Initially, I did not really understand the difference between “thinking of it” vs. “thinking from it”. If you struggle too, let me give you a concrete example that demonstrated to my observer-mind what it means, how it feels, and what the Moment of Change was from one state to the other. (If you are impatient, the definition is highlighted in the 2nd chapter.)
As some may know, I’ve changed my living circumstances again: I moved back to Dubai from Düsseldorf, and I want to elaborate on the entire process from the first hunch ‘I need to change something’ to the final 3D manifestation.
Phase 1 – defining ‘the what’
In 2025, when I joined an insurance company in Düsseldorf, it reflected certain internal changes I had made in 2024 in Dubai. Hence, I was seeking change, but also stability (leaving freelancing) and being in a community that is aligned with my own culture (Germany). I needed a break from my old Self. So, I moved back to Germany. I didn’t really appreciate the state Munich was in, and when an interesting job in Düsseldorf manifested, I joined them there. I really appreciated that the employees were at ease and enjoyed a good work-life balance, which reflected my internal state at that moment. It was soothing. After a while, and working with Esther Hicks & Bashar along the way, my needs eased, and my spirits lifted to a more explorative one. I was coming back into my creator Self. It was like something inside knew ‘that ‘this can’t be all. ‘ Yes, I wanted ease and flow, but I also wanted to experience excitement at work. In retrospect, this was a very funny time: I evolved. I experienced something, then decided for the opposite; after experiencing the opposite, I realized I actually preferred the first more. It’s the process of “sifting and sorting”, as Esther calls it. I like that process a lot for jobs and living situations, as revisiting a place or job type reflects to me how much I have changed. Seeing that progress is deeply satisfying to me, I think that it is the most satisfying experience of all.
Anyway, after 6 months with them, I knew I wanted more from my job. More excitement, more responsibility, and more leadership possibilities. However, I already felt that the workplace I had would not offer me what I needed, better said, what I preferred. After the initial 6-month mark, I started looking for something within the organization, yet nothing really worked out. (Back then, I did not know the idea that “everything is you pushed out”. So, I thought there was nothing here. However, in fact, internally I had already decided to change my external environment, hence exactly that was reflected: “Here is nothing for you anymore.”) But I also didn’t really know “what” I wanted. I knew only a few cornerstones: more responsibility, more leadership, better and faster growth opportunities, better pay – of course, always :). But that was it. So I – literally – let myself look around. Over the next three months, I checked vacant job postings, applied to a handful, and mused on what I really wanted. During that time, I rarely conversed with other people about my job search. If I did, I only mentioned I needed something new.
Then, the first stone fell into place; funnily enough, during my first vacation. In October, I rolled off from my project assignment and got the chance to enjoy some vacation time. In fact, I had to fly to Dubai to resolve an issue with my UAE bank account (which was not resolved). I loved being there. It felt like home. The next coincidences – synchronicities – were just perfectly lined up. Let me show you more: After returning from vacation, there was still no new fitting staffing opportunity. Hence, I asked for an almost immediate second vacation. It got approved as it made sense for all parties. I had two weeks to the second vacation, hence, to decide where I would go. I was not planning to visit Dubai to resolve the issue; it had time until next year. In fact, it seemed ridiculous to show up four weeks later. So, I let myself be inspired. I did window shopping at the travel agencies’ displays. And one thing stood out, like diamonds catching light, over these two weeks: ship cruises. In fact, they almost followed me around. It felt like every digital screen with vacations showed a cruise ship. And then, my cousin shot me a message, telling me cruise ships are an excellent option. Honestly, I couldn’t resist elaborating on it. I figured that November is indeed a good time for taking a cruise. My must-have vacation criteria, ‘warm destination’, quickly narrowed down the search to oriental cruises. Checking their routes revealed that I know all stops except Doha. So, Doha seemed so natural to choose. I booked the flight a few days later, which was 2 days before my vacation began. Actually an one-way flight, because I was not sure if I would pass by Dubai to fix the banking thing. All just worked out so well, so smoothly. Not only did the recently awoken passion for cars (visited car exhibition in Düsseldorf & Munich in October) get satisfied with the largest car show in Doha, but also my curiosity about watches with the Watch Week in Dubai. (Of course, I took care of my banking stuff, but that felt like a side fiddle.) I felt good; I felt at ease; I felt at home. And that feeling of rightness stayed with me.
Funnily enough, I had visited (mid-November) the year-end/ Christmas freelance event in Düsseldorf, hosted by the company that provided me with my first freelance gig. Literally, on Monday morning, I followed the inspiration to check what I can do this week. I was just in the mood to get out, mingle, meet people, and have fun. So I did. The event had been promoted publicly on rausgegangen.de a few days before. It was a nice surprise to see the match “pull, to check what’s up” and “the unusual event”. I signed up and enjoyed the evening. However, I was not looking to join the freelancing market. But, in retrospect – so fun! -, I see how that event made me open up to freelancing again.
