Recently, my partner Kerri and I were shopping for a new digital camera. While I was browsing various models, Kerri went off exploring. I found her in a darkened room checking out the home theater display where a movie was showing on the large screen television. The picture was beautiful and the speakers made the sound come at us from all directions making us feel like we were part of the action.
Kerri looked at me and said the words every man wants to hear: “We should get one of these, honey!” she said. I was in full agreement. The seeds of desire were sown and we left the store. For the next couple weeks, we’d sit in our entertainment room and think of how great it was going to be when we got the home theater. We pictured ourselves watching movies together and having friends and family over to entertain. It was going to be so cool!
We took the next step in building our desire and went browsing for televisions. I was immediately drawn to one model. Without knowing much about it (I’m rather technically challenged) I could just tell that this would be the perfect set for us. We looked at all the others, but we always came back to this one particular model.
Looking at the price, we started to consider if this was really possible for us to do. At this point, we had the strong desire, but we really didn’t have any money saved for this. The salesperson gave us his best price, we thanked him and left the store even more excited about wanting this for our home.
A week later we found ourselves shopping in another town. We saw another electronics store and decided to pop in. Sure enough, there was the set we wanted, and the salesman offered it to us for $200 cheaper than we’d seen it anywhere else. Making this offer even more attractive, he told us that if we purchased it within the next three days, the company would send us a surround-sound home theater system worth $350 for free.
Again, the only issue was that we didn’t have the cash to pay for this right now. We’d both learned our lessons with credit cards in the past and were averse to charging a luxury item like this. We thanked the salesman for his offer and we sat in parking lot discussing the idea.
While neither of us could explain it, we just agreed that his was something that we really wanted. While I have very strong beliefs that I should never spend money I don’t have in my pocket, my desire was more powerful. My gut was telling me to take this chance – that I’d never regret this decision. So after a few minutes, we decided to do it and we walked back into the store.
When we told the salesperson we had decided to make the purchase, he told us we would qualify for a year’s worth of interest-free financing. That was cool. He then quoted us a price that was an additional $300 less than his previous discount.
When we got home, we called to confirm that they had our model number correct. They said they had made a mistake, but we would get the set we wanted at the price they quoted us. So we were getting the TV and a home theater system for $500 less than we’d seen it anywhere before (below their cost, actually). That was way cool.
We have a finished basement in our home. This system would overpower any other room in the house, and we did not want a television in any of the living space. So when the delivery truck arrived, I was eager to get the television downstairs.
The only problem was that the TV would not fit through the doorway (of course, it never even dawned on me to take any measurements). We had the set turned at every possible angle for half an hour. Exasperated, the deliverymen told me the situation was hopeless. I thanked them for their efforts and was glad to exorcise their negative energy. Even though all tangible evidence pointed to the contrary, I knew everything would work out. The monstrous TV sat in our foyer for three days.
On the fourth day I got a call from my cousin. With a laugh I told him of my story. Being a handy type of guy who loves a challenge, he said he was on his way over. Three hours later the TV sat in its final resting spot in the basement. (We had to remove the back of the set and saw out five steps from the staircase.) My cousin was thrilled to be able to help me and I basked in how easily things came together. I was crazy, but it worked!
We now enjoy entertaining friends or having a quiet night together at the movies. The money to pay off the TV completely came within four months. And the kicker? The offer for the free surround-sound system was so popular that the company ran out of the $350 systems they had promised. They asked if we would mind if they sent us a $900 system instead?
We did not…
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Please understand that this story has nothing to do with a TV per se. I use this as an example only to illustrate how the physical always follows the spiritual and the mental.
In manifesting a nice entertainment center (yes, I’m aware of how trivial that sounds, but please bear with me) the key was that we never let ourselves get too caught up into HOW all of this would happen. We just had strong desire.
We did not have to figure out how the money would come for the TV. We did not have to figure out how the TV would fit in the basement. If our focus had been on either of those places, none of this would have ever come to be.
So here’s the news that may sound too good to be true…
You need not figure it all out. Whatever you are struggling with, you never need to figure out how to fix it or how to solve the problem. You just need to have a powerful desire and keep that positive energy at the forefront of your mind. Do this and the universe will create the necessary conditions to fulfill that desire.
In fact, the more you try to figure out HOW something needs to happen, the more difficult and elusive the solution will be come. Sounds ass-backwards if this is the first time you’re coming across the concept, I’m sure. Yet think about it for a moment. When trying to figure out HOW, what are the underlying vibrations, or messages that you are sending out to the universe?
They would go something like this:
“I’m not sure any of this will happen.”
“I have very strong doubts about this.”
“There’s no way it could be this easy.”
“I don’t have the answer to this problem.”
“I’m so frustrated that I can’t figure this out.”
Guess what those thoughts create for us? Yup. The exact circumstances to support those thoughts.
So catch yourself when you find yourself struggling with “how.” Notice when that word pops in your head. See if you can release yourself from the responsibility to figure out “how.” Know that just from your strong desire, you’ve set in motion everything necessary to manifest that desire.
Do this and I promise you’ll be amazed with what is created for you.