“Money and manifesting” are often discussed side by side—but they have almost nothing in common.

Well. Almost nothing. Successfully working with the energy of money and manifesting the life you want has everything to do with how well you take care of your first chakra. This is the link that makes money and manifesting distant cousins. Pasted text

Get a snack, pour a cup of coffee, and put your reading glasses on, because in this extensive three-part blog, I’m going to start out a tiny bit mean, get a little weird (which will even include a mini-drama you get to act out), and then wrap up with some spiritual wisdom. (I’m actually not describing a kinky scenario right now—but I should.)

Part one will cover the absolute mega-importance of the first chakra. Part two is a thought experiment to help you tune into the energy of money. And lastly, part three will cover how to develop the lifelong practice of manifesting.

Oh I knoooow what you want, Dear Reader. “Tell me how to manifest more MONAY! If I just vibe high enough, all my wishes will be granted—right?!”

Nah, bruh.

Is manifesting real? Yes, it is.

Is it where you meditate super hard, visualize yourself in all your wealthy glory, stash crystals under your pillow, then wait until all things sparkly and rich-boyfriend-y just show up on your doorstep—like it did for Marie Antoinette?

No, it is not. You feel me, girl? That ain’t it.

Learning how to work with the energy of money will teach you about the power of non-attachment and the power of playfulness. Learning how to consciously manifest will teach you how to bring your dreams into your physical reality through all seven chakras.

We all want to feel good about ourselves and our lives, have fun, and enjoy being in our bodies. So what combination of blood, sweat, sugar, and magic do we need to get there?! The first place to start may not sound sexy to the Spiritual Seeker such as yourself, but this humble-ish blogger thinks it’s actually the MVP of all the chakras: your good ol’ first chakra. Yup, the one all the way at the bottom of your spine, right by your butt.

In This Guide

First Up: Your Foundation

• Why Your First Chakra Comes First
• What Tending to Your First Chakra Looks Like
• A First-Chakra-First Exercise
• The Benefits of Putting Your First Chakra First
• Finding the Vibration of Abundance

Next: The Energy of Money

• What Is the Energy of Money?
• Money & the Third Chakra
• Your Relationship With Money
• How to Become Friends With Money
• Bringing Money Into Passion Projects

Finally: Manifesting

• What Does Manifesting Mean?
• How to Create a Mockup
• Receiving What You Manifest Through All Seven Chakras
• Common Manifesting Hangups
• Unconscious Manifesting & Dirty Miracles

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PART ONE — Your Foundation

Why Your First Chakra Comes First

You can only work with the energy of money or manifest (which, remember, are two separate concepts) if you acknowledge your humanity and your body. Your ol’ root chakra is where you learn how to do this. If your first chakra’s not thriving, you’ll end up making yourself a mediocre magnet for all things blingy, fun, and fulfilling.

Getting good with your first chakra is about being in your body. When you’re in your body, you can be in touch with yourself in real time—you’re in the power seat. When you’re not overriding your body’s most basic needs, you know what you need the moment you need it. And the payoff is big—a rewarding relationship with yourself! No more burnout, fewer illnesses, more joy, more ease, less cynicism, and more agility to move through life in a light, elegant, precise way—like a disciplined dancer.

It’s all about taking care of your unique body.

First Chakra 101: Your first chakra stores the information about how to meet your most basic human needs. There’s a little user manual tucked away in there. You access that manual through a combination of meditation, being present, and tuning into your body’s needs.

ARE you meeting those needs? How well are you meeting them? The relationship with your body is the most critical relationship in your life—it’s your foundation. If your foundation is shaky, everything in your life is unstable.

But I’m talking about more than just staying alive. I’m talking about making your first chakra your priority. I’m talking about finding the beauty and meaning within the practice of caring for your temple.

When you do this, when you love on your body, you will invite the vibration of abundance into your entire being.

Earth is a big ol’ school, and we’re here to learn.

We’re not here to just be cozy & comfy every moment. After all, we chose to be humans on Earth. There are rules here. Gravity exists. So does time. We need to eat. In other words, we have to lug our bodies around & DO stuff. Step one in having an extraordinary human experience is to learn how to be a human.

The degree to which you bring your body along with you on your life adventure is the degree to which you can bring magic into your everyday life. This is all a co-creation—you’re actually IN on this with the infinite abundance the universe has to offer.

Spiritually inclined people tend to want to stay in the upper chakras and look for answers from somewhere out of this world or from a celestial being. This is all well and good, but ultimately, you won’t get very far if you’re not right with your first chakra.

