Karin Wildheart

Part one of this article introduces the analogy of manifestation as geographical travel. Different means of travel mirror different ways to manifest. Some are slower and some are faster. I will use this analogy to show you how you can speed up your manifestation.

I will discuss these travel method analogies: walking, riding a bike, driving a car, taking a train, and taking an airplane. There are two distinctly different ways to travel in this list. Can you see it? Where would you draw the line?

My answer is below:

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Traditional Manifestation (what most dreamers are doing)

Walking
Riding a bike
Driving a car

—————-THE LINE—————-

Quantum Leaping (what happens when you go ALL IN on energetics)

Train
Plane

Doing it yourself is categorically different than co-creating/getting support

The line is between do-it-yourself travel options and the buy-a-ticket options. They are categorically different. For our purposes, “quantum leaping” will refer to manifesting at hyper speed.

In part one, I said certainty determines speed. When belief is great enough, it becomes certainty. The line is that moment belief becomes certainty. Conviction. Commitment. Decision. These four are closely connected, sometimes interchangeable.

Before the line: You believe you have to approach your goals slowly, methodically, step-by-step. That you need to figure it out and have a plan. That you must take only one step at a time. That it all rests on your shoulders and progress will stop if you stop taking action. You may doubt you will ever get there, even worry about it daily.

After the line: You don’t take it upon yourself to figure it all out. You act on what you are aware of and let that be enough. You relax, play, experiment, and enjoy the journey. You let yourself be guided without needing to fully understand every step or see the whole plan/path. You trust. You are open to achieving your goals quickly and mysteriously. Most of the time you trust your dreams are on their way even when you don’t see evidence.

When you lean in to the feeling of certainty, the universe becomes your guide, your pilot, your conductor. You no longer take responsibility for figuring out the how, or questioning whether it’s possible at all (which takes up SO MUCH energy–more than you may realize). You don’t have to handle the how because you know it’s already working. You’ve outsourced the responsibility to a trusted entity. You’re not trying to do it all alone.

In one of my journals from years ago,* I wrote: “Always remember: my biggest shifts came when I invested money in getting support. I fought this for a long time. But it was so true for me. It accelerated my growth to a previously unimaginable rate, because I was ready already. My commitment level to free stuff was all over the place. I wasn’t living from conscious and deliberate energy, but reactionary energy that almost felt a little like victim energy. I had to make the choice to authorize myself.”

When I downloaded free tools, I often forgot about them or never got around to using them. When I invested money in programs and coaching, I was understandably so much more selective and intentional about my choice to sign up. Because *I* was approaching it differently, I got different (better, faster, more lasting) results. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with free tools (I mean some of them are useless, but in general!). It’s all about the energy you bring to it. And frankly, of course a paid option will on average be MUCH more helpful than any free offering.

[Speaking of free tools: I am really proud of my free values guide. If you actually set aside time, sit down, and do it, it can massively help you know yourself better and make more aligned choices in your day-to-day life. It’s all about the energy *you* bring. The choice is yours! 🙂]

Certainty and the different ways to travel

Factors that go into certainty:
1) Commitment level (how easy is it to back out or turn around once you’ve begun?)
2) Financial commitment up front for the trip (representing an outlay of energy/energetic commitment)
3) Mental clarity/decision (vs. confusion/distraction–have you put the blinders on?)

The faster your vehicle is going, the harder it is to stop and change course. The financial commitment often corresponds to this.

Changing course when you’re walking is the easiest. Also, walking is free, so you’ve invested nothing but time. Walking can be meandering or strolling. Walking can be absolutely aimless. I love walking as a means of transport, but it’s not the best for an audacious (distant) travel goal for most people.

It’s a touch harder to change course on a bike. Bikes are also less expensive than cars.

It’s harder but not hard to change course in a car. You pay for gas–more costly than walking or biking.

It’s not easy to change course on a train, and at times it’s impossible, but there are multiple stops (opportunities to exit).

Taking a plane is the fastest of all because once you’re in the air, you are absolutely committed to reaching that destination. No changing course, and there are no other stops. Just one. It also requires the greatest up-front financial commitment.

You do not even entertain the possibility of “giving up” or going back. It doesn’t occur to you. Even if you want to leave the plane mid-flight at 30,000 feet, you never consider the idea seriously (for obvious reasons). You’re fully committed, physically, as evidenced by buying a ticket, by boarding, by choosing plane travel. You’ve hired and partnered with the pilot, who you are literally trusting with your life. You’re riding in someone else’s vehicle, admitting that involving another party is the best (fastest) approach.

What happens after the line where belief becomes certainty

If your belief is strong enough, your manifestation process is like being on an airplane (or a high-speed train). You KNOW where you are headed. Short of hurling yourself out the window, you WILL get there. You have bought the ticket, packed your bags, and boarded. You did whatever you had to do to get yourself to the airport. You don’t have to work yourself hard at every step. You just have to stay onboard and have faith you’ll reach the destination (this faith can be so subtle and casual that you don’t even think about it). When you’re on a plane, you can spend your time knitting, reading, or chatting.

