Manifesting 101

What does it mean to manifest?  Well, to simply put, we are doing it right now...in this moment, whether we are aware of it or not.  The process of manifesting can be deliberate or default.  To manifest is to create.  We all may believe in some sort of creator or have faith in a creator rather.  It is hard to believe in something we cannot see, this is why we have faith.  Please excuse that random tangent.  What I am trying to get at is that WE ARE CREATORS.  This may be a little hard to swallow and fully grasp, maybe this will upset you, scare you, whatever happens, just allow it to be without any judgement, all that is about to happen is me give my opinion on what I have come to believe is the process of manifesting.  We have created everything that has happened in our life.  Now, there are some thoughts that I'm sure are coming up like a death in the family.  This is the grey area that I am still a little uncertain with.  I do not believe that we manifest anyones death.  Since death is a natural process of our human existence it'd be a little radical to say we create it.  All we do is experience it.
Now, what we do create is a big portion of our lives.  As we have learned so far, we create our life.  We create so much more than we can even fathom at times.  When we surrender to the fact that we create "everything" we experience, we take control and become accountable for our life and everything that happens in it.  Obviously as I stated in the above paragraph, there are instances in which this ideology is a little radical.  Nonetheless, lets visit a few moments in which manifestation took physical form, which it generally does.  It can also take form in thoughts/emotions.
Have you ever experienced one bad moment and then many more bad moments occurred?  I can say that I have.  Why is this though?  Is it because I was unlucky?  Or maybe because I deserved it via Karma?  All of these points of view are possibilities but I argue unlikely.  What seems more fitting is that WE CREATED more of these bad moments.  How?  By route of our attention upon the situation at hand.  More so how we responded to the given circumstance.
A manifestation occurs through our focus upon it.  If we focus on smiling as much as we can today and we keep reminding ourselves to smile, what do you think is going to happen?  We will start to create experiences that are in alignment with the vibration we are focusing on, which in this case, is smiling.  When we smile, we are generally happy, amongst many other higher vibrational states such as joy, bliss, or enthusiasm.  In short, whatever we focus upon most, we will create, good and bad.
Why does it seem easier to manifest bad experiences than good ones?  I'll tell you this much, it is a hell of a lot easier to be negative than it is to be positive.  Our Ego always wants to play the role of victim and judge.  Here is something mind boggling; if we stay victims to our past experiences, we will keep manifesting those past experiences in the present.  Have you ever had a friend that says, "I always date douchebags" or "I seem to always date the bad guys."  Why is this?  Why does that keep occurring?
I asked a friend of mine once about her relationships and the above responses were hers.  She proceeded to tell me all the things she didn't want in a relationship, all of which you can probably already assume are negative.  After she relayed that to me, I had a moment of clarity where I realized her focus was upon what she DIDNT WANT.  Ahhhh this is the moment where the light bulb goes off.  Thats just it!  What if our focus with many things is on what we DONT WANT instead of what we DO WANT.  Of course we don't want certain things but the Universe, or your higher power, does not recognize "want" and "don't want"  she only recognizes the essence of what we speak about.  So with that being said, we now must be aware of how we speak and what we speak.  The universe hears everything and through the law of reciprocity, she will always give you experiences and physical manifestations of what you are most aligned with, positive, negative, happy, sad; she will always give to you what you are radiating out.
Since we are constant manifestors and co-creators, how can we manage the intensity of what it is we are creating.  I've had moments where things are almost instantaneously manifested, whether it be me thinking of someone and then boom, they text are call me not minutes later; or one instance where I was giving this deliberate manifesting thing a try and wanted to drive a convertible car because I never have before, then about a few days later, I came to visit my mother and she had a rental car that was in fact, a convertible.  These are just a few of many examples that have occurred in my life.
One thing we must understand is that not everything we think about, will manifest in the form we want it to.  An example of this is the convertible car.  When I was sitting at my house deliberately manifesting this experience, I was vague in my thought.  I focused merely on a covetable car as well as what it would feel like the moment it happened.  The vagueness actually helps during this process because if I were to be especially specific, I may have said, a yellow, 20017, camero, which hey, would've been badass but in that moment where the car was presented, I saw it for its essence, a convertible.  If I were stuck on the specific attributes of my manifestation, I may have missed that opportunity.  Long story short, our manifestations are created in many shapes and sizes, it is up to us to focus on the ESSENCE of our manifestation.  I am all for being specific, but do not stay attached to the final product.
So if a mere thought can create, can't we just think and poof! our manifestation occurs?  Most definitely not, even though it CAN happen and is possible.  However, I would not rely on it.  Thoughts are a great start and we should always start there but in order to gain moment, we must take the necessary actions in order for it to create.  Our actions may be one of the most underutilized and overlooked parts of the whole platform of manifesting.
When we think about whatever it is we want to manifest, be sure to FEEL GOOD.  If we do not feel good about what we are thinking about, we are not in alignment with what we are thinking about.  Our emotions are an important guidance system in our manifesting process.
Surrender yourself to the fact that you create most of what you experience.  Some may argue that it is everything you experience but remember, there are certain things that may not apply to this process.  With this new wisdom and knowledge we have acquired, let us put it into practice.  Like anything, we can't be perfect at it right away.  What we can do is become the best we can through time and focus.  Remember these key aspects when manifesting:
1.  We manifest all the time
2.  Be deliberate in the direction and creation of your thoughts
3.  Feel good when you are creating
4.  Focus on the ESSENCE of your manifestation
5.  Start of general and then refine to more specificity as you get better
6.  Own your life, be accountable for "everything" that happens in your life, good and bad
7.  Whatever you align yourself with, you will create more of.
8.  Our thoughts create our reality

Peace and Love always my Brothers and Sisters!

"Live deliberately, not be default"
- JDB