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The instant manifestation of desire is an idea that individuals have pursued for as long as the Law of Attraction itself has been recognised, which is several thousand years at the very least. The notion that there is a secret to manifesting any desire into its physical counterpart is, at first glance, an extremely attractive one. After all, who wouldn’t like to think of a million dollars and have it suddenly appear out of thin air? Or who wouldn’t like to desire an end to war and have it manifest just as quickly?

We know that the Law of Attraction works, and that desires can and do manifest themselves as physical reality, so why does the process usually take anything from a few hours to several years? And why, after thousands of years of study, has nobody managed to identify the elusive secret that would result in the instant manifestation of desire?

The most reasonable answer to me is that time itself acts as a kind of safety buffer between the moment of desire and the eventual manifestation of that desire. Such a safety buffer is necessary because all of us at some point desire things that are not good for ourselves or others. In a moment of embarrassment we might desire ‘to disappear into a hole’. In a moment of emotional upset we might desire something even more negative for ourselves or another person.

Clearly, if these irrational desires were allowed to manifest instantly, our lives would quickly descend into chaos. It could therefore be argued that having a gap of time between desire and manifestation is a perfectly good safety mechanism, and it could also be inferred that the more dramatic the desire, the longer it will take for that desire to be made manifest. Understanding this safety buffer concept is helpful because it enables us to be more patient when we are seeking to create good things in our lives, and prevents us from becoming frustrated when things don’t manifest as quickly as we would like.

Whatever desire we hold consistently is one that will manifest itself as physical reality in the future. If you focus on abundance at one moment and on poverty the next, your lack of consistency – in tandem with the safety buffer – will mean that no change in your circumstances are likely to be forthcoming. Your aim should therefore be to hold your positive desires consistently day after day, week after week, until the necessary safety buffer of time has passed and the universe allows that desire to manifest itself in your life. And of course, if you happen to have a single negative desire at any given moment, you won’t have to worry about that negative desire manifesting as reality.

Viewing the situation in these terms makes much more sense than pursuing a way to manifest your desire instantly. Instead, acknowledge that manifestation takes time and that there is probably a very good reason for that, then hold onto your positive desires and know that, when the time is right, it will surely be made manifest.

The New Science of Abundance by Joseph Franklin was originally presented as a ten-month home study course in the UK, but the complete course of ten modules can now be obtained at a fraction of the original cost from www.newscienceofabundance.com. I have been studying this course myself for just a few weeks now (it has only recently be released online) and I have been so impressed (and enriched!) that I requested permission to present an extract of the first module here at Create Good Things. The author was generous enough to approve my request, and so here it is – enjoy!

Why You Need to Become Abundant

We live in a world where a state of abundance is the natural expectation of all living beings.  Yet we all know that there are millions of people who live in poverty instead of prosperity, in sickness instead of health and in a state of emotional misery instead of joy.  So how do we begin to understand such suffering and poverty in the context of an abundant universe?  And how can we help to change things?

The answer to the first question is rather simple.  Just as some plants get trampled on by ignorant walkers, so some groups of people are trampled on by ignorant majorities.  People do not starve because there isn’t enough food in the world to feed them.  People starve because there aren’t enough abundance-minded individuals around to help them.  It is human selfishness (which stems from an ignorance of abundance principles) not nature, which creates poverty.

This being the case, the answer to the second question becomes obvious.  The only way we can help to alleviate suffering and poverty is to become abundant.  When we live in a state of total abundance we will be in a position not only to directly help those in need, but also to teach abundance principles to others so that they can help even more people, and so on.

Imagine living in a world where every man, woman and child understands the science of abundance.  There will still be a few individuals who, through no fault of their own, suffer from setbacks.  But because the majority of us will be living in a state of total abundance, those unfortunate few will instantly be aided and assisted by the rest of us so that they too are brought into a state of abundance.

It sounds like a Utopian vision, doesn’t it?  Yet this is what I believe we ought to be working towards as a civilisation.  I believe that stories about the Garden of Eden and the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth were not written to educate us, but to inspire us.  I don’t think they were given to us to show us what we might or might not miss out on, but to show us what a civilisation is capable of becoming.

Deciding to shun abundance because other people are suffering in poverty is totally illogical.  If there is sickness in the world, we need to train more doctors, chemists and healers.  If there is suffering and poverty in the world, we need to train more people to reach a state of total abundance.  Only then can suffering be confronted in a meaningful and permanent way.

You therefore need to become abundant.  Not only because this state of being is your natural birthright as a human being, but also because this world desperately needs abundant people to help turns things around and put our civilisation back on course to reach a future destination where all human beings thrive, flourish and prosper as nature intended.

This sounds like a tall order, I know, but just think about abundance in the context of your own life as an individual.  How will achieving a state of total abundance affect your immediate friends, neighbours and relatives?  How will you feel when you can actually do something to alleviate the suffering of those around you, secure in the knowledge that you can never run out of abundance?  How will you feel when you are able to solve problems and meet real needs?