If you’re trying to “Om” your way to paying rent and not taking care of your body, it’s like you’re bypassing your human experience and looking for a quick fix. Suppose you’re struggling with addiction or not feeling financially secure. In that case, you need to pause, look at the healing work you need to do, and find your next doable steps—not try and just use energy work as a way to POOF, pull a magical glittery solution right out of a top hat. One, the universe doesn’t work that way, and two, where’s the personal growth in the “I’ll-just-manifest-my-way-out-of-this” type of thinking?!

Remember—you want to learn and evolve from your trials here on Earth School.

Profound, life-changing spiritual work that will open the door for fun stuff like understanding the energy of money and manifesting starts with you respecting your body and listening to the information in your first chakra.

What Does Tending to Your First Chakra Look Like?

• Viewing and treating your body like a temple.
• Making time for meditation and rest.
• Being present and tuned into your body so you can hear it. Are you listening?!
• Slowing down and enjoying food that is best for your unique body.
• Thanking Mother Earth and all the beings that provide you with food, water, and shelter.
• Taking care of your living space.
• Maintaining a manageable schedule.
• Finding the movement and exercise that is right for you.
• Being in nature. Enjoying and appreciating the beauty of the Earth.
• Staying grounded. Read more about grounding here.
• Surrounding yourself with people that support your physical health and vitality.
• Finding and participating in a spiritual community. BPI students, remember to eat your vegetables AND come to practica 🙂
• Engaging with people who like to play and experience joy together!

What Does Neglecting Your First Chakra Look Like?

• Excessive drugs and alcohol. Miwa and I discuss this in-depth here.
• Not sleeping enough or sleeping too much.
• Overeating, undereating, excessive dieting, and unhealthy food choices.
• Not getting enough direct sunlight and vitamin D.
• Never leaving your house and not showing up to life—being too sedentary.
• Too much time in front of your TV or computer.
• Ingesting too much media from your phone.
• Negative self-talk. Would you talk to your best friend like you talk to your body?
• Linking the size or shape of your body to your happiness or sense of self-worth. “I’ll be loveable when my body is X, Y, or Z.”
• Tolerating physical chaos—not taking care of your living space.
• Living beyond your means—acquiring unmanageable amounts of debt.
• Working too much to acquire more stuff and status—being a workaholic.
• Co-habitating with people who are not safe (emotionally or physically).
• Living an isolated life—not being in a community.

A First-Chakra-First Exercise

Clean your living space as a meditation. Like clean it, clean it—with soapy water and sponges. This is a DOING meditation btw. What comes up when you care for your space like it’s the temple for your temple?

If you are in a crisis right now, cleaning is a very simple and helpful tool to calm your mind and soothe your first chakra. Make your nest pleasant for your body!

Extend the meditation to an entire weekend—one day focused on your living area, one day pampering your physical body. You might be surprised by how much you learn about yourself when you listen to and give your body everything it needs.

Tell your body thank you for all the ways it serves you!

Can you find meaning and take pride in the routine, simple parts of the human experience? When you can slow down and find spiritual enlightenment via your first chakra, you will see and experience miracles everywhere. A glass of water becomes a gift. A clean environment creates space in your mind for new ideas and solutions. Your overall vibration shifts into an abundant mindset when you nourish yourself and your body.

The Benefits of Putting Your First Chakra First

When you’re in this vibration of seeing and attending to the gift of daily existence, you’ll be more mindful of the beauty and miracles around you. It’s the ultimate exercise in finding the sacred within the simple.

Note what happens to your nervous system—your anxiety will diminish because your point of awareness is at home in your body taking care of it versus having your attention way out in the future or stuck in the past. Anxiety starts the moment you’re not present and in your body.

You’ll also be able to serve your community better when you put your own oxygen mask on before helping others. Read my piece on self-care as an act of activism.

When you take a moment each day to check-in and give your body everything it needs, you fuel your body with the vibration of abundance. When you are abundant, you send a little beacon out to the Universe with an energetic signature that says, “I’m a match for more abundance!”

You can’t trick the Universe into giving you All-The-Things by only doing the cool spiritual stuff like vision boards and manifesting meditations. In addition to meditation and visualization, you need to be actively creating the feeling of abundance IN your body. Even if it’s as simple as “I have an abundance of water to drink today.”

Shifting your vibration starts in small ways.

Finding the Vibration of Abundance

Finding the vibration of abundance can happen if you look for it.

In my early twenties, I was in a rough spot with a failing business and a failing relationship with my business partner and mentor. Everything about that time was demoralizing and exhausting. I worked six or seven days a week and still couldn’t cover my bills. My stress level was SKY HIGH.

I eventually crawled out of the situation, but I still remember a distinct day that my vibe started to shift—which all started with a missing earring.

I had a pair of earrings that were meaningful to me; they had been my mom’s when she was younger. One day at work, I discovered that one was missing, & somehow, realizing my earring was lost filled me with complete & total despair. It was like the entire weight of my situation compounded into that moment of hopelessness over the lost earring. I viewed myself as a complete F-up in all ways. How could I not even keep track of something important to me? I’d lost the earring just like an irresponsible child would have. I think I cried more that day than I did the entire three years of that business fiasco combined.

