Manifesting Your Reality

“The universe rearranges itself to accommodate your picture of reality.” ~ Alan Cohen

Metaphysics informs us that The Universe conspires to bring forth the things we desire. Some call it manifesting and others call it creating reality.  The idea is that you can create a vision of what you desire, and as you get good at it, you will find yourself manifesting your life just as you see fit.

There are four main conditions that must be considered to manifest a new object or idea: focus, fear, fathom, and faith.

Focus: In today’s world, it isn’t easy to obtain a clear focus. Our minds are constantly bombarded with ideas, and our imaginations run rampant with wants and desires with no clarity on the one thing that we want to bring into our reality.

To illustrate, think about a time before digital cameras. Photographers controlled the various shutter speeds in order to get all the details of their subject. Let’s say the photographer had arranged to capture a picture of a vase of flowers. Then during the time the camera’s shutter was open, someone replaced the vase with a bowl of fruit. Then, quickly after that, replaced the bowl of fruit with a loaf of bread. The resulting photograph would be nothing but a blur of mixed images, like one desire on top of another–different images on top of others–creating a blur of wants and desires. They’re left with nothing useful.  This is what happens when we lack focus.  Those working with manifesting have a crystal clear vision–they work one step at a time with deliberation.

Fear: Fear is just as detrimental to manifestation as poor focus because it can cause our picture to under expose and not manifest at all. Allowing fear to enter into the equation is like not taking the picture. Look at it like this:  If you were to take a picture of a vase of flowers and you thought, “This picture doesn’t seem right,” it’s likely that you would not even snap the photograph. In other words, you must not be afraid to capture the image.

Fathom: You must fathom the reality of your picture. Bring emotion into the picture. Create a passion for your desire! Make it a burning desire. Ask any professional photographer what makes a great picture and they will tell you it’s essential to capture the emotion of your subject. The second answer is good composition. You must fathom how your desire will benefit others. What good will your desire bring to others? Know that this will help you take the steps towards manifesting it.

Faith: Photographers working with film have the faith that most of the pictures will turn out. They took the time to prepare for the photo shoot. They made sure that the subject was in focus.  Fear was put aside while they fathomed how the picture would develop. They take the shot and have complete faith that the picture now resides inside his camera on film.

We must have faith that the “picture” of reality we are creating is captured inside of us too. Faith will help dispel fear, guiding us into the belief that what we want or desire is on the way.

Many times a photographer will prepare for the perfect shot with everything set in place. But after developing the picture, they notice that what was actually captured in the image was far better than what was originally envisioned when they snapped the shot. When manifesting things into reality, have faith that the result will be what you envisioned or something better.

The four conditions allow you to notice your fears and move forward by taking action.  When you are serious, the Universe knows. Take your ideal picture. Then develop it into reality.