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frequencies that made the money invisible and undetectable by yoursenses. Maybe you were stuck on the red part of the spectrum, whilethe money was hanging out in the blue part.Obviously your senses pick up a lot as you go about your day, but youonly notice a puny fraction of all that input. In order to manifestmoney, you need to tune your senses to bring to your attentionuseful input that you’ve been subconsciously dismissing as irrelevantbackground noise. This tuning process takes some time, but you candefinitely do it.Lately I’ve been teaching my daughter Emily (age 10) how tomanifest coins. I do this by turning it into a game. When we’re outwalking together, I challenge her to see if she can find more coinsthan I can.The first time I did this, she was really bad at it. I found severalcoins during our walk together, often coins that she walked rightpast without even noticing. Instead of finding coins, she didn’tnotice anything. The coins didn’t register within her perceptualreality.Later on she began noticing things that were close to coins, but notcoins. She found bottle caps, paper clips, scraps of paper, and coinlike smudges on the floor — everything but coins. I kept pointing outto her that there are coins everywhere, but you have to tune in tothe “coin abundance frequency” to see them. Each time I found acoin and showed it to her, I could tell it was gradually helping her

tune in to the right perceptual frequency.One reason she was bad at this game was that she was tuning outthe possible existence of coins everywhere she walked. She justdidn’t think there could be that many coins hiding in plain sight. Bydemonstrating to her that the coins were indeed there and that shewas simply failing to notice them, I helped shift her beliefs. Shestopped thinking of the game as something outside her control(relying on luck or chance), and she began thinking of what shecould control (her open-mindedness and attentiveness).At first when she would walk past a coin, and I’d pick it up and say,“Look at this, Emily. There was a nickel there, and you walked rightpast it! Your eyes definitely saw it because you were looking in thatdirection, but the coin didn’t register in your mind. You still need toadjust yourself to the right vibe. Remember — the coins areeverywhere! You just have to command your eyes to notice them.”Initially this surprised her. She could dismiss it as luck or as somekind of trick or as a momentary lapse of her part. Then when itkept happening, it began to frustrate her. I helped her shift thatfrustration to amusement by pointing out that she was really good atfinding bottle caps and smudges, and we had some laughs aboutthat. She just needed to adjust her mind a little bit more to noticethe coins.Finally she began to accept that yes, there really are coinseverywhere, and she only has to notice them. It seemed like she was

beginning to tell her eyes and her mind to get with the program andstart noticing the coins.Emily has a competitive side, so I played to that by challenging herto find more coins than me, which boosted her motivation and desireto get good at it. She knows that technically it’s a fair game, andshe even gave herself an advantage by walking in front of me, so shecould be the first to spot new coins. And since she’s only 4’9″ inchestall, she’s a lot closer to the ground than I am.Gradually she got better at the game. We went out yesterday andplayed again. In an hour of walking around some hotels on the VegasStrip, she found 46 cents: 1 quarter, 3 nickels, and 6 pennies. In thatsame time, I found only 6 cents. She won the game for the first timeand was pretty excited about it. And of course I gave her lots ofaccolades for it, so as to encourage her to keep improving.I dare say she’s probably better at finding coins than I am now. Shenow knows there are coins everywhere, but she also really gets intothe playful and competitive spirit of the game, which is much moreexciting for her than it is for me. I think partly she likes knowingthat it’s a fair game that either of us can win, and there’s no reasonshe can’t be at least as skillful as I am.When it comes to creating a vibe of playfulness and excitement,children can easily be more masterful than adults. This is the samevibe we need to recreate as adults in order to manifest whatever wedesire.

It may sound silly to do this as an adult, but it’s a game worthplaying. When you’re out with friends sometime, have a contest tosee who can manifest the most money. You may not get too excitedabout finding coins, but you may generate some excitement abouttrying to best your friends in a silly contest. That silliness willactually help you get the right vibe, thereby improving your abilityto manifest money.DetachmentPeople often get confused about the relationship between desire anddetachment. Aren’t they diametrically opposed? How can you haveboth at the same time? Isn’t desire a form of attachment?No, these aren’t in conflict. They coexist perfectly. Let me ‘splain.Desire is about what you wish to create. You could describe this vibeas passion, excitement, or even lust. It’s a delicious pool of emotionsyou summon by focusing on a new target. The stronger your desire,the better, so amp it up!Detachment, on the other hand, is about how those desiresultimately manifest for you. When you become too attached to whenand how your desires show up, you screw up the manifestingprocess. Instead of holding the vibe of playfulness and abundance,you start sending out signals like concern, worry, and stress. Don’tdo that!Would you become stressed and worried if you couldn’t find enough

coins on the ground? Would that vibe improve your performance? No,that would only lower your performance.When you notice that you’re getting frustrated, pause, breathe, andgo back to the desire side. Hold that vision of the creation you wishto experience, and wallow in the positive sensations of being therein your heart, mind, and spirit. Know that physical reality will sooncatch up, as long as you keep holding the right vibe.When you feel moved to take action from a place of passion andexcitement, not stress, then go ahead and let those actions flowthrough you. It will seem to be more work to stop yourself — you’llfeel like you’re chickening out and holding back if you stay still.Follow your impulses. But don’t worry about the immediate resultsof those actions. There may be some twists and turns along the way.PowerWhen manifesting money, it’s especially important that you don’tgive your power away to money. This negates your creative ability,and the money probably won’t arrive if you do that. This is a VERYcommon mistake.You can’t effectively wield the power of manifestation by believingthat you can manifest something you desire (i.e. money) whilesimultaneously believing that something you desire has power overyou (i.e. Money).