But alas, a miracle occurred! A few days later, the earring showed up in between two filing cabinets on the floor. It was like the roof of the building had opened, & God had beamed in to save me. That’s how redeemed I felt. God had not abandoned me, & maybe, just maybe, I wasn’t the world’s biggest screw-up.

After that, everything started to shift. Finally, I got real with myself & realized I could not meet my most basic needs in this situation, & it had to change drastically.

For the first time, I could listen to helpful advice instead of closing my eyes, covering my ears, and saying, “lalalalala, I can fix it, I can fix it, I can fix it.” I lifted my head, faced the depressing reality of my situation, & began making the hard, uncomfortable decisions to dissolve the partnership & leave the sinking ship altogether.

At the time, I was praying for a big fat miracle to magically fix everything. More customers! A better marketing strategy! A better working relationship with my business partner! More money, ALL OF IT, PLEASE NOW GOD!

God did not deliver any of those things—I got an earring.

But because I chose to see that tiny little gift as a miracle, I started to get unstuck, stop abusing my body with such a demanding situation, and start taking steps to get back on my feet financially. I wasn’t in a scarcity vibration anymore. I could make room for abundance.

Look for miracles no matter where you’re at—even if they’re small. These tiny lights show you your path back to taking better care of yourself and thus being able to bring the vibration of abundance back into your space.

Ok! Now that you’re on your way to mastering your first chakra, you can start moving on to the weird and mysterious energy of money.

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PART TWO — The Energy of Money

So you’ve got your basic needs met, you’ve hopefully found the joy and maybe even spiritual bliss in meeting those basic needs, and in doing so, are bringing abundant vibes into your mind and body. Good work!

Ready to play around with a lil’ MONAY?!

Here’s what I’ve observed about money and, more specifically, the energy of money. Working with it is more simple than you think—but it comes with a few warning labels that are worth mentioning.

One. It’s unpredictable AF.

Two. The energy of money doesn’t actually give a single crap about who you are. So let go of the notion that riches = blessings from above.

Three. Money isn’t a tangible thing—it’s an idea, and you don’t want to get into the business of trying to ask for something that isn’t as real as you may think.

“How do I manifest more money?” is not the question you wanna be askin’. Don’t ask the Universe for money because, gurl, you’re asking for a tool that’s pretty slippery and unstable. Money is a big ol’ social agreement that is surprisingly fragile. The numbers on your screen represent a promise based on a handful of other promises that are all susceptible to inflation, war, government collapse, and corruption. Money is an idea, so you need to treat it like one.

Granted, it’s a pretty powerful shared idea that allows humans to cooperate more than any government or religion seems to. BUT you wanna hold this idea lightly in your hands.

Instead of asking the universe for cash dollars, ask for how you want to feel, and what you want to experience—NOT for money (more on this in part three).

What Is the Energy of Money?

It’s aliiiiiive!!!

Humans aren’t the only things with consciousness, y’know. Ok, perhaps conscious is too strong of a word, but money has a vibration to it with distinct characteristics. There’s an energy to money. Not only that, you can work with this energy and have a relationship with it! The energy of money can even be your teacher.

Y’know that super hot chic at the bar?! That’s money.

The energy of money is exactly like the energy of a very beautiful, very charming, and very popular girl. They are both products of a collective idea.

When trying to keep company with money, it’s best if you don’t grab at her, you don’t get all thirsty and sad with her, and you do NOT try to own her.

Yes, sometimes she (money) comes out and plays with you, and that’s kinda fun. She likes to make things happen in a fast, flashy way. But boy, you better not try and get her to take care of you, heal you, or love you because that’s not her job. If you’re trying to get with her so that others will take care of you, heal you, or love you, you’re also in for a lot of disappointment.

Also, never hoard money. Nervously storing her away in a dark, faraway closet can get weird too. It’s likely she’ll find a way to spring free of that confinement.

Money Is a Third-Chakra Vibration

So what is this babe all about, anyway?

Movement! Money likes to move around. The energy of money likes to show up where there’s flow, ease, joy, and freedom. She DOES things. She wants to support the things you do that bring you fulfillment—but in a non-attached way. Remember: She. Doesn’t. Like. It. When. You. Get. Clingy.

Money likes you more when you engage with her energy in your third chakra—your get-shit-done chakra. Your third chakra fuels your physical accomplishments. Money likes that! Money likes to DO and MOVE. Pasted text

What Is Your Relationship With the Energy of Money?

How do you feel about money? Are you afraid of her? Do you feel like you don’t deserve her? Do you feel like she’ll corrupt you? Perhaps you go a little unconscious when you spend money?

