How is it that I’ve been manifesting believing it will happen and it hasn’t happened yet?

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There are five steps to manifesting something in the world.

1. Wanting it
2. Believing it’s possible
3. Working to bring it about
4. Relaxing and letting your efforts bear fruit
5. Harvesting the fruits.

Each of these is crucially important. The parts most people get hung up on is 2. and 4. They are especially important if you are trying to use magical means to obtain the manifestation. (the contents of step 3) If 2. and 4. are not up to snuff, 3. will fail, and thus 5. will never happen.

It’s a bit of a chicken and egg problem. How do you believe something is possible if believing that it’s possible is required to relax and let it happen? In the real world we have “fake it ’til you make it,” in other words just trying over and over again until it works. In the realm of magic, repeated failure makes 2. all but impossible.

This is why most I-M programs start you off with very simple goals. On whatever daily walk you happen to take outside, manifest coins to appear along your way. Keep doing it, over and over again, until you can find some amount of money regularly. Try different routes if you think it’ll help, but honestly, it’s even cooler if you don’t and still find money anyway. This works your belief muscle even harder.

And if it doesn’t work, well, coins are low-risk. This is important because if you start relying on magic to take care of high-risk stuff in your life and you don’t have all your magical ducks in a row, then the universe can well decide that you need a lesson in resourcefulness. Magic is supposed to be amazing and special, not something that pays your bills. It’s easier to manifest $0.25 than it is to manifest $100, but it can also be easier to manifest $10,000 than to manifest $250.

This again, has to do with step 2. The second your magical workings become routine, is the second your belief starts faltering. Magic needs to stay fresh and interesting. If you want routine and boring, go get a job. Or better yet, manifest it.