Conscious Commentary - The Art of Manifesting - a podcast by Higher Journeys Media - Diving deep into the metaphysical, spiritual, & alternative realms with host Alexis Brooks.

“A thought is like a single drop that hits the water, making ripples that manifest into infinity.”

-Alexis Brooks

Who says manifesting is only for devoted students of The Secret?

And while I don’t consider myself an opposer of the book and movie that scored millions of followers who found themselves with a renewed sense of manifesting moxie, I’ve admittedly been a tad critical of its somewhat template approach to manifestation.

That said, for whatever it’s worth, The Secret certainly cracked the proverbial door of possibility open for many who never gave one thought to the idea that “You too can create your own reality.”

I for one have always felt on some intuitive level that we are innate creators; masters of the art of expression, and alchemists in the truest sense.

And though there have been times (and still are) where I question my singular ability to fashion and shape my desired reality at any given time, whether it’s for an object, scenario, or state of being, I’ve been fortunate that I will return invariably to the idea that creativity is my core!

And on this day I did just that.

Here’s the story…

It was about mid-May. Two weeks or so prior to my birthday. With the weather getting increasingly pleasant, I found myself sitting in one of my favorite spots in my garden. A place that I’ve since dubbed The Dream Garden – and you’ll find out why in a moment.

I’d been nestled amid a beautiful border of large Hosta, Bamboo, and other Japanese inspired plantings. Sitting on a wooden park bench that my husband and I had just transported from another garden in our yard, I decided to do a bit of silent reflecting. I’d been thinking about a recent show I had done with author and manifesting expert Dianne Bischoff James. I was particularly fascinated by her own brand of creation, calling her style exploratory. She said that she liked to think of her sojourns into manifesting her little experiments, and I liked that approach. She then explained a few techniques that she’d developed with great success.

So here I was, sitting in my little Japanese garden on a beautiful spring afternoon, in complete reflection mode, staring at a tree (a beautifully canopied Japanese maple that my mother and I had planted nearly 40 years ago) when I decided to try my own little “experiment.”

I stared intently at the tree and began to speak to her out loud, as if beckoning to the chairs that I knew existed on some level of reality and were meant to be in our midst . “Tree, wouldn’t you love two beautiful Adirondack chairs under your glorious branches to keep you company?” I said. I then lowered my eyes slowly dipping just below the branches and then onto the ground on which these Adirondacks would eventually sit.

I’ve been wanting authentic Adirondack chairs for several years. Each season, I’d search for that perfect pair of New England favorites: Vintage, well made, the best quality wood ever, heavy and of course, inexpensive! I knew they’d be perfectly at home (as would I in them) in my garden.

As I sat staring, I began to speak out loud, “Vintage…well-patinated…sturdy…beautiful…cheap!” Then I got even more descriptive, shifting from a wish list hoped for in the future to the reality of those chairs already sitting underneath the tree. I became animated, then excited, and continued to speak out loud! Suddenly, I could see them sitting there!

Feeling completely satisfied and convinced something had occurred, I then let it go – completely. In fact as the days went by, it never crossed my mind again until…

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