Dear Reader, do you think money is dirty???

Conversely, do you obsess over money? Are you money-hungry? Does money make your world go ‘round?

Your relationship with money matters. She’ll treat you exactly as you treat her. If you see her as dirty, she’ll make you feel dirty when she’s in your wallet. If you obsess over her, she’ll give you more and more reasons to obsess.

After all, we created her to be a tool to make it easier to trade stuff with each other, for goodness’ sake. It’s not HER fault that she’s super good at her job and has continued to speed trade up faster and faster and even faster. WE’RE the ones who have tried to tie her to our survival and sense of self-worth.

Much like a narrowly defined, and hard to come by, beauty standard—in the end, we suffer because we’ve inflated and warped our attitudes about money. We’ve made her more than what she’s supposed to be, and now we’re all shoving each other, trying to get at her. Or judging the people she likes to party with (remember, she doesn’t really care who you are—she’s attracted to a light easy freeflowing attitude about her.)

Why Money Doesn’t Belong in Your First Chakra

You don’t need money to survive. Really.

Money has nothing to do with your survival as a human. You actually don’t need money to live. It’s not air, water, sleep, shelter, or community.

It’s a stretch to disentangle from the belief that money = survival, I know. This is a thought exercise, so hang in there with me. The reasoning behind thinking about money through this lens is to help you shift out of scarcity mode and into self-empowerment mode.

If you can nudge your energy away from thinking about money the same way you think about air or water, it will help your body stay out of panic mode if money is tight. Remember, being in panic mode typically doesn’t get you where you wanna go.

If we stopped believing in the idea of money, we would not actually all lie down and die. Yes, we would need to remember how to form tight-knit communities and live off the land to survive, but we’d do it (eventually). And, yes, I know this would take radical changes, but my point is that money is not integral to our survival as humans, and if you believe that money = life or death, you will be stuck in a sad, anxious “I’m not ok” vibration most of the time—and those are the signals you’ll be sending out to the Universe. #buzzkill

An unintended consequence of money is that she’s enabled us to consume more than what we really need, which, in turn, has made us compete with each other for resources instead of working together for our collective safety, success, and vitality. We were better off when we relied on each other more directly, but alas, here we are.

Like it or not, Money is probably here to stay.

As the official Love and Relationship Psychic here at the Beep—it is my professional opinion that our relationship with money isn’t really working #understatement. Call me naive, but if it were up to me, we’d let go of the idea of money and just release her back into the ether. I don’t see that happening anytime soon. So. I guess we’re in this relationship, and we have to figure out how to make it harmonious.

The key to having a healthy and successful relationship with money is to make sure you’re keeping the vibration of money in your third, not your first, chakra. What can I DO with money that is super exciting and fulfilling?

If you put the idea of “I need money to survive” in your first chakra as if it were the same as food or shelter, that can cause your foundation to become extremely unstable. (Remember, you want to think of your first chakra as the foundation of a building—you want it to be super solid.) When your foundation starts to crumble, that instability will travel up your chakras in no time.

What Happens to Your Chakras When You’re Telling Yourself a Lie About Money?

Below is a little tiny play where each of your chakras has a part. Read aloud with a friend!

First Chakra:
“Omg, I can’t survive without money. I don’t have enough money, so I can’t eat well, I can’t afford a gym membership, and I don’t have access to good healthcare. It’s harder to take care of my body without money.”

Director’s notes: This belief is a lie. Money is not the only way to meet your body’s needs. This belief doesn’t belong here.

BE-OOP BE-OOP BE-OOP (anxiety-induced air raid sirens blaring). Panic mode activated!!!!!

Director’s notes again: When you believe this lie, you activate crisis mode in your first chakra. That “crisis” will now travel through all your chakras.

Cue storm clouds and ominous music!

Second:
“My emotional state is tied to the amount of money I have. If I don’t feel like I have enough, I’m depressed, and my emotions get dysregulated and all willy-nilly.”

Third:
“I don’t have enough money to get anywhere or do anything cool in my life. Everything feels hard. I’m losing my will to go out and get things done.”

Fourth:
“My self-worth depends on money! If I don’t feel like I have enough money, I don’t like myself. If I don’t like myself, I can’t really like others that well. I can’t love or be loved, and now I’m alone, and I’m attracting MORE sad, anxious vibes.”

Fifth:
“If the digits in my bank account are low, my inner self-talk about money is negative. Now, I can’t confidently speak to my needs, wants, or dreams. Words carry vibrations, and now I’m speaking those vibes out all over the place.”

Sixth:
“I can’t see all of life’s miracles with clarity because of my lack of money. I perceive the world as mean and hard because I’m in the Have-Not category.”

