Have you ever wondered what the key components of manifestation are? Keep reading to discover simple steps that help you live with intention and create your best life.
About a week ago, I was up before 5:00 AM. I love this time of day, watching the darkness fade into light, and feeling the new possibilities while listening to the world wake up. That morning in particular felt really good. A rooster was crowing and a couple of dogs barking, both in the distance. They seemed intent on alerting everyone that the sun was arriving.
As the sunlight began touching the ground, a couple of javelinas came out of the bushes. They walked past where I was sitting, paying me no attention. I could hear their breath and the occasional huffing sounds they made.
It was my last day at a little retreat I took part in. I enjoyed the food, yoga, massages, spiritual components, and seeing my friends. All in all, it felt good to slow down and reflect on my life.
I am grateful for the ability to purposely engage with the Universe and manifest my heart’s desires. For years, part of my meditation practice has been dedicated to affirmative prayer, where, with an open heart, I acknowledge joyous experiences waiting for me to step into.
On that particular morning, I remembered the balance between intentional living, manifesting, and just completely letting go of the reason why, and enjoying what the world is offering.
On some level, I had already manifested everything that I was experiencing: the light, javelinas, and the feelings of both peace and inspiration.
I practice Intentional living by making choices that align with what brings me joy and resonates with my goals. I blend this with my meditation and affirmative prayer. The space between my intentions and thoughts is probably where the magic happens. The trick is to hold what you are intentionally welcoming in gently, so the Universe can reveal the many opportunities of how love is expressed in our world.
Living Life in Balance with Intention and Allowing
Having a spiritual practice is the foundation of living an intentional life. This allows space for the Universe to help you manifest what is aligned with your highest vibrations. This will look different for everyone, but it will always hold opportunities for pause and gratitude. Two examples of spiritual practices are meditating daily and writing in a gratitude journal. The key to maintaining a practice is keeping it simple so that you can be consistent. Eventually, your practice will feel like home.
Purposely identifying your dreams and goals is a massive part of living with intention and manifesting the life you want. If you’re unclear about what brings you joy or inspires you, it’s easy to drift through life, overlooking the opportunities that come your way.
Intentional living is empowering. Once you’ve identified your dreams, remember that you have the power to manifest them. Breathe in this wisdom. Visualize yourself celebrating your success.
Know your fears. We can be motivated by fear or love, and most of us have examples of both in our life choices. Recognizing why you make the choices you do is empowering. When fear is steering your choices, pause and lean into your spiritual practice. Notice when you begin to feel at ease around a situation. Celebrate the feeling of grace that comes with overcoming an old fear.
Create a life that has room for your dreams to come true. Do you find yourself rushing and worrying throughout the day? Is your life filled with tasks and activities from morning to night? Slowing down offers the Universe a place to plant miracles. Much like Savasana, a pause in your day offers balance, restoration, and allows things to shift organically.
Are your actions and beliefs aligned with your heart’s desires? Imagine really wanting pizza for dinner, but you go to a store that doesn’t sell pizza, and you grab peanut butter and jelly, because it’s familiar. The Universe was waiting for you to call the pizza in and allow it to be joyfully delivered to your home. Instead, everything was done as usual, resulting in the same old thing. What steps can you take to welcome your dreams into your world?
Notice if you are hyper-fixated on only one thing in your life? Sometimes it helps to pause and purposely look at the big picture. What other goal or dream can you put energy into? What area could use a little gratitude?
Take every opportunity to intentionally celebrate what you love in life. Simply do more of what brings you joy.
Adding a little ceremony to your life is also fun. An easy way to bring some ceremonial magic is to light a candle when writing your affirmative prayers on the new moon. Read these sacred affirmations every morning until you write them again on the next new moon. I intentionally leave room for edits; after all, life is constantly shifting, and our desires may begin to look and feel different.
What if your dreams and desires involve a specific person? I will share examples of how to work with the Universe in this tricky scenario. Let’s pretend you want a specific outcome for your child. Visualize seeing them aligned with their highest and best outcome. How this comes to be is completely out of our control, but we can see them happy and healthy. We need to recognize that each of us is creating our own life experiences.
The next example is wanting a particular person as a romantic partner. You can certainly send them love and send the connection you share, but it is also important to see yourself aligned with your best partner. Know the qualities you are intentionally manifesting in a partner. Maybe this person is still a mystery. Here is where you step back and let the Universe deliver to you the romantic partner that is aligned with your highest self.
Wrapping it Up
Living with intention is not just going through the motions of meditating or other wellness practices; it is choosing with purpose how you live your day-to-day life. These simple decisions are what welcome or block the pathway to your dreams.
Another important piece of intentional living and manifesting is being discerning with who and when you share your deepest desires. Oftentimes, it’s best to keep what you’re working on just between you and the Universe. Outside influence can slow the momentum of your success.
I love journaling or putting dates on my affirmative prayers that are written in notebooks. This shows me how my life has evolved and the unexpected ways my greatest manifestations came to be.
I have discovered that the more I live with intention and purposely choose my day’s experiences, the more it feels like I am walking a familiar path. When the path feels rough, I rely on my meditation and affirmative prayer practices to calm me down and help me find a direction aligned with my goals.
Have fun identifying your dreams and intentionally creating a life that calls them into being. May you live with courage, purpose, and joy.
By Polly Wirum
