part0006

Let’s review what we have learnt up to this point. So far, we have clarified the purpose of the “time buffer” needed before physical manifestations take place, and why this time buffer is beneficial to you. We also talked about how the Universe responds instantaneously to your intentions, by virtue of letting you “feel” certain emotions the moment you hold a thought or intention in your mind. This is the most fundamental phenomenon of the “Law of Attraction”, the instantaneous attraction of like energy in the form of thoughts and feelings. Then in the previous chapter, we talked about the illusory nature of time… and how you can alter your perception and experience of time at will.

Human time is a concept we have come up with to allow us to “make sense” of, and to organize the events that happen in our lives in a meaningful way. As the saying, “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward” shows, human beings rely on time to interpret and add meaning to the events in their lives. Very often, we look back at seemingly bad things that happened in our past and start seeing the greater good in them. But we can only see the greater message with the benefit of hindsight. Of course, there are also times when we give bad labels or interpretations to events, which then stay with us for the rest of our lives. It is the interpretation of these events that causes problems for us, rather than the event itself. As such, there are numerous therapy techniques built around the concept of a timeline in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and in other healing modalities, which involve an individual going back and “changing” certain past events in their timeline to remove the negative charge of it.

To your higher self and unconscious mind, the concept of linear “time” is difficult for to understand. There is no time. There is only the here and now. Yet on the other hand, your conscious mind relies on time to organize its thoughts, and to keep you sane. In order to be an effective manifestor, you must learn how to “bridge the gap” between these two seemingly disparate concepts.

How do you live in a world structured around physical time, and yet be of no time?

How do you accept that your physical manifestations will come in time, and still act as if they are already here?

The exercises shared in the previous chapter, in which you resist urges to keep looking at your watch and remind yourself about the illusory nature of time will aid you greatly in mastering this. These are two key areas, that once mastered, will allow you to be a very effective conscious manifestor.

I often mention in my teachings that the only reason why the physical “stuff” has not appeared in your life yet… is your constant contradiction of it . For example, while you may say “I want a new red sports car”, your next associated (conditioned) thought of “but how am I going to afford it?” has effectively nullified the first intention. Most people thus go through most of their days unconsciously, taking one step forward but two steps back, thinking something and then nullifying it with another statement. Most people make some progress and then erase it with associated negative and fear thoughts.

In order to make progress in your desired direction and get closer to the physical manifestation, your thoughts need to be aligned in a single direction. The more you train yourself to be able to do that, the faster your manifestations will happen for you. If your thoughts are going in both directions (both towards and away from your manifestations), it will then seem that your manifestations are taking a long time. But that is only because you are making use of the “time buffer” to “clarify” your intentions. Each time you think or feel a negative or nullifying thought, the Universe does not see it as something bad or unwanted. The Universe does not judge. Instead, it is responding perfectly to the nature of your thoughts, and treating it completely neutrally as a process of you clarifying your intentions. The Universe is always acting on your behalf.

Recall the earlier exercise in which you closed your eyes and held the intention of “love”. The Universe responded instantly by letting you feel that unique feeling of “love”, which you instantly recognized to be “love”, in which no words or labels are necessary. In the same vein, the Universe is always responding unfailingly to your thoughts and intentions. Now let’s suppose you keep yourself focused on your intention for a longer period of time. What happens is that the feelings of love usually get more and more intense, until you now start to “feel” love at a higher level than before. If at this moment, you were to suddenly think an angry or depressed thought (which may not be easy if you are vibrating at a high energetic level, but let’s say something attracts your attention enough for you to change your thoughts)… how will you feel? You will instantly go from feeling “love” to feeling “anger” or “despair”. The process is almost instantaneous. The moment you give your attention to that new contradictory thought, you feel it in your body, in every cell of your being. Now let’s suppose that you want to feel love again, so you set the intention again and the Universe responds again, but in the process you have taken a longer “time” because of the detour you took in the middle when you felt something contrary to your original intention. Can you see how this situation parallels the process of “failed” or “delayed” manifestations for so many people? The stuff is not coming not because the process does not work, but because the process works too well! The Universe is always giving to you, at the precise moment, whatever is called for by you!

Let’s say you manage to hold the intention of “love” for a long period of time, until you feel so good that you immerse yourself in the good feelings of it. If you manage to do so long enough, completely immersing yourself in the good euphoric feelings of “love”… then every single thing that you have ever desired and all the right things will be delivered into your life in the most perfect way possible. I know it feels strange now as you are reading these words, especially if you’ve never had this experience before. It defies all logic. You may be thinking, “How can a person sitting there, silently by himself and holding the intention of ‘feeling good’ have good things happen to him? He should be doing something instead of sitting on the couch!”

