Mastering the Manifestation Process

Inspired Action is the result of what happens when Creative Source Energy, Spirit, is in alignment with our thoughts, feelings and actions. It is through our actions that we actualize our thoughts and feelings into reality. The manifesting process is always active. Our thoughts, feelings and actions are manifesting reality in every moment of our daily lives. When Spirit is the guiding force of these creative powers our daily lives become an experience of Inspired Action.

The Law of Attraction teaches us that part of the manifestation process is that you attract into your life whatever you think about. Simply put, your dominant thoughts will find a way to manifest into the physical reality of your daily life. So, we called upon the creative powers of the mind, our thoughts and feelings, to focus attention on the highest vision it could possibly conceive. Thereby we attract into our lives the vibrational energy needed to manifest that highest vision.

However, thought alone does not actualize into reality although it does effectively participate in the manifestation process. Along with the creative powers of our mind we must also call upon the creative powers of our physical body, our labors and efforts. It is through labor and effort that we manifest in this reality as our thoughts and feelings align us with Source Energy.

We are in action all the time. Our labors and efforts are manifesting our thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and feelings to reality whether we are aware of it or not. As the LOA encourages us to align our minds with the desire for a higher vision for our lives so to must we align our action with that same desire. When this alignment happens we are now living our lives through Inspired Action.

Often we find ourselves doubting our actions as they have proven to be untrustworthy in the past. Inspired Action is cultivated through the art of allowing. One must learn to allow their actions to be guided by the inspirations of Source Energy, or Spirit. This can be a tricky process.

The physical body is generally pre-occupied with using its creative powers to manifest survival. Might I say here that it is very good at it. It can also be very challenging to get its attention or to get it to lift its head up. The physical body knows what it needs in order to survive and it has the creative power to manifest it.

If that is not challenging enough for you, your mind is processing through a myriad of thoughts and feelings in every moment.  Metaphysical manifesting brings our thoughts and feelings together and channels them as the Source Energy that fuels the manifestation process. Cultivating the power of the mind focuses our thoughts and opens us up to the Divine communication between Ego and Spirit.

So, how does one know if the action they are about to take has been inspired by Spirit and will result in the desired manifestation?  Sometimes what we thought was a gentle “nudge” from Spirit turned out to be a hard shove down a flight of stairs. Knowing, or trusting, that you are taking inspired action comes with practice over time. It requires being aware of the Source Energy behind the actions that worked and the ones that failed to produce the desired result.

As we align ourselves with Spirit, through trial and error the Universe guides us, although at times not so gently, down the path necessary to manifest of our deepest desires and highest vision. At first, as we set out to master the manifestation process, like infants we stumble and fall. Here, patience and perseverance are our allies; never letting go of the vision until ultimate manifestation. Each failure inspiring a deeper alignment with Spirit.

Allowing one’s actions to be inspired by Spirit or Divine inspiration is a result of a deep cultivation of the Ego-Spirit relationship and a blending of the Physical and Metaphysical manifesting processes. This is where it all comes together; now our conscious thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and feelings are manifesting themselves into reality through our actions. These Inspired Actions are happening as the result of a clear and steady communication with Spirit as it freely manifests through us ~ “Spirit In Action”.

As Inspired Action brings a harmony to the manifestation process a conscious partnership develops between the creative power of our minds and the creative power of our bodies. After a period of time the two begin to work as one and there is no longer any separation between the Spiritual world and the Physical world. Your life has now become an expression of spirit in action as your highest vision manifests itself right before your very eyes.

It is through Inspired Action that we actualize the union of opposites, the Divine marriage of masculine and feminine, the Yin and the Yang, the Above and the Below and Spirit becoming flesh. Spirit has integrated itself into our physical lives.

Too many of our Brothers and Sisters have died in the cause of human arrogance and ignorance throughout time all over our planet. Too many!

So today, in honor of all the fallen, I offer up on this day a living and walking meditation of Peace. With every breath and step I take today I pray that we as a global people will see clearly to put down our weapons and reach out towards each other with open hands, open arms, open minds and most of all, open hearts.

Let us remember those whom have died in wars by ending this madness and show them that we have learned our lesson by creating a world of Love and Peace. Today is the day my Friends. Now is the time. Never let go from your minds and hearts the glorious joy that Peace brings to ALL mankind and to the Earth herself. Set aside your individual troubles and join in one united heart and share in the sensation of Peace for more then just a moment but for the rest of time.

With every breath you take, with every move you make, with every step you take do it, not just today but everyday, in a state of Peace.

Breathe Peace!

