In the following article we will discuss the relatively new creative process known as manifesting. What is manifesting? And can we learn abundance? Manifesting is all about embracing the abundance that life affords each and every one of us. Abundance means getting everything that we possibly can out of life and not settling for things that will help us simply survive or things others expect out of us. While this process does include a number of set techniques, it is also highly adaptable and can be tailored to suit the needs of any individual.
If you are new to the concept of manifesting it may help you to think of it as a way of thinking and a way of living rather than a set of techniques to follow as most self-help manuals provide. Manifesting is about finding our way through the maze of these difficult times to take hold of our own lives and goals.
Yes, of course, we must all live in the modern world. We must pay our bills, work hard and follow the rules. But in a society that is becoming ever more fragmented and specialized, everyone is expected to have a place and a special area of expertise. This does not leave much room for dreams.
But can we learn abundance?
How can we understand abundance thinking?
As noted earlier, manifesting is a process and it begins with asking ourselves what it is we want to manifest in our lives. This is not always easily answered. First, we must assess our lives and ourselves honestly. Are we doing what we want to be doing? Or are we just doing what we think we're supposed to do, or what is expected of us? If you find that you are doing only what you think you need to do or have to do, then it is time to make a change, particularly in your outlook.
Life seems chaotic and confusing to so many of us these days. We put our energy every day into all those things we think we have to do, or need to do. We get bogged down in the mundane and lost in the chaos. Before long we are merely surviving as we have forgotten how to live. Manifestation can be the tool you need to pull yourself from the chaos.
For these reasons, many Americans fail to ask themselves these questions to their own future detriment. Rather, they decide to set their sights on making as much money as they possibly can and assume that the rest will simply take care of itself. Unfortunately, much later in life, these people come to realize that money did not solve all their problems and that it has, in fact, failed to satisfy or fulfill them. Oftentimes, money serves only to satisfy the needs of those around us and leaves the money makers feeling empty and wanting more.
As with most things in life, confidence and positive thinking are a big part of manifesting your goals. It is not enough to simply know what you want you must also truly believe that you can achieve these goals. Whether we are talking about happiness in your personal or professional life, it is essential that you believe that these things are possible. For this reason, we must eliminate negative thinking. Like the song says we must 'accentuate the positive�eliminate the negative.' Because the simple truth is that the more we focus on our failures and defeats the harder it will be to envision our dreams and reach our full potential.
Unfortunately, the more we focus on our failures and lost dreams, the more difficult it is to actually obtain them. Positive thinking and confidence are absolutely necessary in order to manifest our life's dreams. You must know what you want, but you must also believe you have it within your power to achieve what you want. This is true regardless of whether it involves your professional life or your personal life. The more we focus on our failures, the harder it is to see our dreams clearly and become all we were meant to be.
The process of manifesting is very simple.
In the end, these techniques convey a simple message�you should not be satisfied with the status quo. Again, we quote Thomas Edison who said, 'Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.' Edison understood that most people had to strife to fulfill their dreams. He was living proof of that fact. He was smart enough to know that life is filled with joy and pain, successes and failure; and that satisfaction was simply another word for indifference. He never stopped striving and neither should you.
*Think positively and focus only on your successes
*Once you have decided what it is you want, you must act on your goals. You must take the risks necessary to see your dream come true.
Manifesting contains one simple truth: you do not need to be satisfied with what is, because when you believe there is more, you will find that there is more. Thomas Edison once said, �Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure'. He recognized that to fulfill our dreams we had to work hard and stay focused on our objective. He understood that there would always be ups and downs, joy and pain, success and failure, but in the end it was about continuing forward, toward our dreams and aspirations.
Contained in this article is a fairly new creative process many know as manifesting. Here you will learn what it is and how people can learn abundance. You see manifesting is about holding in your arms the mass abundance that life offers everyone. This is not a process, which allows you to settle for less than everything you need or just enough to get by; this is about having more than enough and ignoring what others may expect of you. Manifesting and abundance is a process that has a few set methods however, they are very adaptable which means they can be modified for any individual.
Manifesting may be a new concept to you. If so, it is helpful to think of it more as a perspective and outlook than a step-by-step manual such as might be provided by a self-help manual. Manifesting can take you out of the muck and mire of the life you have created and move you toward the life you were meant to live.
Accept that it is okay for abundance to be part of your life. Today you will see way too many people settling for just enough to get by far too soon in life. Life dishes out a set back or two and the next thing you know their life goals are blowing in the breeze. Dreams and lofty pursuits drift further and further away until they appear unreachable. You know it is true that life can throw you a curve ball or two but if you want abundance dig in your heels and refuse to quit like Thomas Edison for example. He faced endless obstacles and likely ridicule but he was relentless in his pursuit of the light bulb. You might even say the man was a bit obsessive about creating illumination.
Everyone must be realistic and understand we have to live in this modern world. People are required to work hard, follow the rules and pay the bills. Nevertheless, this society has become so fragmented that dreams are hard to keep a hold of. Everyone is expected to have just one area of expertise.
Is there still room to learn abundance?
The process of manifesting starts with realization. You have to be honest with yourself and figure out what you want to manifest and if your life is going in the direction that you want. Are you in a situation where you settled? Have all your dreams fallen by the wayside? Assess your life honestly. If you are just getting by then it is time for a change.
It is way too easy in these modern times to do what you need to do instead of what you want to do. Society has brainwashed you into thinking that you must conform and do your duties. That is why so many people are just existing and not really living. You can use manifestation to get out of this slump.
