I Received the Greater Gift

I recently hit a rough spot financially and my worries were really kicking in. Years ago, as a young mother of two, my existence was week to week and paying the bills was a constant worry. I had to constantly watch even the smallest purchases. That was years ago and I have been very fortunate until lately. The money worries were back, pulling on me constantly. How was I going to meet my obligations going forward? I am now a homeowner, so I am thinking longer term, from year to year and the numbers are larger. I had a feeling that something would happen. I was thinking wouldn’t it be nice if some money came in. I remember thinking that there would be a check coming in and I said, “Thank you,” in advance. That was it. Later that afternoon I got a call from my brother. Surprisingly, our family lawyer had been contacted by an organization that was holding a very old deposit from my deceased grandmother.  The amount of money on deposit wasn’t known, but my siblings and I were instructed to sign documents and release the funds to us. As you can imagine, had some fantasies about what that dollar amount could be. Now I between worrying about my lack of money or thinking about how much could be coming in. Things were happening quickly and I was a jumble of thoughts. My goal was to manifest a solution to my financial problems in the long term and to lessen my concerns about money. I began to do some focused manifesting and a did some asking with prayers from time to time. Once the paperwork was submitted, I waited to hear back from the lawyer. In the two-week interim I thought about how quickly my asking and manifesting had produced a response and I was thankful. Something shifted inside me and my worries began to be reduced. I was being filled with a greater gratitude for all that I have. Finally, the answer came back from the lawyer and I was informed that $400 was being mailed to me. I smiled. As it turns out, this episode was a rich one for me. My worries were greatly diminished. A decades-old deposit was quickly directed to me and I gained wisdom and peace along with the way. What are the odds of that? But there was more. It was like I got a friendly tap on the shoulder saying, “It’s OK. Here’s something for now and we are working on the bigger things. It will take a little more time but it will be delivered to you.” I can’t explain how it happened, but I love this new calm and happiness. Also I can see how the financial concerns will now work out to my benefit. Now I have the calm and patience to see it through. My life is one of service and now that I have less personal concerns, I am more available and valuable to others. How interesting that this new tranquility came in advance of the full financial solution, but am very happy with that. This is not what I planned or expected, it’s much more valuable. I will keep asking and manifesting, something I didn’t do enough of before, but much has changed now. I am grateful to feel more in charge of my life and for my many blessings. S.   Have a manifesting story to share?  Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you!   Photo credit top: unknown

I Got the $6000 I Wanted – OUCH!

I’m an East Coast artist in a small, tourist community. When Ken came to town to teach one of his art classes, he reserved the last evening for a Manifesting 123 lecture. From that talk I felt like I had a real understanding of how manifesting could work for me. I read your book and began a plan that would specify the amount of art sales that I wanted each month. I started by visualizing a future where I had sales of $2000 to $3000 a month. Happily, I saw that materialize, a really big deal. Now I’m on a roll. Getting those sales was a real confidence builder so it got me to thinking I can do more. I developed a new plan that was even more ambitious. Every day I made sure to say that I want $6000. I’m going to double my income simply by thinking it. This is really exciting stuff. Because the rewards are so great, I had plenty of incentive and the need to stay on track to want that $6000. I opened my mail the other day and got a shock. There was my number in a letter, the $6000. It was a past due property tax bill exactly in the amount I had been working on! What the heck is going on with that? I gave him a call and he had me go through my story a couple of times. How could I have been a quick success one month and be doubly backwards shortly after? As Ken pointed out, there was a distinct pattern in my story. Every time I made mention of the $6000, I prefaced it with the words ‘want’ or ‘need.’ Congratulations were in order. I was powerfully manifesting that I wanted or needed $6000, repeating it every day and I made it happen. When the tax bill came in, I was quickly in need of exactly that amount. Since then, I have learned that what what we say creates form in a very literal way. Fortunately, the $6000 wasn’t going to be a major problem since I had it in savings, but DURN IT ! Back to plan A: I visualize that in my future I am bringing in $6000 a month, the equivalent or more. Further, I am very grateful for how it all came about. I have not tied this income to art sales or even money. This visual allows for a variety of positive results including a reduction in the bills and expenses I typically pay. That is the equivalent of income too – I get it! I am a believer and further, I watch what I say, particularly when it comes to statements using want or need! No being wanting or needy again for me! Ella  View Ella’s artworks   Photo credit: Wise Bread

Here It Is: Manifesting that Lottery Win!