There seems to be a new archetype at play these days. A new God that has been taking form throughout modern time. This entity is known to us today as Chicken Little. Chicken Little has his own mantra that when repeated over and over gives him more strength and power. Some know this mantra all too well and are teaching it to our children and our children’s children. It can be spoken in many different ways and in all languages around the globe. “The sky is falling, the sky is falling!”

I am sure you know this mantra well. If you repeat it enough times, believe it or not, the sky will fall. Chicken Little has become the most powerful Deity of our time. He has the largest following ever recorded in our modern history and one of the largest if not the largest priesthoods ever. You should take a look at the monasteries. They are full of children. Your children are likely attending one of Chicken Little’s monasteries right now. They are all over the world and he leads his teachings with an advertisement of no child left behind.

Chicken Little’s religion of fear is preached every day, throughout the day, via one of the greatest evangelical networks ever created. The mass population is addicted to his message as they wake up to it every morning as they prepare for their day embodying his words as truths and something to live by. Talk about the ultimate in “wake and bake”. Devoted followers repeatedly kneel at the altar of Chicken Little throughout the day as his priests and priestesses are active tending to the temples and serving the flocks.

Beloved Friends, Chicken Little is a false God. His message of fear is a lie. This fear is not real but an illusion designed to encourage you to give your power over to the Church. The sky falling is the greatest hoax ever played on mankind. As a population we have been taught by those who would make you believe that they have our best interests in mind. They want you to believe that if you sacrifice your love and give up your freedoms that they will keep you safe. Don’t believe them.

Fear is a lie! The sky is not falling and will not fall. It is not possible. Your fears are a learned response and have been taught to you. You have been manipulated by false prophets and false teachings specifically designed to distract you from the one true Divine force in our world, Love.

Love is the natural order to all things. The only true religion. You do not need to be taught Love for it is the way of all things. Fear has been designed by mankind for personal gain. Their greatest fear is that you will remember and unleash the Love within you bringing an end to their greed accounts and their power of status.

These false prophets need our Love now more then ever. They are the ones who are afraid for they truly believe in their message of doom and gloom. They need us to unlearn the fear and unleash our Love, to embrace them and to help guide them to the inner truth that is Love.

I want to be clear about the definition of the word Pagan. I am sure that this will get me into trouble with many of my Neo-Pagan friends, but here we go. According to Wikipedia ~

“The term pagan is from the Latin paganus, an adjective originally meaning “rural”, “rustic” or “of the country.” As a noun, paganus was used to mean “country dweller, villager.”

“From its earliest beginnings, Christianity spread much more quickly in major urban areas (like Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth, Rome) than in the countryside (in fact, the early church was almost entirely urban), and soon the word for “country dweller” became synonymous with someone who was “not a Christian,” giving rise to the modern meaning of “Pagan.” This may, in part, have had to do with the closeness to nature of rural people, who may have been more resistant to the new ideas of Christianity than those who lived in major urban centers and were cut off from the cycles of nature and the forms of spirituality associated with them.”

Pagan, country dweller, one who lives close to nature. As opposed to city dweller where one is cut off from the cycles of nature. It is that being cut off from nature that I believe our current social problems stem from. Cities by their very nature need to consume the surrounding natural environment in order to survive. Throughout our civilized history cities have sometimes by force and other times by forfeit consumed the country dwellers themselves.

No one can deny that we are now living in a world of mass civilization. By far more people dwell within the city walls then live rurally or out in the countryside. Most city dwellers have no idea of any other way to live. They have been raised in the city environment for generations. The growing of their own food is too far a reach from going to the grocery store.

However, it is my belief that tucked within the city walls is our world’s salvation.

This is where I get to vindicate myself with all my friends. There is a population of people who have been studying the “old ways”. The understandings of the cycles of nature are not lost to us. I am referring here to those we now call Neo-Pagans. I define Neo-Pagans as city dwellers who understand nature and have made a point in their lives to remain in contact with or re-connect themselves with the natural cycles of the Earth. Those who are not separated from Earth and yet live within the city walls.

I too lived in the city for quite some time and as I studied the cycles of nature my heart desired to break free of those city walls more and more. The way of life I was learning to live was in conflict with where and how I was living. The courage to leave the city and become a country dweller did not come easily. Thankfully I had been studying a Neo-Pagan tradition called Wicca. What Wicca did for me was to re-connect my soul with the cycles of nature. All the years of learning and practicing this Neo-Pagan tradition safely within the city taught me what I needed to know to be a country dweller, a true Pagan.

This brings us to the crux of my point. Our current social situation is in peril. Our ability to maintain civilized city environments is coming to a quick end. The city experiment is failing at a rampant rate. Understand that my rant here is not about doom and gloom because I do not believe in doom and gloom. I do see clearly that what we need is a balance between the old ways, and the new ways found within the new old ways.

