This is a very nasty trap because the exact reason you are not having your results yet might be that you believe you must do your manifestation routine to get them. Hence, your internal state of consciousness is one of “trying to get there,” of “being on the path to it,” yet not “being there.”
For example, when I was not in alignment – aka occupying the state of consciousness of having it – with my desired body, I was actively trying. Once I connected to that Self, that state of consciousness, I just was – well, I am. But how does that look like? How does being in my desired body feel like? What do I do? Rather, what not: I don’t have any dieting plans anymore, no methods are applied, no structure, nor any established gym routines. One day, after releasing all beliefs, I was just right there. Right here. And no, 3D reality had not yet caught up with my internal state, but it really did not matter. I knew that my desired state of body now is, without an ounce of doubt. Going to the gym has been fun since that day. I find myself there at least three times a week, just by my body signaling it’s time to go. My water fasting routine is now fun, not a method to stabilize weight or health. I do these things because my body wants them, not because I think I “need” to do them to keep my weight in check or reach my desired state. Something shifted when I occupied that consciousness state first. I just knew: I have a magnificent body.
Now you think: Sabrina, happy for you. But how do I get there? How can I feel what you do? How do I obtain that state? I don’t understand.
And you cannot – yet. Just listen. You cannot, because the state of consciousness of ‘having or being it’ differs greatly from ‘trying to get there’. Remember the method of checking backwards if you shifted states (link)? Exactly. In the new state, you could not fathom why the old self behaved that way. You cannot really feel into them anymore. That effect is, of course, also “forward” in development (of course, there is no backward or forward, just parallel). But don’t resign, there is a way out of this.
Process Steps
To elaborate, let’s walk through an example of alignment with the state of consciousness that has already achieved it. For that, I refer to my previously introduced concept in the “Gratitude Trap” article. Imagine we have already moved multiple negative beliefs with relief and excitement into new states. Now we are just “stuck in the final step,” which is where you still believe you have to do the manifestation routine to get your results. Let’s look at two concrete examples from my own life to elaborate how what this final step looks like, feels like.
What usually keeps me in that trap and hence away from being in the state is:
a) The when. Every time I insist on a certain time, I keep myself in the “Manifestation Routine Trap.” Being so concerned about the exact timing, like “I want my new job contract in two weeks,” almost forces me to think I need to do more alignment and manifestation work to ensure it will happen. That is, of course, not the conscious thought I have; it’s more a tiny spark of fear that it will not happen in that timeframe, which triggers anxiousness, hence triggers me into action to fight the anxiousness.
a) The how. Often, I want a particular source to deliver what I want. Here, we use the desire of having a closer romantic relationship with a specific person.
In both cases, I am working on alignment and releasing old beliefs. If I can’t find negative beliefs anymore, I check if the two typical things – the how and the when. Usually, it happens one day: I wake up (literally), my mind zaps to the wish, yet I (also) feel that tiny anxious spark again. I immediately think of using a tool like visualization or affirmation. Yet, in the next moment, I only feel a wave of exhaustion. Just thinking of doing the same manifestation stuff again. (For clarification: the capacity to hold onto things, people, and exhausting places diminishes over time. Hence, one gets faster to the state of being “fed up.”) This is usually my point of no return: I do not want to feel exhausted. I know, it comes with ease and flow, or I don’t want it at all. It still works wonders for me. With that knowledge created at my rock bottom – you can be damn sure that my rock bottom is not easily forgotten -, I dropped the issue. I feel a [final] wave of relief. After that, the topic is absolutely done. If a habitual thought about it creeps in again, I refuse to think about it. I refuse to think about something that exhausts me. Hence, the topic is ultimately done. Really done. Just done.
That does not mean I have to “surrender” to some external force to deliver what I wanted. No, it’s more than I cleaned up what I truly want. In fact, the entire process is the key to reaching that point. After I have truly figured out the what and dropped all old beliefs that kept me apart from it, the how and the timing are really not that important to me anymore.
In example a), I was certain I wanted to join the team of a particular company. I kept it alive, but I dropped the part of the timing – that it needs to come fast. After that last step, alignment was done. In fact, the next day, I had random thoughts of my first early promotion with them. That was fun, and I felt satisfied. Example b) is relatively comparable to any life, also mine. After figuring out what I want to feel in a romantic partnership, the how – meaning the process of how it comes to me, meaning through which person – became irrelevant. But not easily. I had to go through the process mentioned above: dropping old beliefs and all projections onto that person. I kept going, and one day I just felt exhausted thinking again about the desire fulfilled with this particular person. I was exhausted, not from thinking of my desire, but still having a small doubt in me. My mantra (it comes easily, or I don’t want it at all) made me drop it, literally in that moment. Accepted what is, and went ahead. Why acceptance? Because ‘what is’ is just the reflection of your past state of consciousness, and mine was “I need a thing/love I don’t have from that particular person.” Hence, I dropped what didn’t serve me anymore.
The Analysis
It might sound now like: just drop your entire old life, all kinds of specific wishes, and let the universe have its way with you. But no, that’s not what I do. However, sometimes it is easier to drop the old, as it is charged with energy; yet, never before have you worked on your belief structure. The dropping is, in fact, a natural side effect when you’re done with the process. It is because the old beliefs actually kept you wanting the old thing, at least partially. Let’s look at the two examples again:
a) The desired job contract with a specific company, now. I did not give up on the first part of my desire, because it fits my new self. It’s just the “now,” and the “now” was created by an anxious belief that I need the job now. But does it really matter whether it is now, in two weeks, or in three months? No. Old beliefs of quite some other kind created that urgency. Dropping it, my desire got reflected in 3D, actually quite fast. b) The desired message from a particular person. After running through the process of alignment and changing beliefs (aka shifting Selves), I dropped it completely, because the need to be connected to that person did not stem from a pure desire, but from beliefs of worthiness, a bit of regret, and some other stuff. After dropping them all, I thought: Really, I don’t need that. I am good. And what I want, honestly, who cares where it comes from (aka by whom)? I realized that my desired reality can be delivered by many people. I don’t mean better people; just that the desired state can be achieved by many means, and not only through this one particular person. As said, the attachment to “this person” stemmed from old beliefs. Releasing them released the attachment to that person, too, which was just a representation of the internal state of consciousness of my former Self.
The Resume
You see, at one point, there is a natural cycle around the same thing, over and over. You do your manifestation work to ease the last bit of doubt. You have already shifted many negative beliefs and feel generally confident that you deserve your desire. In fact, it feels like you almost have it in your hand; it just eludes you, like it is behind a wall of mist. That’s usually the final doubt, the last anxiety, the thing that keeps you doing all the manifestation work (affirmations, visualizations, etc.). That’s the moment to make a final application of the how-and-when test. Usually, if you drop one of them, the anxiety vanishes, and you shift into the consciousness of having it. After that point, you literally do not think about it anymore. If you think about it, it’s only from a satisfied state of being. Not relief, not gratitude, not excitement. Only satisfaction and contentment.
If that shift of ‘it’s done’ has not occurred yet, then you are not in the final state. Keep digging: which negative beliefs keep you in the undesired state of consciousness? Release them and shift. Once it’s done, you really know. As said in the beginning, now you might not know how that looks or feels, but when you are in the state of consciousness that has your desire, you know that it’s done. If you are uncertain, you are surely not yet done. Keep shifting. Keep releasing. Keep aligning with your desired state.