Nicki has been keeping a gratitude journal on a daily basis for many years now. Recently she has begun to use what she learned in Manifesting 123 every day as well. She has seen positive results in a number of ways and she is very happy with the direction her life is taking. There is a feeling of being more in control of events, health and increased happiness. Her recent successes emboldened here to try something new with her daily gratitude journaling and manifesting. So two weeks ago she wrote, “I am so grateful that I got a winning lottery ticket.” A little background on Nicki’s lottery experiences. She hasn’t bought many lottery tickets in the past but when she did, it was only for the large Powerball drawings. In an average year, she would buy 8-12 individual lines per visit, not tickets of 5 lines at a time. She had only purchased about a dozen of the lesser prize Lotto tickets in about thirty years. A couple of weeks after her lottery journal entry, Nicki was grocery shopping and she got the urge to buy a lottery ticket. Not the Powerball that she was accustomed to, but the smaller Lotto drawing. She bought a single line for $1. A few days later, I was out on errands and I had the ‘hit’ to call her. Without hesitating, I dialed her up. I was a few sentences into a conversation when I heard her say, “Oh wow! Oh WOW!” I laughed and said that those were Steve Job’s last words. (An intriguing, true story: link) She told me something unbelievable just happened. When I called out of the blue like that, she felt compelled to check her lotto ticket online while we were talking. Nicki got 5 out of the 6 numbers on her Lotto ticket! We were both laughing and practically screaming at each other. 5 out of 6! What are the odds? Actually, they are 1 in 5,245,786 for all 6 numbers and 1 in 24,287 for 5 out of 6. She won $500, just one number short of the 7 million that day, but there is more to what happened here. Nicki set out an intention by writing it down, using a journal of gratitude and visualizing her future where she was a lottery winner. She got an exact result. Note that she didn’t specify the jackpot exactly, only that she won the lottery, and so she did. (Go for the jackpot next time!) With gratitude and intention, Nicki created a result that very few people experience. She learned to go for something beyond her usual experience. She is worthy. Her win was a personal validation. Trusting her instincts, she bought the smaller prize  Lotto ticket, something she had done less than a dozen times, ever. She learned that the impossible is well within her reach. When Nicki redeemed her ticket, the counter clerk was a bit shocked and very excited. Together, Nicki and the clerk relived the joy of that moment and marveled at the rarity of it, a double treat. It was a bolt out of the blue, as they say. Note that your odds of being struck by lightning this year are 1 in 960,000. In your lifetime those odds drop to about 1 in 12,000. When I mentioned to someone about a manifesting story where a person had manifested $500, we agreed that it wasn’t that special. But when I told them Nicki won it with 5 out of 6 lottery numbers, my friend said it was incredible, an ecstatic event and just about impossible. 20 years ago I knew a friend of a friend that got 5 out of 6 numbers… that’s it, until now. Manifesting the idea of a lottery win is just fine, but it is actually a very limiting idea. Allow for the equivalent of that jackpot and increase the potential outcomes dramatically. In the end, what would you do with a big jackpot? Better health? Financial security? Freedom? Happiness? 

Manifest those ideas and imagine that they have already happened in your future. Make a point to think of your 7 grateful things every day. Remember that your thoughts are literally taking form as you think it. Manifesting 123 gives you the How and the Skills to make anything possible. Time to write your own ticket! As the Lotto slip says, ‘Expect the Unexpected!” Ken Have a manifesting story to share? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you! Photo credit: top: Nicki’s winning ticket

Here’s a Miracle: Getting Mom on a Plane to Las Vegas!