If you want to manifest money, you CANNOT believe that money is apower source. Money cannot give you wealth or abundance orhappiness. It really can’t give you anything. Money just sits there —all the power comes from you. If you believe that having moremoney will give you any additional power at all, then you’re actuallyholding the vibe that says, “I’m too weak to attract money.” You’llhave to get a job instead.Think of it like this. If you want to manifest money, but you believethat money is its own power source, then deep down you’re givingmoney the power to say no to you. If money has power, then it canrefuse to show up.Instead of this crazy wrong approach, in your mindset and heartset,you must KNOW that you’re completely 100% dominant over moneyand that money is completely 100% submissive to you. You’re in totalcommand of it. If you order it to show up, it must obey you. It hasno power of its own. It cannot refuse you.When you manifest money, you are COMMANDING it to come intoyour reality. You’re the CREATOR. Money has no choice but to obeyyou, but only if you wield your true power. If you give your poweraway to money, then you empower money to deny your requests.Money will say, “Well, if you’re letting me decide, then no, I’mstaying over here.”If you approach money like a power source of its own, then by tryingto manifest it, you’re really trying to overpower it, and in such a

contest you’ll usually lose. That contest, however, is completelyinternal — and pretty much insane. It’s like trying to arm wrestleyourself. How can you win? It’s a false reality you’re projectingbecause you aren’t ready to fully wield your own power yet.Remember that money is nothing but a number. Or it’s pieces ofmetal and paper. How could it possibly be more powerful than aconscious human being such as yourself?If you think that once you have money, you will become stronger,you’re crazy. Absolutely deluded! More likely — if you actually didmanifest money from that kind of vibe — you’d grow even weaker.This would be a bad outcome for you, even though it seems likewhat you want. You’d be a weak-minded, weak-hearted person withmore money, and you’d still see the money as more powerful thanyou, even while it’s in your possession. You’d then become attachedto it and afraid of losing it because you’d still mistakenly see it as apower source. It would become a source of security for you, aconstantly vulnerable one. The more money you had, the moreparanoid you’d become about losing it. This would really mess youup big time. So be very, very glad that you naturally attract lessmoney when you think of money as a power source. If you invitemoney into your life from that crazy frame of giving away yourpower, then money will become your Master, and you will be foreverits slave. Don’t even go there!If money has no power, then why manifest it at all? In truth, youdon’t need to. But if you wish to manifest money, then do it as a

game. Money is a just toy you can play with. Get excited about theexperience of manifesting money, but don’t put any attention intowhat you’d do with the money once you have it. It’s merely anumber.If you desire something you think money will give you, then focus onthat desire directly, not on the money you think you need to get it.Money may or may not be part of the manifestation process.Only focus on manifesting money directly if you’re capable of seeingthe money as a plaything, like a video game score. It’s onlysomething to manifest for fun, not something to get all worked upand stressed about.Once again, do NOT give your power away to money. You must knowthat money is completely powerless. All the power is within you,never out there.UpgradingWhen manifesting money, start small and work up to larger amounts.See it as a score you’re aiming to increase, but don’t put largeramounts on a pedestal by assuming they’re more difficult tomanifest.I started with manifesting pennies in the Summer of 2006. Then Igraduated to nickels, dimes, and quarters. I focused on quarters forseveral weeks. Then I progressed to dollars to 100 to 1000 to 10K

to 50K. Overall it took less than a year to go from manifestingpennies to manifesting 50K. After that point I become moreinterested in non-monetary manifesting and had some especially funtimes with manifesting in my social life — friends, mentors, andother yumminess. In fact, I honestly feel that manifesting money is abit boring compared to all the other cool stuff you can manifest. It’slike playing a video game and obsessing over the score. That can befun for a while, but eventually you want to focus on more interestingaspects of the game world.If you can get good at manifesting coins, you can manifest largersums too. The process is the same. Only some limiting beliefs ofyours may stand in the way. But as you gradually upgrade to largersums, you can collapse those false beliefs.Once Emily gets good at manifesting coins and feels comfortable andconfident with it, I’ll start challenging her to manifest larger sums.She may not find money on the ground as often, but it will show upin other ways.Money comes to you through the filters of your beliefs, but you don’thave to change your beliefs radically. You just have to open enoughof a portal in your beliefs to allow different sums to come to you.Coins may be found on the ground while you’re walking around. Billswill sometimes be found on the ground too. Larger sums maymanifest in the form of exchanges, business deals, inheritances,inspired action, and other ways. Assume that those larger sums are