Well, first recognize that the statement above is a misplaced belief in taking “action”. Second, it is my own personal experience that a person holding a good-feeling state will not be able to remain STILL in that state for too long. What I have found (which you can discover for yourself too) is that once you start vibrating at higher and higher levels of good feelings, you start becoming closer to your divine source. You start allowing the goodness of the Universe to flow through you. At that moment, you receive all the insights and impulses you need for the fulfilment of your life. In fact, inaction will be impossible as these impulses become too strong for you to ignore! Any action you take will then feel very natural to you.

Have you ever felt a strong impulse to do something, and just knew that everything would turn out right if you followed that inner guidance? I have, and I can’t tell you how many times following my impulses have led me to the right book, the right person, or the right circumstances. In fact, I can’t even recall an instance in my life when these supposed impulses caused me any harm. Not one single episode. I hesitate to even call them “impulses” because I know I did not act on impulse, which usually implies a kind of rashness (acting before something is ready). Instead, I know that my actions were backed by a gentle Universal force, and were born from me being in the flow of the Universe. When you give up resisting and allow the Universe to guide you, life become effortless for you. You merge with the Universal flow and become one with the Divine. It is as if there is no separation between you and divinity, and doors open for you at every turn.

This makes sense once we look at things from the perspective of the divine, from the perspective of our higher consciousness. To the divine, there is no conception of time. Everything is happening here and now. When you ask, it is answered for you here and now. Any time delay is therefore perceptual and a product of our own consciousness. If we frequently contradict our intentions, then we will perceive the intervening time as a delay in terms of physical time. If we are strongly aligned to our desires, and hold coherent intentions, then no time delay is necessary or will even be perceived. Everything comes in its own perfect time.

The perfect analogy for this is when you order something on Amazon. You know, as much as you look forward to receiving your parcel, that it IS on its way, and it is so. You place your faith and trust in Amazon’s ordering and fulfilment systems, and you are not particularly worried about things going wrong, because even if they did, Amazon has a system to set things right for you. Let it be the same for your Universal desires. Once you have set your intention, rest in the knowledge that the Universe is acting on it. It is picking your order out right now and delivering it to you. The Universe is already responding to bring whatever you want to you. You now know that this is not acting on blind faith, but acting with a firm faith in universal law. Through the earlier exercises in this book, you have had first hand, personal experience of the Universe responding instantaneously to your intentions in the form of feelings, which is nothing more than an energy pattern which you interpret. Therefore, if the Universe responds instantaneously when you hold an intention to “feel” a certain way, it must also respond instantly when you hold an intention to “be” or “have” a particular thing. While you would very much like your Amazon package to appear on your doorsteps instantly, you also accept that there is a buffer of time. In this sense, you understand that there is a delivery process that needs to take place. The order needs to be picked from the warehouse, packaged, and then sent on the delivery truck. The courier will then deliver it to your doorsteps. You do not question this process too much in the physical world, and you just trust it to do its job. Let the same be the case for your manifestations. Know that an unseen process is orchestrating everything behind-the-scenes, just as how you do not need to know the way FedEx or UPS schedules all its routes, or the intricate system of networks used to deliver your order to you. You just know it is done the moment you order it! In the same way, the Universe is working its magic, coordinating all the small pieces that fit together to deliver your “order” to you.

Just as you accept that your order will appear at your doorsteps in one to two days (rush shipping is always available!), you can also go for the rush shipping option on your universal desires. But here, instead of telling it to be rushed… you need to tell yourself the opposite — to feel very relaxed. You remind yourself that everything is happening in its own perfect time, and that the wait is optional. Remind yourself that while you wait, there are just as many things for you to occupy yourself with. There is no need to sit there waiting for the thing to appear, for a watched pot never boils. Watching an empty space and waiting for something to happen is placing more attention on lack. So don’t even fall into this trap of “watching” something, and observing or tracking its every move. Spiritual teachers have taught this time and time again… that when you grow a seed, you do not dig it up every few days to check whether it has grown. You will kill the seed in the process! And so the same applies in modern terms. After you have cast your intention, don’t keep checking in physical reality to see whether it has “manifested”. Know that it will arrive, just as your Amazon order will arrive. Know that your perception of time is an illusion, and you can perceive time to be as short or as long as you like. Rest in the knowledge and satisfaction that while your universal order is being filled, you can partake in many equally meaningful and joyful things, which will then lead you on to more and more enjoyable things. The only job you have is to decide what you want, and to step aside and let it happen.