Hello Ken, I’ve been here before with other stories and it’s amazing how I have manifested so many situations. Sometimes I just forget this and I go back to my normal life, but for some reason I keep listening to your interviews again and again because I want to fully understand and use this important tool every day. I like listening to your interviews on the website and sometimes I feel like we have known each other from a long time ago. I know you have a lot of heart, clarity and love. It is as if we are dear friends when I hear those interviews. I’m so glad you shared your Manifesting 123 discoveries with us. Here is a new manifesting story about my recent trip to Las Vegas – something I have wanted to do and happily, it manifested for me! A few months ago I made a vision board with a number of things on it, among those was my wish to to go to Las Vegas. I do not know why, but it was on my mind all the time. On my vision board and I wrote on the Vegas photo, “My free trip to Las Vegas in August 2016 for one week.”  Hummm… I wondered how this would happen. I was obligated to see my family in Mexico that month, so Las Vegas didn’t seem likely. Regardless, I stayed with that vision board and also visualized myself in the future there. When I arrived in Mexico, my mom wanted to go on some kind of vacation but she is afraid to fly. She could not decide where to go and with an eye on her budget, she decided to invite me on some kind of local trip with my son. So as a joke I said, “Well why not fly to Las Vegas?” knowing that the flight was long, outside the budget and that she would not get on a airplane. To my great surprise she said yes! We all went to Vegas and when I arrived and walked the streets that I had seen in movies and on the YouTube videos, it was like a déjà vu. I’m still processing the information, but of course I am so grateful. I can’t believe I was there, a delightful surprise. In some of my manifestations my mom has been the means by which the money comes to me. I wonder if I should add at the end of my manifesting movie, “… and the money comes perfectly from a new source “???  I do not know Ken, but I am very happy to have made this trip with my family. Thank you dear mom! Thank you for your story Martha and I appreciate your kind comments. Nicely done to get mom on that plane and everyone happily happily vacationing in Las Vegas! I wonder what you will manifest next? You have a great idea, imagining money coming from other sources and removing the limits of how the finances can be taken care of. As you are aware, there is the equivalent of money and it can appear in seemingly magical ways. I applaud you!! Here are some stories about the equivalent of money idea. Keep in mind that there are many equivalents, not just money when you are manifesting, so be mindful of any limited thinking. You can create anything, or that equivalent. There is the Equivalent of Money The Equivalent of Money Here’s Another One of the Equivalent of Money Stories Keep creating wonderful things! Ken Have a manifesting story to share? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you! Photo credit: from unknown source

Manifesting and My Worthiness

Thank you, Stephen for this story. When I first read it, the subject of the knife was a bit jarring but I know Stephen to be a kind, considerate and ethical person. At the core of this is the idea that our thoughts can create anything: knives, cars, lawnmowers and concepts like happiness, less stress and abundance. I keep coming back to his statement about worthiness and his resulting success. Ken From Stephen: I’m really interested in primitive skills. I love being in wild places looking for interesting and useful things. When I’m indoors I sometimes chat about my interests on internet forums. Related to this is my appreciation of cutting implements like axes and knives. I have more knives than I need, but I still make or acquire a knife from time to time.  There is often a ‘better’ knife for a particular task. For most of my life I’ve been interested in the connection between our thoughts/beliefs and what we experience.  I was raised in Christian Science, a religion in which it is considered normal to change things through prayer or ‘right thought’. In more recent years I have explored meditation, the use of affirmations, and visualization.   I recently enjoyed Ken Elliott’s book “Manifesting 123…” and I think his method of visualizing a future ‘movie’ is a great idea. I am fairly certain that our thinking, attitudes and beliefs do affect our experience. Possibly to a much greater degree than I’m prepared to admit to at this stage. As I look at my own life and the lives of others, I think I can see a definite connection between the mental and the physical realms. Here is a recent example…. Earlier this year I visualized ‘knife satisfaction.’ I did not own a decent big knife that would be useful for heavier work like chopping, so I was looking for that tool. This was before I had downloaded Ken’s book, but I think what I was doing was pretty darn close to playing one of Ken’s movies in my mind. ‘Knife satisfaction’ is probably a subject that isn’t considered much by many students of manifestation and the topic may not seem as worthy as ‘world peace.’  However…. charity starts at home, and until I can demonstrate some manifesting success for myself, I can’t be sure that I can do much to help the world. Furthermore, I’m inclined to think that when individuals are passionately doing their own thing, the world must become a better place (provided that the ‘own thing’ is motivated by high ideals). A short time after the visualization exercise, I uploaded an outdoors story and some photos to an internet forum.  Another member made a comment saying that he thought my story would have included a ‘BK9,’ this being a well-respected, large knife that would be very suitable for heavier tasks in the bush. The BK9 is a Becker knife made by Ka-Bar in the USA. I responded that while I’d like a knife like that, they were relatively expensive to buy from New Zealand. Another member said ‘you must have a BK9.’ I could buy such a knife but I couldn’t really justify the purchase considering that I had other tools that would suffice. It was possible that one day I might buy one. Within a few days of posting my story, two guys in the USA contacted me to get my address because they each wanted to give me a BK9 knife. This was a bit hard to deal with in a way. I guess I felt a bit unworthy of being given things that I hadn’t earned. Perhaps I needed to learn a bit about my own true worthiness. Outwardly I’d be inclined to say that everyone was worthy of good stuff, and this is something I believed in theory, but inside things could be a bit different where my own history and feelings of worthiness were concerned. Even as I type this story I feel a little awkward about the generosity of those nice guys. Anyway, I supplied my address and I now have two beautiful knives that are proving to be excellent tools. This experience has given me some great food for thought about worthiness and what may be possible. Best wishes from New Zealand.. Stephen   Photo credit:  Manifesting New Zealand