Analysis: This phase was about 3 months. The main theme was exploration of job opportunities and following general inspirations to determine what I really want. It was mostly ‘aligned actions’. I acted, but without creating negative emotions around the job topic. I neither persisted in solving the banking issue nor the job issue. In fact, I dropped timing totally. I was on a journey to specify the ‘job-what”, but basically I just wanted to have fun. Yet exactly that gave me confidence to be on the right path: the perfect symphony of events, and the feelings of “rightness” along the way, helped me to clarify “the what”. The location of my next job became crystal clear: the Middle East (again).
So, let’s proceed in the story – and by story I mean real 3D events in my life. In the first week of December, just a few days after the Doha-Dubai vacation and about three weeks after the freelance event, a headhunter from the UK approached me for a 1-year freelance project for a top insurance company in Germany. That was a big surprise, because the scope – insurance, project lead, day rate, and remote-first policy – felt like a great match to my part of desire. Yet again, this incident (synchronicity) opened my mind further to freelance gigs. In fact, I really considered joining the insurance gig. While agreeing to a scope discussion, I re-establish my profiles on diverse freelance platforms. At that moment, it felt like “looking” (inspired action).
My curiosity led me, within days (beginning of December), to another long-term insurance project offer; this time in Saudi Arabia. A few things that I truly desired matched again (leadership, location, day rate). The “what” became so much clearer through that process, and I decided I had to resign soon. To be honest, I felt quite nervous (I was not fully aligned), because I had no contract in my hand. However, the long chain of synchronicities boosted my confidence in following this path further (supported by the knowledge that this job couldn’t provide what I wanted). Hence, leaving felt inevitable. It was just a matter of timing; Though time felt like it was running out (again, not aligned), when the Saudi opportunity needed support in the short term – meaning in normal language: immediately :). My next resignation option was ‘now – in mutual agreement’, or at the end of the next quarter, March. The latter felt too much down the line, so I jumped on the immediate path. The next, perfect “coincidence” happened the day before my resignation: I got a hunch to check open positions on LinkedIn. And, there it was, my desired job, packed into tangible words at an esteemed company. I knew instantly, I’d love to work with them. It was just like the saying: when you know, then you know. And I knew. That is “the what” I have been looking for.
Analysis: This phase took less than two weeks. Not the alignment phase (that was the months before), but the phase of forming collected information into a cohesive picture (the what). The data sources were equally from leisure and job-hunt-related activities.
Phase 2 – aligning to ‘thinking from it’ instead of ‘thinking of it’
This phase was the most intense one, at least this time around. For other topics, the preparation phases were intense too. However, through observed experiences (and my beloved rock bottom), I have learned that I can trust that I am on the right path; it’s totally okay where I am now – accept what is. But this phase – being in all seats at once: the creator/potter, the observer/analyzer, and the experiencer/3D-participant – made it very intense and at the same time very exciting. In fact, it was so intense that I wrote my new book about just that. Hence, I was perfectly aligned to write it. Right at the leading edge, while experiencing it, while shifting from one state of consciousness to another.
What happened: I resigned in early December on a Tuesday. 10 days later, with the impending Christmas holidays, I was off the job. I still had to wait for the formal confirmation, which made me nervous: what if… So I wobbled. Hence, I got a bit of wobbly experience reflected: both mentioned freelance options were cancelled by the initiators. My opportunities at hand – which were not perfect matches – vanished. Of course, first, this made me quite nervous. But to be honest, I knew I wanted something different – I wanted that one particular job and nothing else. Hence, I started to work more intensively on alignment. I used a lot of my days to do exactly two things: first, having fun, Christmas was perfectly timed to get relaxed, and taking my mind off the job topic. Second, to work on alignment. It started two days before New Year’s. I focused on the alignment process to elevate my frequency, each day a step up of the emotional ladder. Questions like “will I be invited? Will I pass the interviews? Will they offer me the location I want?” circled in my mind. I tackled each on a day. I looked inside while contemplating the topics, felt where more of these negative emotions lay dormant (a knot in my gut), and did the homework. Finally, I had soothed them all to the zero point, or higher. That was the process of cleaning up my vibration, of moving up the emotional ladder to a clean slate. Throughout this entire process, I was in the “thinking of it” state. I imagined how I would read the interview invite, how the final handshake would feel, and how the flight there would excite me. It was a state of confirming that it is still far away. It’s not here yet. Hence, it’s not done.