Seventh:
“God, Source, the Universe—it’s all against me because if I were blessed, I’d have a big fat wallet. I feel separated from my truth and the magic of the Universe.”

Entire body with all seven chakras collapses dramatically.

SCENE!

Damn. That escalated fast. Right? Sticking a vibration that doesn’t belong into your first chakra will travel up the chain like a virus and become a Shakespearean tragedy!

**On the other side of the coin, if you have loads of dough, and the idea of “I need money to survive” is still lurking in your first chakra, you may be giving yourself a false sense of security. Just cuz you’re rich doesn’t mean you’ve met all of your most basic human needs and are thriving…how much sleep did you get last night? Hummm mmm.

How to Become Friends With Money

Talk to the energy of money! Invite her into your third chakra.

What would you ask of the energy of money if you could talk to her? What do you want to ask money to DO for you? But remember—stay away from asking her to pay your rent or to save you because that’s boring and sad, and money is cute and fun. YOU are in charge of figuring out how to live on Earth—it’s not Money’s job to do that for you. Money is a tool, it’s not air. What fun and exciting purpose will she help make happen? Is there an area in your life or a passion project that you want to invite the energy of money into?

Don’t forget to take a minute to thank the energy of money for the experiences she’s helped you create.

(PS, I will get into how to manifest more security and the life you want in section three, so keep reading! You’re doing awesome).

How to Bring Money Into Your Passion Projects

Only use money towards your passion projects or a new big idea if, and only if, you have your first chakra’s needs met and you are living within your means.

For real. Don’t actually swing for the fence with a big, expensive idea if you’re stressed, tired, lonely, or hungry (physically and metaphorically speaking).

The scarcity and grabbiness you’ll bring to your passion project will kill it. Your creativity will be constrained to what you hope will sell. Your clients will sense your thirstiness. You’ll cut corners when you shouldn’t, and you’ll put yourself into a narrow timeline that’s too tight for your idea. Ideas need time and space to grow.

Live simple if you need to, have another source of income, THEN spend what you can on your project with non-attached creative zeal!

Ideas are gifts from God—those ideas want your enthusiasm and excitement! Protect those ideas from the stress and strain that will come if you can’t eat. If you decide to take out a loan or a chunk of savings for your plan, try your best to have a playful, this-is-for-fun attitude. Make peace on day one about the possibility of your endeavor not being profitable. Instead, look at your project like it’s a game—an opportunity to learn and gain the skills you need to succeed. (This is easier said than done, I get it, but creating anything works best when you’re playful versus anxious and attached to an outcome.)

Playfulness is the magic nectar of the universe.

How NOT to Use Money for a Passion Project

I recently witnessed someone cash in on everything they had (house, savings, retirement) and bet it all on their business idea, which unfortunately failed.

They did this because they wanted to be “all-in.” This is a sexy notion that gets a lot of airtime if it does work. Everyone loves a rags-to-riches type story where the hero “gives it all he’s got!” But, in reality, this seldom works, in part because of the grabby scarcity vibe that comes along with making yourself so unstable.

Also, his identity and sense of self had become co-mingled with his startup. Again—the energy of money doesn’t like being manhandled into validating you or taking care of you.

The great ideas that turn into soul-fulfilling sustainable projects happen one step at a time, my friend.

Passion projects don’t need to make you all richy-rich btw. They’re called passion projects, not money projects, for a reason.

How to Attract the Energy of Money (Maybe)

In order to be able to catch money’s eye in a way that will entice her to have a drink with you at the bar, you have to be chill—or at the very least, interesting. You get chill by having your life in order. You have your life in order by listening to, respecting, and loving your first chakra. Then, and only then, you’ll be that guy with a relaxed posture, a great shirt, and a coy nod. Money will follow that guy’s invitation because he’s also ok if she doesn’t.

And don’t forget—she doesn’t owe you ANYTHING. She might take off for any number of reasons. So don’t take it too personally if she stays or goes.

Remember, you can also try to get out of that dating game as much as is realistically possible with Money. What happens when you create a super simple, low-budget life that meets all the needs of your first chakra—who’s the winner now?!

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PART THREE — How to Manifest the Life You Want

PHEW! You’ve eaten a lot of vegetables in this blog post, my friend, and I appreciate that about you. We’ve covered why your first chakra is your number one priority and your doorway into spiritual bliss and abundance. We spent some time chatting with money, who’s fun and likes to do things, but y’know, try not to take her too seriously. She’s a doer, not a healer. You even acted out a small play to bring home the point that you can’t tell yourself weird stories about money. Which meannnns… you’re ready to step into the strategy room with the grown-ups and start bringing your dreams for your life into your physical reality!!! (Fancy way of saying manifesting).

What Does Manifesting Mean?