Who, one might ask, is going to teach us these new old ways? It is you my friends, the Neo-Pagan population of city dwellers. As thousands of years ago, when the Pagan population left their country dwellings for the comforts of the city, the time has come for us to return to the country that we abandoned so long ago. They say that nobody knows how to live in or with nature anymore, they are wrong. The Neo-Pagans do! You do!

It is time for a great movement, a movement from Neo-Pagan to simply Pagan. It is actually a very short step all in all. Most Neo-Pagans celebrate different Holy Days than Christians. These Holy Days we celebrate are a reminder to us of the cycles of nature. Notice that I used the word celebrate here for the shift from Neo-Pagan to Pagan is simply from celebrating these Holy Days to practically applying them. A Pagan does not spend time observing the cycles of nature, but lives in direct relationship with them.

Beltane is a time when seeds are planted or when some rest from planting the seeds, real actual seeds in the real ground. Samhain is the time when we need to have completed the harvest or the freeze will come and kill the crops. What greater observances could we possibly do to honor nature than to live our lives according to the established cycles going on all around us?

I am afraid that if we do not get out the city and participate with nature, that soon nature will abandon us like we have abandoned her. The ancient egregors are still available to us, but for how much longer?

How much longer do we all have to wait until society has the courage to decide to live in a state of balance with nature? The time is ripe for you beautiful city dwelling Neo-Pagans to put your spirituality into actual practice. The world we live in needs examples of how to live at one with nature now more then ever. And, you are it, we are it. We Pagans are all the world has left to guide its population back into harmony with the source of our existence, the Earth Herself.

~John Lennon

From our childhood we are all encouraged to dream. Think about all the dream questions we toss about our society. We are asked what is our dream job, dream home, dream partner, dream car or dream world just to name a few. Without a doubt we all have dreams. Not only are we all capable of dreaming up new and different realities, we all do. Throughout our lives we spend our time daydreaming as we dream up different and better futures, relationships, jobs and world societies.

However, it takes more then just dreaming. Gandhi said to be the change you want to see. Well, I say to you now to live the dream, to express your dream outwardly and that you must, above all else, Be the Dream.

I understand that this is a great responsibility and by all means no small task. It is as King Arthur calling forth his Knights of the Round Table and setting them on the great quest for the Holy Grail. By taking on this quest, the responsibility of living your dreams, you become like one of those noble Knights. You are now on the path of becoming a Dream Warrior.

Like with all warrior paths there are phases, or stages the Warrior must pass through in order to successfully achieve his great quest. I lay before you now the three primary stages or actions of a Dream Warrior. Keep in mind that this is but a glimpse of the path, a simple introduction. If you are willing to heed the call, take up the challenge, the rest shall be revealed to you.

The Three Stages of the Dream Warrior

In the first stage the Dream Warrior takes the time to dream. As with all Warrior paths taking time to meditate is imperative before action. The Dream Warrior spends time visualizing and sees the dream clearly. Meditating on the dream brings specific details necessary before action can be taken.

It is during this meditative stage that the Dream Warrior learns the path necessary to take in order to bring the dream into reality and develops the patience that comes before action. The Warrior does not act impulsively, but with a clear and calm mind as he enters into the second stage.

In the second stage the Dream Warrior brings the dream into reality. As meditation and visualization were the tools the Warrior used in the first stage, here in the second stage the Warrior’s gifts are deliberate and effective action. With a clear and calm mind the Dream Warrior embarks on the great quest of manifestation, bringing the dream into reality.

This is likely the longest and most trying of the three stages. Here the Warrior learns perseverance. The path of the Warrior is as sharp as a razors edge and he will surely slip from time to time. Even though the Warrior seems to be defeated he continues on, to the end, with a burning desire to achieve the dream.

In the third stage the Dream Warrior encourages all around him to become Dream Warriors. At this stage the Warrior realizes that it is not possible to create the dreams of others or to create his dreams into the reality that belongs to others. He knows that it is each individual’s responsibility to manifest their own dreams. With this knowledge he embarks on the path of Exemplar. The Dream Warrior now becomes an example for those he comes into contact with who, like him, want to achieve their dreams.

Your Call To Action

My Beloved Friends… It is the call of your King, The Universe, for you to take on the noble challenge and dare to dream. Suit up, go to your sacred houses and dare to dream. And while you are dreaming, alone and at peace in your sacred vigil, illuminate your dream with all the brilliant colors that this world has to offer.

Now, Great Knight, rise to your feet, go forth into the world and with every breath that you take and with every action of your being call forth your dream into existence before your very eyes.

And along your journey on the quest for the holiest of holy, be a radiant example to all whom shall see you and uplift them with the knowledge that they too can be like you, a Dream Warrior.