Then, the second week of January, another freelance project was offered to me. Many more things reflected what I wanted (in Dubai, great impact, long-term, good salary). I pitched, yet I felt something was wrong. It’s my sign to get ‘it done’: to shift my state of consciousness from ‘looking’ to ‘done’. Otherwise, I would have felt sure about it. It was an action with wobble. And we know, wobbles create wobbly 3D experiences. In this last case, the starting point was pushed slightly later than I desired. I must admit, when I pitched for the project, I knew, logically, my profile was perfect. Hence, I would land it (I felt a kind of knowing, like “the food delivery will deliver”), which gave me a courage boost; it was a really great job in my target city. That night, I had dreamt of work and woke knowing that the wabble is an action of doubt. I still doubted landing my desired job. So, I did what I had to do: release the last speck of doubt. That day, in a small meditative act while journaling, I saw myself signing the contract of my desire. Right there, I felt it ‘done‘. It was absolute. It was ‘knowing’. All other options were mere side entertainment. In fact, I knew I didn’t want them. I didn’t need them anymore to ease doubt. I had what I wanted.
Fortunately, I was also mentally occupied with writing my new book. Hence, I had an excellent opportunity to observe the manifestation process from the first row, not only in the career department, but across my entire life. It was actually fun to watch some topics resolve within 24 hours, and a few in less than 45 minutes. With each of those small wins in 3D, I felt more powerful for those “bigger” wins – like the desired job.
Ready for the definition from thinking of it to thinking from it?
Thinking of it: This phase took about four weeks, counting from the moment I saw the job ad to the moment I shifted into ‘it’s done’. ‘Thinking of it’ felt a lot like a mental, repetitive process “how” to get there (and everybody by now knows the how is not our task). I thought I worked on the ‘desired fulfilled feeling’, but in reality, I only worked on the how: I visualized how I read the invite message, how I shook hands after a final interview, how I signed the contract, etc. Each mental frame was me in the process of landing the job. That is the state of thinking of it – a how-process leading to the desired goal.
Thinking from it: Thinking from it is the difference between day and night. It is a totally new frequency, and when you have shifted, you absolutely know. If you are not sure, if you are anxious – like me when “applying the tools” – you have not yet done the final step. Once you’ve shifted, it feels divine. And thinking from it is natural. Literally, on the day I felt ‘it done’, I – with ease, so natural, so normal as going grocery shopping – went online to check for a flat I want to buy in a specific area. It felt like choosing a steak. I went through the flat advertisements. The prices would have made me anxious just a day ago (“out of your league”), but now it felt normal. My new job, with great pay, allowed me to buy those flats. That was the first big sign of the shift to thinking from it. Additionally, the moment my desire was set on being done, I did not replay any process to get there. There was no doubt left. There was just knowing: it’s done. The moment you feel it, you know. Over the next few days, more evidence of the shift showed up in my life, e.g., dreaming about friends and family visiting me in Dubai and sleeping over at my flat. It felt so good, normal, and so deeply satisfying. Each mental frame was me living my new normal life; the old, hatched desire was just a fact in the background.
Analysis: As you see, when you are thinking of it, your mental images and processes focus on how to get it, how you achieve it, or how you will feel when you have achieved it. Whereas, in the ‘thinking from’ state, the (old) desire does not play the main character anymore. In fact, it becomes just background noise; a fact. Your mental images will focus on new experiences in your new life, environment, or relationship. Hence, in the phase of ‘thinking from it’, timing does not matter. You know, 3D is just catching up with you – with your state of consciousness. You don’t care about how long, because you know it’s done. And not like in “it will be”. No, it is done.
Generalization
This process is what we, in fact, do all day long with “minor” things. For example, the moment you know you need some groceries, you think about the where, when, and how – the logistics. When you have written the list (the what) and given it to your partner, you stop thinking about it. It’s – the process of how – literally done. As a natural next step, you start (immediately) to think ‘from it’: what you will do with the (not yet purchased) groceries; what meal you will cook on Thursday. You return to your 3D experience, aka life, within the blink of an eye. This is the natural process of thinking of it (needing groceries) and thinking from it (cooking with your loved ones). No matter if the groceries are still in the supermarket or already in your fridge.
Yes, it sounds simplified, but all manifestations follow the same process: A desire arises, we gather more ideas around it to define it clearly, we follow the process of alignment, and finally shift our consciousness into having the desire, all while living our normal 3D experiences. It’s the same with a new job, a new lover, or the next million. We “just” make a big fuss out of things we believe must be more complicated. Yet, for Infinite Intelligence, they are not. It is all data; processable data. And the supercomputer, aka Infinite Intelligence, obeys the command (your state of consciousness). Nonetheless, for our “harder” topics, we may have to do a little more alignment work; a little more releasing of negative beliefs. For which, you are well-equipped: You have learnt the 3 phases of transition, you know how to navigate them, and you know how to analyze and interpret them with your analytical mind.
You see, it is – in fact – always working out for us. Currently, I prefer to say: All paths lead to my desires. Just like the ancients knew: All paths lead to Rome.