There’s a story in the Bible about this. “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.” (Mark 4:26-27 NIV) I’ve always liked this passage for its lack of emphasis on you doing all the right actions in the right timing. Instead, once you’ve planted your seed, your dream is sure to grow unless you neglect to weed out your doubt, which can choke out its life.

So trains and planes are the quantum leaps, but they are fueled by belief, decision, and commitment, which you will have to develop if you don’t have it. The slower options may eventually get you there too, but it can take longer. Years longer. Sometimes it takes so long that you don’t achieve your dream in this lifetime. In part because it is just harder to keep yourself going on these slower, more self-fueled journeys–perhaps you’ve experienced this. Some people walk from the West Coast of the United States to the East Coast. Most do not. Most will either drive, fly in a plane, or not go at all.

Spending your money represents an energetic commitment. This is why we have the phrase “putting your money where your mouth is.”

You spend your time on a plane so fully convinced that it’s working out, it’s happening, it’s coming to fruition, that you don’t worry or obsess over the “how” (in fact, that doesn’t help anything at all. How to make a flight less pleasant: fret about all the specific workings of the pilot and engine(s)).

A word about decisions and decisiveness

You have to give things up to get what you want. But not in a sad, sacrificial way. It’s just physics. You can’t be in two places at once. If you want happiness, you have to give up your long-held, well-justified, familiar addiction to misery. If you want money and time freedom, you have to give up obsessing over whether people like you. Face it: who really likes someone with tons of money and time freedom? Most people would find that really triggering (unless they have it themselves). If you want your dream life, you have to give up your emotional addiction to a life of lack and struggle.

If you want to go to Philadelphia, you will pass hundreds of roads that lead to other places, and you won’t be taking any of those roads. (Well, if you do, it will just ultimately take longer to get to Philadelphia). This is what deciding is about: it’s about what you do not do (the Latin “to cut off”). You’re cutting off the other options. Also think of the words that end in -cide that refer to killing/death: suicide, homicide, etc. Death to the other options! To the other versions of yourself that would have taken those paths, that would have been a match for them. Being on a plane means all those decisions are made for you and you therefore spend zero minutes considering them.

If this feels uncomfortable, remember: most of those things you give up or cut yourself off from are things you didn’t really want anyway, or maybe never even had. When you give up the idea of being liked by everyone, it’s just that: an idea. There was never a time everyone liked you, even when that was your goal. You were never the perfect citizen, the perfect acolyte, the perfect thinker. You never fit perfectly into your relationship roles (there’s no such thing!) If feeling worthy or deserving of your fantasy life is uncomfortable, you will have to be willing to release that discomfort, no matter how uncomfortable it is!

In quantum leaping (after the line), you are cutting yourself off more and more from other options. Making yourself less available. Getting rid of physical items that aren’t a fit. Saying no to events and opportunities that are not a fit. Closing your mind to thoughts and ideas that are not a fit.

A brief “how to” of belief

This is why cultivating your belief is the fast track. None of us knows how long we have on earth. If you’re eager to experience your dreams now and ready to stop waiting, the most effective thing you can do is commit fully to pursuing them until you have them, no matter what it takes, and removing any emotional or energetic barriers in the way of you having it now. Making yourself a match for your desired outcome here and now, right where you are. Basically getting rid of your excuses. 

Obviously nothing in life is truly certain, but moving like your goals are certain is still a way to make them more likely and bring them about more quickly.

Are you spending time rehearsing what it would be like to fail at your goal? How much time are you spending on these mental images (and their accompanying feelings) compared to images of success (and feeling successful)?

Spending a lot of time imagining it is a great idea to the extent that it positions you to take action, to take steps in the direction of it.

Affirmations are only part of the equation–action matters. You can’t help but act on your truest beliefs. Action also deepens beliefs–taking edgy action strengthens new and/or wobbly beliefs. Picture an infinity symbol. Your beliefs cause your actions, your actions cause your beliefs.

People who keep saying it’s impossible or unrealistic to get to… maybe it is for them. Accusations are confessions. Maybe they don’t have the physical capacity or fitness to get there, or the map-reading skills, or willingness to walk through the rain/wind/sun/snow and they project that on you. But only you know what you are capable of. In this game, your job is to stay in your lane (ignore alternative paths), mind your own business (stop thinking about what others think–SUCH an energy drain), and choose your beliefs.

Which form of travel are you using to reach your dreams? Put another way, what have you given up, what alternative options have you cut yourself off from in service of your commitment and determination to reach your destination? How committed are you? Are you waiting and seeing what pans out? Are you hoping but not really expecting it to work? Are you wanting it, but braced for failure and willing to accept it might not ever happen?

If you’re not sure, look at your results and trajectory. Those never lie. Are you moving in the direction you want to be going, or stagnating?

I would love to hear your answer! I love chatting about this. Emailing me works great, or feel free to DM me on Instagram.

* I happened to come across this journal late in the editing process. I had to include it because it’s so true, at least in my journey. I am available to hire for support in reaching your dreams and goals, in part because I have seen and experienced how effective it is to receive support instead of going it alone. This is how you can really get things done/changed if you’ve been stuck or would just like to move faster.

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