The modern age begs for clarification and manifesting is the tool that can help clarify many things in life. You may be asking why this world is suddenly so confusing. It is in the vast number of choices you are asked to make, sometimes daily. Picture your favorite supermarket; now wander down the cereal aisle. There are literally a hundred different kinds of breakfast to choose from. Next, you go off to college only to again be confronted with thousands of majors to choose from and once you graduate the myriad of choices continue, as there are about a thousand professions, jobs or careers you qualify for.
All of these career options lead many Americans to simply choose a path that offers the most money. After all, they reason, if I make money, then the rest will take care of itself. Sadly, this is not how it works. Most end up much later in life feeling lost when they realize that money is not the answer. Money may seem like the answer, particularly when we are young. But it is not. Chasing the almighty dollar can leave you feeling empty and lost.
A big part of manifesting are confidence and positive thinking, as they are for many areas of life. Knowing what you want in your mind is not enough; it must be followed by a gut level belief that you can achieve any goal. Personal or professional it does not matter; the idea is to believe you can have whatever you set your mind towards. Would you like to make this easier on yourself? Keep out the negative thought processes, accentuate the positive and completely forget the negative! Concentrating on where you have missed the mark or been defeated is counterproductive to success. In fact, it will cloud your vision until you can no longer see your dreams or goals at all.
The bottom line is manifesting can be simple.
*Look inside your heart and find your dreams. Decide exactly what it is you want.
*Maintain a positive outlook by focusing on your success.
*Act. You must act on your dreams to achieve them. This means you must take the risks as well.
Our man Thomas Edison said 'Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure'. He understood that dreams take work; that being satisfied with what is would never lead us to accomplishing our dreams and creating the life we long to live. He also understood that it is not always a straight and easy path but one often filled with failure as well as success, pain as well as joy. In the end all that really matters is persistence and hope.
We hope that this will be a truly inspiring article for whoever wishes a deeper understanding of spirituality and/or art and the creative process. The subject of our article is how to make music for the great tantric Goddess Kali.
Naturally we will start of with a short description of the Goddess followed by an introduction to the revolutionary law of resonance. Finally we will end with a description of how an artist can use this law in the creation of his work. We hope that this article is of interest to artists and spiritual seekers.
Who is Kali?
Kali is the first of the 10 great goddesses in the tantric tradition. She has four arms, black skin, big glaring eyes and has a necklace with severed heads. She can be found in graveyards where she dances on the tombs while laughing at the mortality and pettiness of humans. Her deeper symbolism is that of time and death which are things that we humans fear and that is why she looks so terrible in our eyes.
A ghastly sight indeed, she will send shivers down the spine of most who do not yet know her mysterious ways. But once you have understood her deeper meaning her grace will reveal itself to you. Now to a few words about resonance.
About resonance
One of the most profound teachings of the tantric system is the teaching of resonance. The law of attraction which everyone is speaking about now a days is a subset of this law.
Everything in the universe consists of energy which vibrates with different frequency. Energies with similar frequencies will be attracted to each other and start a process of resonance together. In this process they will start to exchange information between them.
In the course of a day we move from one place to the other. Each place has its own constellation of energies or moods. If we find ourselves in a place where there is an 'angry' energy we will in turn be angry, if the energy of anger is within us. The anger in the environment will start to resonate with the anger in us.
If we are in a place with a hectic on edge vibe such as a football stadium watching an exciting game, we will for sure soak up that energy and resonate with it. If the place is serene and calm we in turn will become serene and calm.
A landscape, room or color can have a common resonance, each putting us in a similar mood. Music is a very powerful resonator as it can carry very specific resonances and implant those resonances in us.
For example, if you listen to heavy metal you will enter into states of rage, hatred and destruction. You will enter into a state of resonance with the people who made the music and the state that they were in when they made the music. You will enter into resonance with all the people who listen to that music and who resonate with that state. You will start downloading all their negativity and hatred.
On the other hand if you listen to harmonious, beautiful music you will go into resonance with harmony and beauty.
One of the quickest ways of entering into a state of meditation with a specific aspect is by meditating with music which has the resonance of that aspect, which is why music is so efficient in "jump starting" us to enter the desired mood.
Applying resonance in art
If you want to make music or art with a certain specific mood, you have to immerse yourself in that mood. You have to study it by looking at pictures and listening to music which conveys that mood. You have to act according to the mood as if it were already in you. In this way you will through the process of resonance, start to download the necessary information for the creation of the artwork.
By studying the subject/object on which you base your art work you will impregnate your art piece with the resonance of the studied object. Anybody who then contemplates your art will in turn be impregnated by that resonance.
Applying this knowledge to create music with Kali
Studying Kali will bring with it deep meditation and speculation on the subjects of life, death and time. These subjects might indeed be terrifying for those who have not delved more in them.
Music with Kali will then also convey this aspect of terror. This can be done through deep drones and strong percussive rhythms. In this kind of music it also has an effect to use minor tonalities or Arabian/Indian modes with a flat nine to give an aura of mystique.
Ultimately Kali will lead the worshiper to a higher state of being, leading to an opening of the heart when the ephemeral has been surpassed and a deeper understanding of life and death has been attained. This opening of the heart can be given through large strings sections and melodic lines which lead from down and up.
We hope that this article was meaningful to you and that you learned a bit more about Kali, resonance and the process of composition with a Goddess!
About the Author: Now to a few words about resonance>Hans Havasi is a programmer, musician and teacher of Tantra and Yoga who leads a tantric art and retreat centre in the north of Copenhagen. Hans and his wife Mariah form the music duo Ibismusic which specializes in making tantric music for relaxation, lovemaking and evoking of the tantric goddesses. Visit their webpage and receive Kali meditation music for download or read about Kali Ma here.
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