🦄 How to get the things your want and make your dreams come true, even if you don’t believe in Oprah
Book of TREE 3.16: manifesting for materialists 1
0/10 Introduction
People everywhere are busy manifesting wealth and love and TikTok followers. Great for them, but what if you don’t believe the universe is quivering with desire to give you what you want once you take up manifesting? What if you don’t believe there’s a God working everything together for good for you? How are you supposed to manifest things then?
I’ll tell you.
First, a clarification. By ‘materialist’ I don’t mean being obsessed with possessions. I do mean the philosophical concept that matter is what there is. Materialists believe that you are your body and that’s it. So your soul is a phenomenon of your body, not a something that inhabits your body.
Second, a definition. Manifesting is in it’s most essential form, a story you tell yourself so that you will
carry on doing the work you need to do and
stay open to opportunities
until you get the thing you want.
(A lot of people think the story is the work. The story is not the work.)
Materialists don’t have the benefit of being able to believe in a God or a universe with a will or the laws of attraction. So stories from Oprah, The Prayer of Jabez, The Secret or some online guru won’t help us. We need different stories to keep us focussed, working and open. That’s what this guide is about.
Bonus: my guide will work whether you are a materialist or not.
I’ve used enough of your time today. We’ll get properly stuck in on Monday. For now, here’s a quick thing to get you started.
1/10. What do you want to manifest?
(I’m starting the same as every other guide to manifestation because where else would you start?)
Be specific as you can. You don’t need to know everything though. Rigid thinking won’t help; leave some room to flex and change as you go forward. Write it down, put it in a voice memo, draw it – do whatever you do to make a record of something important.
I liked this song already, but the drums on this live version…
Grow slowly
Jeff
Earlier this year I read Mind Magic by James R. Doty, the “neurology” behind manifesting, which played more into how the story improves your openness to opportunities. One key aspect of his method is to focus less on what you want and more on why it would be beneficial for the greater good. Ex: I used his technique while house hunting this spring. I focused less on getting the house and more on how I could contribute to my new community.
So color me curious re: the materialist philosophy!