The spiritual mechanics of manifesting boil down to two parts:

One. Get right with all seven chakras and embody the vibrations of gratitude and abundance. This is a lifelong practice that takes daily dedication. The good news is that you don’t have to be perfect—having each chakra in 70% or better working order is a great place to begin. Start with your relationship with your first chakra, then work on your relationship with each additional chakra from there. Experiencing and recognizing the vibration of abundance in your body (because you’ve put your first chakra first) and being in alignment with all seven chakras will make you a magnet for what you truly want in life.

In short, you wanna be living your truth the best you can. If you’re not living your truth, you’re going to have a hard time manifesting things that genuinely fulfill you.

Two. Create a mockup. When your chakras are good, and you’re feelin’ abundant, do a step-by-step meditation to create, send out, and receive your intention—Boulder Psychic Institute (BPI) calls this creating a mockup. I’ll walk you through it in a bit. Pasted text

To Be Abundant, You Have to Be Abundant

Which came first—abundance or the feeling of abundance? Both and. If you were born into a culture and a family abundant in all the first chakra ways, it will be easier for you to feel abundant. But don’t get too comfortable! That feeling can be surprisingly fragile. You could get programmed to believe life is hard or impossible by an anxious caregiver or a steady stream of negative media. You will not manifest nice vibes from those types of mindsets.

If you were born into a family and culture where it’s harder to meet your most basic needs, finding the vibration of abundance may be trickier, but it’s not impossible.

We all need to find our way to that feeling of “I have enough, the world is full of potential, and I’m capable of creating a nice life for myself,” in our own ways and at our own pace. This will be easier or harder, depending on what life events you experience.

Being in a state of abundance doesn’t mean you will not be without trials. The human experience can be a tough school! You may have come into a body with health issues or live in a community with more injustices than other regions with socioeconomic policies bent in your favor. But that doesn’t mean you can’t start bringing little bits of “havingess” into your everyday life. Havingness is our word for “I’m worthy of receiving nice things when they come my way.”

Abundance doesn’t necessarily mean being rich. And being rich doesn’t necessarily mean you know how to manifest—it just means you got a lotta dough because of a combination of privilege, hard work, some talent, and you understand the game of money. (Most likely in that order.)

Remember the takeaway from section one: find the sacred within the simple and treat your body like a temple. You will be spiritually rich when you do this—and your desires will be easy to obtain. BUT those desires need to align with your chakras (which are hopefully in a mostly healthy state).

Once you’ve started bringing the vibration of abundance into your body (see part one) and are taking care of each of your seven chakras, you’re ready to create a mockup to manifest what you want.

How to Create a Mockup: Step by Step

Step one. Be in touch with all seven of your chakras. Check! (Remember, Cs get degrees! You don’t have to be a glowing sparkle lightbody or walking on water to be able to manifest something.)

Step two. Decide what you really want. “I want money!” No. dude. You don’t actually want that. You want the thing that money will make happen for you. THAT’S what you set your sights on, not the money. Peel back the layers of each thing you want and drill down to the feeling that thing will give you. Your mockups should be pretty simple by the time you’ve found the ultimate feeling or experience you’re trying to bring into your life. Remember, money is just a tool that may or may not make these things happen.

For example:

I want my own house:

Is that what you want? Why do you want that? I’m guessing that what you ultimately want is a physical place to feel a sense of safety and belonging. Those are the vibes you’re after. (I’m generalizing, but the point is to drill all the way down to the core feeling you’re after. It may be different for different people). The Universe might provide a path to owning a house—it might give you those feelings in a different way that is ultimately better for you.

Step three. Visualize your dream. In a meditation, visualize a bubble out in front of you. Give this bubble a hollow cord made of light connecting it to the center of the planet. With your imagination, clean out any energy that doesn’t belong in that bubble. You will see this energy as opaque or dark blobs—we call this having “foreign energy” in your space. This energy that doesn’t belong to you could be outside opinions about what you want that are not actually true to you. Shame, guilt, or your family’s energy telling you what you really need to be doing with your life—these are all common examples of foreign energy that can get in your space.

Wash all those blobby blobs down the cord. K. Good. Now you’re starting with a clean slate!

Fill the bubble with vibrations of what you want to be feeling and experiencing. Visualize that energy as a color or even see the scene you’re trying to experience—maybe it’s you having fun, being with loving people, taking a trip, and existing in a cozy, peaceful environment. This is your creation! Take time to make that bubble beautiful.

Step four. Send the bubble out to the Universe! Disconnect it from the cord and give it a blessing from the Supreme Being. Do this by visualizing your bubble being surrounded by golden light. Pull your bubble back like a slingshot and release it to the end of the Universe. We like to send it on its way with a little prayer that goes like so, “With ease and grace and perfect timing. This or something better. Boom. Done.” (I actually added the “Boom. Done.” part onto the prayer—for obvious reasons.)

