The Practical Process of Manifestation

Did you know that there is actually a science behind manifesting what you want in your life?

Alchemy was one of the first sciences that began to tap into the nature of reality and using basic alchemical principles to realize the material from the immaterial.

If you think that might be a little far-fetched, have you ever wondered how an acorn becomes a giant oak tree? If you cut open an acorn you won't find anything that looks like a tree, and yet the information of "tree-ness" is already encoded, waiting for the right environment to be expressed. Sound familiar?

Material from the immaterial.

Kabbalah is a mystic sect of Judaism that also breaks down this science.

Essentially there are four elements (five if you include the ether, which is the dance floor that allows the whole dance of life to be possible):

- Ether

- Air

- Fire

- Water

- Earth

Each of these elements (besides ether) has a physical and non-physical correlate. I will relate them as they relate to the psyche and the process of manifestation.

Air has to do with the recognition that whatever you can conceive of exists as a potential. A plane was born out of the recognition and belief that traveling through air is possible.

Fire has to do with taking all the "up in the air" ideas and collapsing them into a clear intention and vision. The conceptualization of a vessel that can effectively travel through the air.

Water has to do with the emotional charge that turns an idea into a burning desire. This is typically where planning and preparation takes place.

Earth is the physical labor of executing on the plans and preparations of the burning desire. The plane is built and tested.

That's about as simple as I can put it. This is the step down process that every-thing has gone through to be realized in our material realm.

In my own personal experience, I like to use the analogy of a bow and arrow. The idea of the possibility (air) and the clear intention to make it real (fire) is the target. You use your focus and your atonement (water) to steadily aim at your target. You use your will (earth) to take action and pull the bow back. And then at a certain point you must decide to let go and surrender to the outcome as you continue to engage in the work required to realize your intention. There are many winds and obstacles and unforeseen circumstances that can make even the best intentions and focused work fall short -- some things just weren't meant to be for you at this particular stage in your evolution.

There's a great (and short) book by Ivan Antic called The Process of Realization that walks through this process beautifully.

If you would like to receive a more thorough explanation, I highly recommend you go and watch this recent video I made that breaks this all down even further and adds one more aspect that is worth consideration.

And if you'd like some guidance in practically implementing this process to create the life of your dreams, schedule a call with me and let's get to work.

I hope this helps.

With Love,

NB

The Subtle Art of Paying Attention

What beats your heart without you having to think about it?

What digests your food without you having to think about it?

What creates a baby in a woman's body without her having to think about it?

There is an extreme intelligence all around and within us, and yet most of us have been conditioned to believe that if it can't be weighed and measured or if it didn't come from a book or someone with a bunch of letters past their name then it isn't real.

Using an iceberg as the analogy, what we are typically conscious of is only just the tip protruding out of the water -- maybe only 3-5% of its entirety. The rest is submerged and we're unconscious of it, but that doesn't mean it's not there.

We've become so conditioned to seek external sources of information that we've lost touch with the intelligence that is already within each of us. In my experience, no book, study, gadget, lab test, doctor, or expert is ever going to be able to know you better than you have the capacity to know you. Yes, all of these things can be very helpful as a starting point, but ultimately they must point you back to yourself.

Learning how to pay attention to the information that your body-mind is constantly giving you is, in my opinion, one of the most valuable skills you can develop. The more you become aware of what's going on in your body, mind, and emotions on a moment to moment basis, the more you're able to pinpoint the root cause of your challenges and successes and the more you're able to consciously choose the experience you want to have.

Highly developed monks and yogi masters have shown us over and over again that the human body is capable of much more than we give it credit for. These individuals have been able to change their body temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate at will. They've even been shown to stop and restart their heart at will.

This isn't some special ability that only a select few people possess. This is a skill that can be learned and practiced like anything else. And it all starts with paying attention to the subtle energy and information that you're constantly being presented with and that fundamentally is YOU.

One of the easiest ways to start this practice is to begin a regular meditation practice and pay closer attention to what happens when you eat different foods. How do you feel immediately after eating a certain food? How do you feel a couple hours after? A couple days? What symptoms (bloating, runny nose, itchy skin, scratchy throat, headache) can you trace back to the kinds of foods you're eating on a regular basis? What does it feel like when you don't eat those foods?

Once you beginning learning that skill you can then do the same practice in all other areas of your life -- like your relationships, your profession, your mind and emotions, etc.

I invite you to go check out my latest IG Live video where I break this concept down even further.

I hope this helps.

All is well,

With love,

Nathan

The Secret of Evolution

My entire approach to life changed once I understood this concept...

Part of my life's mission has been to get down to the basic principles of how things work -- whether that's the human body, the psyche, the soul, business, the world, or the entire Universe.

The more I continue to dig, the more I find myself coming to the same place. It's as if each thread I pull eventually leads to the same source.

I can sum up this principle in a simple equation:

0 = 1 = 2 = 3 = ∞ = 1 = 0

I know that may not make sense from a rational point of view, but let me explain.

Out of no-thingness (0) comes everything (1). Everything has no way to experience and know itself so it creates the illusion of separation through the creation of complementary opposites -- yin/yang, positive/negative, masculine/feminine, dark/light, hot/cold, day/night (2). The intermingling (balancing/rebalancing) of these complementary opposites births a third (3), which is a combination of the two. These combinations (or potential experiences) are infinite (∞) because they are a product of the everything. All of these combinations and experiences eventually (although time-space has no meaning to the everything) lead the infinite combination of things to remember itself as one with the everything (1), which has no context without the no-thingness (0).

This may sound a bit complex, but what this ultimately means for you is that the whole point of you having the experience you're having that seems so real and separate from the experience other people may be having is so that you can ultimately come to remember yourself as one with everything else. This can only happen through the illusion of separation that provides the condition to be in relationship with other beings because the only way for everything/oneness/GOD to know itself by having an experience of itself.

So when it comes to your own personal evolution, anything that reinforces the illusion of separation -- your ego, fear, possessiveness, etc. (while all necessary) -- will ultimately bring about opportunities for you to learn and grow and come to remember yourself as ALL OF IT. These opportunities typically (but not always) show up in experiences that create pain -- whether physical, mental, emotional, and/or spiritual.

The secret to evolution, then, is to realize that we all start the same and we're all going to the same place in the end. We're all different rivers flowing to the same ocean. And the more you engage with the challenges in your life and learn to grow through them, the more you will be able to accelerate your evolution and live more fully into your highest potential.

Once you recognize this fundamental principle, you can witness and apply it across the board to any area of life.

The hardest part of this is being able to see and move beyond your own self-limiting beliefs about who you are and how you fit in to the infinite puzzle of the Universe.

That is ALL.

Happy Dreaming,

Always with Love,

NB