| is a lot of talk these days about the groundbreaking | | | | go to the U.S. I had them sit and close their eyes. Then |
| book, The Secret, and about the process of the | | | | I asked them put attention at the third eye (between |
| manifestation of our desires. It’s a fascinating | | | | the eyebrows). I asked them to picture a bright light |
| subject. But it is not new information. The Law of | | | | there. Then I asked them each to imagine going to their |
| Attraction, namely, like attracts like, is a very old | | | | mailbox where they lived and opening a letter. The |
| knowledge. The bible attests to this when it states, | | | | letter contained their new travel visas. I had them place |
| “As ye sow, so shall ye reap”. What | | | | this image in their third eye and fill the image with a |
| you do comes back to you. In India, there is the Law of | | | | bright white light. This was at 11 o’clock in the |
| Karma. It says that “Action comes back to you | | | | morning. That night I was giving a lecture when my |
| in equal measure. In Egypt, you have the Code of | | | | interpreter pulled me aside. He told me that the couple |
| Hammarabi. It states the familiar, “An eye for | | | | had just called. He said that they had come home and |
| an eye”. If you do sometime, it comes back to | | | | checked their mailbox only to find the letter with their |
| you equally. Even in Newtonian Physics, action equals | | | | travel visas just as they had pictured in my office. The |
| reaction. Basically, what we think is what we become. | | | | question is, did the visas create the need for the |
| Another way of saying this is that we manifest what | | | | mental image in my office or did the mental image in |
| our attention is on. This has been the message of such | | | | my office create the visas? The answer is that Grace |
| great modern thinkers as Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, | | | | created a synchronicity. Who cares whether the |
| Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer, and motivational | | | | chicken or the egg came first. |
| guru Toni Robbins. | | | | How did this manifestation take place? What was the |
| Another point is that understanding the Law of | | | | mechanism? Today, I want share with you some of |
| Attraction is one thing, but being able to apply it in | | | | the secrets of yogic manifestation. To accomplish this, |
| practical life is another. Here’s what I mean. If | | | | it is first necessary to acquaint you with the mechanics |
| my mind is cluttered with a bunch of thoughts, how | | | | of the human mind. Let’s begin with the term |
| can I maintain my attention on what I desire long | | | | Samadhi. Yogis often use the term Samadhi. It is said |
| enough to manifest it. Let me give you a specific | | | | to be the highest experience of yogic meditation. But |
| example. Let’s say that you and I and an Indian | | | | Samadhi is not a useful state if we want to manifest |
| yogi, are hungry and we each put our attention | | | | our desires. Here’s why. Samadhi is a state of |
| manifesting a Kit Kat bar. What will happen? While you | | | | perfect silence. In Samadhi, this world vanishes and |
| and I will remain struggling and hungry, the yogi will be | | | | only pure conscious (consciousness without an object) |
| enjoying his Kit Kat bar. For him, the bar manifested | | | | remains. Nothing is left. The state of pure |
| almost as soon as he thought the words Kit Kat. | | | | consciousness is a state of no movement. There are |
| Why? The yogis’ attention is powerful and | | | | no qualities; no subject; no object; no relationship. |
| unbroken. He has cultured his brain and nervous | | | | Unfortunately, no desire can be entertained in Samadhi |
| system to manifest his desires with great efficiency. | | | | and manifestation requires desire. MANIFESTATION |
| Finally, the manifestation of objects such as houses, | | | | REQUIRES A RELATIONSHIP OF SUBJECT TO |
| wealth and relationships are fine in themselves, but | | | | OBJECT OVER TIME. Yogis manifest from within the |
| they do not guarantee happiness. This is a point that | | | | sphere of matter and change. They manifest from a |
| the Buddha made thousands of years ago. He | | | | spot where pure consciousness turns into matter. I will |
| concludes that desire and manifestation were actually | | | | teach you how to take your awareness to this point. I |
| the source of unhappiness. The Buddha devoted the | | | | will be teach you step by step how to manifest. |
| rest of his life to finding a way to get beyond the | | | | I am often asked the question, “Why |
| problem of craving and desire. | | | | can’t I manifest”? The answer is that |
| To me, manifestation is just the mechanism through | | | | you are desiring your manifestation from a false sense |
| which Grace enters our world. Manifestation is the | | | | of I. You see your personal “I” and the |
| relationship of the subject to the object over time. The | | | | world that your “I” exists in as separate. |
| reality, and I use the term loosely, is that all of the | | | | So you believe that it takes a lot of effort to put your |
| objects of our everyday experience, are thoughts that | | | | desires into this foreign land that you live in. In reality, |
| have turned into matter. So, I thought that I would begin | | | | there is no difference between you and what you |
| with a couple of manifestation stories to highlight this | | | | experience. Both take place inside the real you. You |
| point. | | | | could not exist without the not-you so the not you is |
| Miracle Manifestation | | | | you too. Feel it. Look closely. Be perfectly still. To do |
| Many times people would come to see me with very | | | | this, completely stop your eyes and tongue from |
| specific requests. They needed something right away. | | | | moving. (Try this for one minute)You are the other as |
| Here is an example. One day, a couple visited me at | | | | much as you are yourself. Neither can exist |
| my office in Chennai. It seems that they were both | | | | independently of the other. Desiring and manifesting |
| school teachers who had been offered teaching | | | | are just two sides of the same coin. Become the coin. |
| positions in Atlanta, Georgia in the U.S. Unfortunately, | | | | The object of your desire is just you in reverse. A yogi |
| this was post 9/11 and it was very difficult for Indian | | | | has no trouble manifesting because he sees that he is |
| nationals to obtain the proper visas to travel to the U.S. | | | | actually the object of his desire. If a yogi desires a |
| This poor couple had been waiting for more than a | | | | Lexus, he becomes it. The yogi moves effortlessly |
| year. They had given up their lucrative teaching jobs in | | | | between subject and object. The yogi is both because |
| Chennai and sold their house assuming that they would | | | | the yogi is One with all things. He is living reality. The |
| be leaving shortly. When I saw them, they were | | | | yogi lives the truth. To continue with this article, please |
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| for a technique to help them manifest their desire to | | | | |