Step five. Don’t worry about it. Try not to get too attached to that mockup. If it’s gonna come to you, it’s gonna come to you. Fretting or worrying just invites a bunch of weird, anxious attachment energy into the situation.

Step Six. Receive it in all seven chakras. In order to receive the thing you wanna have, you have to be able to bring it into your body via each and every chakra. Lemme explain in the following section:

How to Receive What You Manifest Through All Seven Chakras

It takes all seven chakaroonies! (actual psychic terminology).

Imagine this thing you want more of—maybe it’s a sense of security and belonging.

Bringing that manifestation into your awareness and your body is a top-down event vs. a bottom-up event—like I illustrated in my tiny play in section one. The mockup starts at your seventh and will only go as far as possible. When it hits a roadblock, it will stop there. These roadblocks can be stuck energy in that particular chakra, or it could be evidence that perhaps you mocked up a fantasy—something that is not in alignment with your seven chakras—aka your truth.

Okay, here goes! You’ve sent your mockup out, asking for a sense of security and belonging. And the Universe has gifted that to you! Whahoo, you won!!!!!

Well, hold on here. Let’s watch it land in your space and see how it unfolds…

P.S. you can read this part aloud if you had fun with my first mini-drama.

Seventh Chakra—I KNOW I can have this. I believe it’s possible. Feeling a sense of security and belonging is absolutely possible for me.

If you were blocked here, it’s because you don’t even believe it’s possible in the first place. Perhaps cynicism has got the best of you.

Sixth—I SEE the world as a place where this can actually happen. I can see how it would look for me to be experiencing security and belonging.

A hangup here would be where you can’t see what it would look like to be in the world and feel secure and like you belong. You’re not able to even visualize yourself feeling those feels. This is where your healing work would need to be focused.

Fifth—I can COMMUNICATE that this is something I want. I can tell the people in my life about my intentions. My inner dialogue is framed in the positive. “I can’t wait until I have more security and a sense of belonging in my life, and I’m taking steps to create this reality for myself.”

If you aint telling nobody about it, or even yourself, there’s something going on in your fifth chakra that you need to address. Are you afraid of being accountable for your desire?

Fourth—I AM someone who can have this feeling. ME! Yes! This is something I deserve. I am worthy of having security and belonging in my life.

The fourth is a common place where dreams go to die. Sorry, that was a bit dramatic, but it’s true. If you see yourself as unworthy of what you want, you need to look at why you feel that way. Are you worth it? Why or why not?

Third—I WILL DO SH*T TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR MYSELF. Yes. All caps! I know I can do what it takes to make this dream a reality. As a human being, I accept that I need to use my body to the best of its ability to get things done on Earth. My body is capable of finding security & belonging.

You gotta use your body and do things. Remember, you can’t “OM” your way to rent or a new job skill. If you can’t do anything to help yourself get the thing you want—you need to adjust your mockup to be closer to your reality.

Second—I can FEEL what it would feel like to have this thing. I can feel myself going through my day with an overall sense of ease that comes with my body feeling secure and like it belongs here on Planet Earth.

If you’ve never felt secure, that’s where you start. How can you feel more secure in your body today—even in a small way? If you’ve never felt like you’ve belonged, start with feeling like you belong in your body—like it’s your home.

First—Having this thing is in alignment with what is best for my unique BODY. My body will love it when I receive more security and belonging! My overall health and well-being will start to thrive more.

Make sure you’re mocking up something that sits right with your body. Yo. Maybe that boat with a built-in bar and fireworks launcher you’ve been trying to manifest ISN’T such a hot idea. If you have a body that can’t swim, you’re a recovering alcoholic, and your partner will kick you out if you get one more misdemeanor—your first chakra might be all like, “nope.” to that boat. Pasted text

Common Hangups That Prevent Effective Manifesting

Hangup #1. Not being clear about your true desires. I touched on this above, but it’s worth elaborating on. Perhaps you’re confused about what you actually want. Manifesting is about finding fulfillment, not necessarily stuff.

For example:

I want enough money to pay for a nice life.

Okay, let’s take this apart. Why do you want this? Cuz. You want to actually enjoy your life vs. having it be a constant struggle to meet your needs. Mockup the vibration of Ease and Joy. But remember, this may mean you have to downsize to meet your body’s most basic needs before all else.

I want to find “the one.”

Why do you want that person to be or do for you? We all want to feel like we’re in a community, have access to intimacy, and feel secure in the world. What is it you really want from a partner? It will be different for different people, but it could boil down to one or all of the following: security, love, physical intimacy, companionship, and a sense of belonging. Mock those vibrations up vs. just a partner—that’s too vague.

I want more money to pay for health care because I’m sick or injured.

