"What If" Your Way to Personal Growth
What is the principal barrier to our personal
growth and development? The principal barrier to our personal growth
and development is lack of imagination. At some point between
childhood and becoming realistic, responsible, mature adults we
forgot how to use the most powerful, fun, exciting, and useful part
of our brains - our imagination. "Limitations live only in our
minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become
limitless." Jamie Paolinetti, American Pro Cyclist What if I could
share with you two magic words that could catapult you into
constantly using your imagination? What if those same two magic
words could support you in manifesting all the love, joy, money,
romance, fun, adventure, and material things you could ever desire?
What if you were already prosperous? What if you were fabulously fit
and your optimal health and weight? What if you were already living
in your dream home with your ideal life partner? Can you find the
magic words in the questions above? The two magic words have been
repeated over and over again above and every time you slowed down
long enough to actually answer the question, your imagination went
to work imagining the answer and literally creating the
materialization of the experience. What are the two magic words?
WHAT IF? The words, "What if" never fail to activate our
imagination. The question I am asked most often is "How do I
manifest .."? How do I manifest a new car? How do I manifest my
ideal mate? How do I manifest my home selling? How do I manifest the
money to .? How do I manifest prosperity? How do I manifest a better
job? How do I manifest the life I really want? How do I manifest
more success? How do I manifest a publisher? How do I manifest
weight loss? How do I manifest more self esteem? How do I manifest
more friends and more fun? How do I manifest a better life (a better
attitude, more happiness, more joy, more security, more peace of
mind, more, more, more?) We manifest by thinking and feeling. Since
we are almost always 'thinking and feeling' we are almost always
manifesting. Our consistent thoughts produce our consistent
experience. What we really want to know is how do I manifest
intentionally what I want? And the answer is simply by thinking more
consistently upon what you want than what you don't want. Taking the
list from above, here's the short answer broken down for the first
three:
How do I manifest.. How do I manifest a new car?
By thinking upon your new car; by thinking and imagining yourself
driving your new car; By seeing yourself in the car; by feeling the
emotions that you would feel if you already owned that new car; by
giving thanks for already owning your new car; by believing and
putting your faith and trust in the experience of your new car now.
Now, let's make this easy - "What if you already owned your new
car?" "Ohhhh, I'd be living in the lap of luxury! I'd be driving my
new car, singing to the songs on the radio, fidgeting with all my
new gadgets, and smiling brightly!" How do I manifest my ideal mate?
By thinking upon your ideal mate as if you were already in the
relationship with them now; by believing in the possibility of your
ideal mate; by imagining being in your ideal relationship at night
and first thing in the morning; by feeling the emotions that you
would feel if you were already madly in love with your ideal mate
now; by imagining and thinking upon the conversations that you will
be having with your ideal mate, now. What if you already had your
ideal mate? "I'd be so happy! I can imagine that tonight, we would
be going to the theatre with some friends. We're going to enjoy a
nice wine bar before show time and then afterwards we have special
romantic thoughts for our evening. We do so very much enjoy our time
together." How do I manifest my home selling? By thinking upon
handing the house keys and any special instructions to the new home
owner at the closing table; by imagining yourself holding the pen
and signing that stack of papers that releases your rights to the
home and turns the ownership over to the new homeowners; by being so
certain that your home is already sold that you begin to make all
the necessary preparations to move; by imagining yourself completely
boxed and loaded into the moving van and happy about the perfect
closing and move. What if your home could sell quickly? "I would
feel such relief and joy. I would start packing immediately and
begin the process of turning off all the utilities in my name. I
would be so excited about my new adventure and so relieved about
releasing my home so easily." Can you see and feel the difference in
our energy when we ask ourselves, "What if"? In my experience, the
things I don't manifest quickly are the things that I haven't spent
enough time thinking, feeling, and believing about. One of the
simplest exercises that I've implemented into my life that has
helped both myself and my clients in expanding our 'intentional
manifesting' thinking time is to remember to ask myself these two,
magical words: "What if." When you want to manifest money, use "What
if". What if I were to manifest the money? What if I could go on 8
vacations a year? What if I already had all the prosperity I
desired? What if I already had financial freedom? You'll find that
every single time you answer the What IF question, your imagination
wants to roll with the answer and if you will get out of your own
way, you will be inspired to imagine all sorts of endless
possibilities. "What If?" helps you to be CLEAR about what you want.
One more example, let's answer the question, "What if I already had
financial freedom?" "Well, if I already had financial freedom, I
would feel at peace. I would be calm and secure and know that all my
needs were taken care of. I would give tons of money to charity and
support the causes that I believe in. I would spend more time
studying my 'art' and less time worrying about when I'd have the
time or money to live my life fully. I'd take that cruise with my
entire family and we'd have an awesome time playing in the surf. I'd
buy my parents a new home and pay for my grandmother to have an
unlimited flower and nursery account at home depot." Now that you're
clear, take it to the next level.
From this imaginary place discovered by 'what if', we can take it to the next level of conscious creation by accepting and allowing those answers to be real in our lives.
Take your answers and apply gratitude to each one, assuming their complete fulfillment in your life right now, even if it's not the current reality. Use your imagination to follow the thought of 'what if it was my current reality?"
For example, using the answers to the question, "What if I had financial freedom?"
"I would feel peace" becomes I am grateful to have peace in my heart and in my life now.
"I would be calm and secure" becomes I am at peace and I am completely relaxed in letting my Divine prosperity flow. I am grateful to be calm, confident, and secure now.
"I would give tons of money to charity and support causes" becomes I am so incredibly grateful to be able to support my favorite charities now. I was able to give freely over the last year and I feel like I'm making a profound difference in the lives of others.
When you become the vibrational equivalent to what you want, as if you already have it, what you desire will materialize.
Take your imagination on a joy ride using the magic words of, "What If!"
Written & Copyrighted by ©Anisa Aven
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