oh how I long for the treadmill again, that continuum, the circle of life, I couldn’t wait to get out of that but now I’m here my very own manifestation to scared to be scared, the pain of not knowing, not caring just walking to a slow promised end. For the last 30 years since I “matured” I’ve walked with heaviness holding me down pushing pressing at my shoulders. I never look, I tried before, the torturous lamp. What keeps me going you wonder? Is the slight whiff of cheese, a distant melodious crumb of decadence an odious melody of cheese, not enough for me to gorge on but just enough to keep my cravings at bay.
So… WTF is Manifestation?
Now in case you are waiting for my life to improve, like me you’ll be waiting for a long time, there is no punch line here this is the Joke….
Alright, let’s get back on track (inspirational drum roll) and discuss manifestation in more detail—You may have noticed that the self-help trend has slowly over the years taken over social media, unless you’ve been too busy binge-watching cat videos to notice, and no Manifestation is not about waving a magic wand and poof!—a million quid lands in your bank account. (Trust me, I’ve tried.)
To help clear things up, I’m diving into what Dr. Tara Swart, an actual neuroscientist, says about it. Yes, you heard that right an actual scientist. Not some guy named Kumar with a Porsche and a dream of starting his own podcast.
Dr. Swart has great legs and has spent years researching this Self Help stuff and claims you can rewire your brain to make your wildest dreams come true. I recall giggling at that statement it’s been years since I first fell for that, I never wanted world piece or billions, all I ever wanted was a mini cooper, a few quid in the bank and several holidays a year, something remotely average.
I’m ghost writing this so like yourself I am a passive observer interested see what Dr Tara has to say and who knows maybe even give it a try…
So… WTF is Manifestation?
In simple terms, manifestation is knowing what you want and then actually doing something to make it happen. Shocking, I know.
I didn’t realise and nobody had actually told me that I had to actually W_O_R_K for it.
The concept of Manifestation has been around since man realised he could sell the dream to another man and make money in order to manifest his own life, life than became a never ending funnel for the first man who came up with the concept the rest of the minions have been feeding that funnel ever since.
And just like Kale smoothies every few years, the concept makes a comeback, however on this occasion it’s not costing you £1000s just a few mins of your time.
Is Manifestation the same concept or thing as The Law of Attraction?
Well, from experience I can tell you like Manifestation that the Law of Attraction does not work, because if it did my daily encounters would be with porn stars I even completed a course to be a plumber, so I could go around fixing dodgy pipes and sorting out dish washers!
Dr Swart however explains that Manifestation is one piece of the Law of Attraction and she explains the Law of Attraction by breaking it down to six core themes:
But Does It Really Work?
I don’t know I’m writing a blog here not the gospels, it never worked for me but then I always preferred to cheat. Dr Swart said she was sceptical at first. (Cue dramatic music.) She is Indian after all and instead of running Google, she is a medical doctor and a PhD neuroscientist, mind you I also have a PHD from the University of Calcutta, I bought mine on the internet and didn’t realise it said Private Hire Driver, another scam but Dr Swart is an actual smart person. It’s in her name you simply have to turn the W on its head so it looks like a M and she is actually Smart, Science and manifestation? It sounds like mixing oil to water in order to make a curry.
But then life hit her with a career change and a divorce, and she found herself searching for answers. That’s when she stumbled upon vision boards—basically Pinterest, but with purpose. And boom, her mind-set started to shift.
So Should I Start Manifesting?
If you’ve been waiting for a sign, this is it. But remember, manifestation isn’t about sitting in bed chanting “I am rich” while eating Cheetos. (Tried it, didn’t work.) You have to take action too.
So go forth and multiply or visualize and do the thing! Just don’t expect your dream life to appear overnight—unless your dream life involves eating snacks in your pyjamas. That one’s pretty easy to manifest.
But hang on this isn’t the whole picture but only one piece of the jigsaw as you read more blogs hopefully you will start to piece together the life that you want or you can pay into some other gurus funnel and help him/her to manifest the life that they always wanted.
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