This one is sensitive, I know. There are a lot of layers in regards to social injustice and physical health that I’m not going to get into in this blog, but ultimately, you want to mockup to receive a healing for yourself. Healing means you can take your next step with peace. Come get a free healing from us to help you with some energy work if you’re in pain.

I want super nice stuff like boats, cars, fancy clothes, and bling!

That’s okay. Don’t be shy if you want some fluffy stuff. BUT why do you want those things? Do you want status? Why do you want that? Is it respect you’re actually after? Or maybe it’s just good ol’ fashioned fun you want. That’s a great vibration to want more of! Manifest more fun in your life. Whahooo!!!

See where I’m going here? Security, feeling good in your body, love, having a clear life purpose, community, and a sense of belonging. THESE are the feelings you wanna put in your mockup bubbles.

Sure, the Universe might gift you a boat if that’s in alignment with your chakras, but you might get something even better by purely focusing on what that boat will give you. Who knows, a cute boy with a boat whose sole mission is to take you out on the water whenever you want could move in next door. Just don’t forget the swim lessons. 😉

Hangup #2: You Have a Hard Time Wanting Anything

Are you having a hard time wanting anything at all?! Maybe you’ve been told your whole life to have very low expectations or that wanting anything is selfish. Guess what? This is your life—you get to craft it how you want! It’s good to visualize the life you want with intention, OR the world will create your life for you based on whatever convoluted energy you’re sending out.

Bonus exercise: Make a list of 100 things you want to HAVE, BE, or DO.

This might be harder than you expect! Can you make the list? What comes up for you when you dare to ask for something?

Watch Out for Unconscious Manifesting

Sometimes, you get your mockup—but it’s wack.

The Universe wants to give you what you want. So be careful about not really thinking through what you want OR using manifesting to try and solve a problem instead of doing the healing work you need to do.

You might get the specific thing you asked for buuuut it’ll be sloppy. This happens when your messy unconscious desire matches up with a matching messy unconscious vibration, or person.

I call this a dirty miracle—when you get what you asked for, but you were actually just bypassing a bunch of healing work. Are you ordering up a “miracle mockup” that is actually a quick fix to an unhealed aspect of yourself? Do you need to stop and nourish yourself with actual healing work?

A dirty miracle, similar to a dirty martini, may remind you of a nutritious dinner because it’s salty and has olives in it, but it’s actually not dinner. It’s the opposite of dinner—it’s sucking the nutrients right out of your organs as we speak.

Let’s say you’re broke, alone, and depressed, and you manage to “manifest” Prince Charming to come to fix it all while simultaneously being super cute. And he does! Yippee!! The Universe delivered! Your life is then all happiness-ever-after until the newness wears off and Prince Charming turns out to be not so Prince-like.

Gurl. He’s also overriding his own healing work by trying to “save” you. Which, spoiler, he can’t do, and then there you both are in an unhealthy codependent relationship.

Boom. Ice cold, dirty miracle served straight up. The fantasy wasn’t in alignment with you or your truth—so it left you invalidated and empty. Pasted text

Small & Steady Gets You Ready

If you’re in a jam in your life—go back to section one and start giving your first chakra everything it needs. That’s where you start. If you want to manifest anything—mockup a good night’s sleep, a nice meal, a workout buddy, or a healing. Start small in order to show yourself you CAN create a miracle.

Taking care of your body to the best of your ability is the most empowering thing you can do in this lifetime. Make whatever changes you need to make to make sure you can meet your most basic needs. It won’t be perfect—cuz this is Earth School, after all, and shit’s messy here, but you can manifest your next steps when you’re operating with a clean and clear intention.

Parting Words for Your Path to Spiritual Riches

Live simple and be embodied. Take care of your body, your shelter, and your people. Find the joy and meaning in caring for those most basic and precious needs.

Keep the vibration of money in your third chakra, not your first. Remember, the energy of money and the sparkly fun stuff she brings is a good time—but here today, gone tomorrow. Yeah, she’s kinda fun, and, okay, fair, you do look fabulous when she’s with you, but don’t lose sight of the whole point of being alive. Not to mention that money is just a tool, but manifesting is for big boys (only don’t tell her I said that.)

Focus on manifesting an abundance of the GOOD stuff! Love, security, creative fulfillment, pleasure, fun, community, wisdom, and laughter.

If you get some extra dough—great! Show her a good time, and make cool shit together, but BE CHILL.

Dream big, my friend.

Want More Psychic Tools to Play With?

You’ve tended to your first chakra, made friends with money, sent your mockup off to the Universe & hopefully avoided a dirty miracle or two. Now keep playing.

Explore the Boulder Psychic Institute freebies for more psychic tools to help you work with your energy, strengthen your abilities & create a little more consciously.

Go forth. Make mockups. Manifest GOOD stuff. Dream big, my friend.

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