right in front of your face, staring at you and screaming at you tonotice them. You just have to tune your vibe to the right frequencyto pick them up.I’ve noticed that as I’ve shifted my vibe to manifest larger sums ofmoney and to manifest new experiences in other parts of my life, Iseem to fall out of resonance with manifesting smaller sums. I’m notas good at manifesting coins as I was in 2006. That’s because my vibeisn’t tuned in to the coin manifesting frequency as much. These daysI’m spending more time using the LoA to manifest cool socialconnections and travel experiences. I’ve tuned my vibe to focus onthat part of the perceptual frequency. I also feel more excited andplayful about manifesting in these other areas as opposed to addingto my financial score.CongruencyEvery relationship in your life contributes to the overall vibe you’reputting out. This includes all the different ways you relate to money.For example, if your job sucks and doesn’t pay you very well, andyou try to manifest money on the side, that probably won’t work sowell because each time you go to work at your job, you risk retriggering the vibe of feeling financially under-appreciated.This is where lots of people get stuck with the LoA. They put outconflicting vibes every day. They may visualize having more moneyand feeling abundant and grateful, but then they go to the grocerystore, and they buy cheap, low quality food because in the back of

their mind, they’re saying to themselves that they can’t afford thegood stuff. And that naturally cancels out the vibe of abundance, sothe result is no change.If your current circumstances cause you to emit conflicting vibes,then even as you go through the motions of acting in accordancewith a scarcer financial situation than you’d like, keep your vibefocused on that of abundance. The best way to do that is by holdingthe heartset of gratitude. So even if you buy cheap, low-qualityfood, hold the vibe that you’re grateful for it and that youappreciate it. Feel appreciative that such food exists and that it’swithin your budget. And then look at the high quality stuff, andemotionally invite it into your life. If possible, find one way in whichyou can splurge for higher quality items, like buying a few organicapples, and feel grateful that you can do that. And when you eatthose apples, really enjoy them, and intend to receive more of thesame.But do NOT beat yourself up for not being able to afford what youdesire. That will only lower your vibe.Do like I did with Emily when she kept finding bottle caps andsmudges. Praise yourself for succeeding at what you’re alreadymanifesting, and then command your senses to adjust to a moreabundant part of the spectrum of reality. Be patient with yourself —you’ll get it.Whenever you start feeling bad about your financial situation, see

that as a form of feedback. Let it become an immediate trigger torefocus on your desires. Say to yourself, “Okay, obviously I don’twant this. So what do I want instead?” Then think about happieralternatives; allow your mind to go there, and let the resulting newvibe flow through you.Manifesting money is a fun challenge. It’s definitely doable if youapproach it from a place of playfulness, knowing, and power. It doesinvolve some discipline, but the discipline is mental and emotional,not physical.You aren’t going to let a 10-year old girl kick your ass at this game,are you?

Happiness First, Then Everything ElseIf you accept a job, a relationship, or a lifestyle that you merelytolerate — but don’t appreciate — you’re putting other concernsahead of your own happiness.Social conditioning may have convinced you that sacrificing yourhappiness to maintain a certain bank balance, to send timelypayments to corporations to which you’re indebted, or to pay forsomeone else’s needs and expenses is the proper way to live.Perhaps your parents played a role in this conditioning as well,teaching you the importance of being responsible and holding downstable employment.If you do these things well, then according to this conditioning, youare successful. You’re doing what’s expected of you, and no onecould fault you for that.But sooner or later you’ll come to realize that successfully payingthe bills and satisfying other people’s needs, while depriving yourselfof a happy life you’re truly passionate about, is no success at all. Infact, it is complete and utter failure.If you’ve found yourself in this situation, then you’ve terriblymisunderstood the game of life.While you may have been convinced that these duties are important,

the truth is that they’re of no particular importance to people withhigh self-esteem and a positive sense of self-worth. Such people donot care how much money you make, what kind of provider you are,or how long you’ve been married to the same person. They’re muchmore curious about something else: how you feel about yourself andthe path you’re walking.I have many friends who earn very little money, can’t or won’t holddown stable jobs, and have constantly churning relationship lives.And yet, if they are happy with themselves, I typically find themfascinating and valuable people to have in my life.I also have friends who’ve been blessed by tremendous financialsuccess, with brilliant, decades-spanning careers and deeply loving,committed relationships. If they too are happy with themselves, Ifind them just as fascinating and rewarding to connect with.When, however, I connect with people who are responsibly doingtheir duty, but who haven’t yet cultivated a life of happiness, I can’thelp but notice the sallow desperation in their eyes, the numbnesswith which they speak, and the damned-if-I-do-damned-if-I-don’tgame of self-deception they play each day. They feel trapped andlost to the point where they label feelings like depression andfrustration with words like “fine” and “okay.”If you find yourself in such a situation, there is a way out, and itbegins with finally acknowledging the truth to yourself and divinginto the dark places where you think it may lead. Accept your

situation as it is, and most importantly, accept how you feel aboutit. The

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