Achieving a state of total abundance will inspire those around you to follow a similar course of action.  Your life will offer hope to those who currently have none.  It will awaken the people who know you to new possibilities.  By simply following your own natural desire for abundance, you will automatically create a wave of change in the lives of others.  These people will influence still more people, and so on and so on, until eventually your single decision to become abundant will have had an indirect influence on many more people than you can currently dare to imagine.

When it is stated in these terms, does the idea of becoming abundant sound selfish?  Not at all!  It is in fact one of the best things you can do if you want to play your part in creating a more peaceful, productive and caring world.

For more information on The New Science of Abundance visit www.newscienceofabundance.com.

The first step to designing your own tailor-made Magic Cloak is to decide what your ideal life would be like in as much detail as possible. Take a pencil and a notepad and seriously consider the following eight aspects of your ideal life:

Your Personality
What kind of person do you want to be? Confident? Optimistic? Cheerful? Kind? Passionate? Whatever it is, define it and get it down in your note-pad under the heading ‘Personality’.

Your Skills
What kind of skills do you want to have? The ability to play a musical instrument? Speak a foreign language? Repair motor cars? Write books? Again, note it down – this time under the heading of ‘Skills’.

Your Relationships
What kind of relationships do you want in your new life? Solid friendships? Casual friendships? Both? A lover? A spouse? What do your friends look like? What kind of personality does your lover or spouse have? Be as specific as possible and write your answers down under the appropriate heading.

Your Spirituality
Where would you like to be spiritually? Would you like to be able to experience altered states of awareness? Join a monastery or convent? Take a pilgrimage? Develop your intuition? Write your answers down.

Your Hobbies
What hobbies do you see yourself as having in your new life? Would you like to exercise regularly? Belong to a club or society? Go mountaineering or hiking? Learn to paint or draw? By now you know that your answers are to be noted in your pad.

Your Habits
What habits do you currently have which do not belong in your future life? Smoking? Drinking alcohol? Getting stressed in your car? Write your answers down in your pad, but note that these are habits which do not belong in your future life and are recorded for reference only.

Your Career & Finances
What is your ideal career? What do you do? Are you self-employed or do you work for someone else? How much abundance do you enjoy? What other forms of income do you have? How much money do you have in the bank?

Your Image
How do you look in your new life? What kind of clothes do you wear? What kind of car do you drive? Where do you live? What does your home look like? What kind of watch do you wear? What does your hair look like? What shape is your body in?

When you have answered the questions for all eight aspects of your new life, review what you have written. As you read, imagine seeing this ‘new you’ in your mind’s eye. Imagine living the life you have just designed.  Is there anything you would like to change, add or take away? If so, change, add or take away now whilst your design is only on paper.

Even though designing your life is a serious exercise, you can and should have a lot of fun whilst doing it. Imagine your new life in detail. Imagine the sights, sounds, smells, sounds and textures of this new reality. Explore the possibilities, be sure to remember that there are no limits and in the next article we will continue the Magic Cloak process…

Talk about the power of faith to many people and the reaction you will get can often be quite negative. Faith is seen all too often as some fuzzy, wishy-washy concept which sounds very good in theory but seldom works in the real world. It is seen as a nice idea, but one which has no real substance or power.

In this series on The Power of Faith we will go back to basics and discuss what true faith is, how it works and how we can all use it on a daily basis to create good things and revolutionize our lives. Forget pretty phrases and sentimentality – this series is all about the kind of faith that is guaranteed. The kind of faith that gets real results.

True faith is the stuff that moves mountains. It can turn around any situation in life both quickly and effectively. It can turn poverty into abundance, sickness into health, shyness into confidence and fear into power. It is a metaphysical state of mind which truly unleashes the awesome power which we all have within us. Make no mistake, the power of faith can work miracles.

Before we continue, we should define what faith is. From a metaphysical point of view, faith is knowing beyond a shadow of doubt that a goal has already come to pass. Faith is a feeling of absolute certainty that something has already happened regardless of whether or not external life circumstances back up that feeling.

One Law of Attraction author says this: “Belief that the miracle has already happened always comes before the miracle can be seen by all.” In other words, faith always precedes manifestation.

And it has to be this way if you think about it. Anything which is created has to be born in faith otherwise it could not be created at all. If a writer wants to have written a best-seller then he must first have faith that he has the talent of a best-selling writer. If a carpenter wants to have made a beautiful piece of furniture then he first has to believe that he is capable of creating such a piece. Without the faith that he is able to succeed, neither the writer nor the carpenter would even bother trying to achieve their goal.

Faith here is much more than an intellectual nodding of the head. It is more than a half-hearted affirmation that says, ‘Yes, maybe I could do it.’ True faith is a conviction – an unshakeable belief that says, ‘YES! I CAN DO IT!’ It contains energy and emotion and when you have that sort of faith then nothing is impossible.

The biggest problem most people face is generating that kind of rock-solid faith and conviction. They know that having faith works wonders and they know that they need to be totally confident in a positive outcome if they are to experience the manifestation of their desires. The trouble is that they don’t know how to get that kind of faith. Thus they do their best but the miracles, wonders and manifestations never quite happen. The aim of this new Power of Faith series is to solve that problem.