My Gratitude Journal Manifested the Perfect SUV!

I’ve been driving my 2001 Tahoe since I bought it at the end of 2001. It is a great family car but after so many years of use I was starting to lose confidence in it. Once it broke down at a major intersection, a very big problem! We got it running again, but I was very leery of driving it on any of the long trips I often have to take. I keep a grateful journal, a very pleasurable exercise and it is part of my manifesting practice. After my Tahoe had broken down, I started writing in my grateful journal every day that I was VERY thankful for my next vehicle, a smaller luxury SUV. I didn’t visualize the color or brand—but I was thinking along the lines of a Lexus, Acura, Cadillac, or Lincoln. MAIN thing I wanted it loaded with everything and to include a heated steering wheel. It’s cold in the winter here! Writing in my journal, I also specified that this new SUV would not be a financial burden. Further, I was grateful that my Tahoe would work well for me until the perfect SUV came my way, covering my bases for now. Nine months later, at the exact intersection where my Tahoe broke down before, I broke down again! I put my foot down and said out loud that my car is out there waiting for me. My husband was, let’s just say, a wee bit ticked and refused to look at first. But even my kids got on him about upgrading to a newer model. We began to look and found something right away. It was a used Lincoln MKX, 2 1/2 years old (the big depreciation was already out if way) with less than 15,000 miles. Loaded with accessories including that heated steering wheel and still had the full factory warranty. It was just like new!! We did have to take out a loan, but the interest rate was VERY low. I believe less than 2%, so the payments aren’t a financial burden. Of course my kids got a vehicle out of it too—the Tahoe. It is perfect for them because they only drive around here and don’t travel long distances. My ‘little’ gratitude journal and singular focus manifested the perfect result – again. I am grateful, grateful, grateful! R.   Photo credit: Autoblog

As I Manifested It, Love Appeared and I Was Surrounded

I really like the simplicity of your ‘movie’ method for manifestation and I’ve been encouraged by the success stories you share in your book and newsletter. I thought I should contribute one of my early success stories in case others find it helpful. My first marriage came to an end after about 23 years. A short time later, I was in a good relationship with a lovely woman and we were very compatible in many ways. However I eventually felt that I was headed in a different direction and we didn’t seem to feel as ‘close’ as we should be. The feeling was mutual and sadly, that relationship ended. Around this time I was working as a security officer in the gatehouse of a large processing plant.  This entailed sitting behind a window for long periods of time without much to do.  This gave me the opportunity to think about life and to read books.  I read quite a few ‘self improvement’ and ‘spiritual’ books. A few of the books propounded the idea of using affirmations to help make changes in our lives. This all happened before I’d come across ‘Manifesting 123…’, but I think I was operating in a fairly similar way to that described in your book. One day in the security office I was thinking about my present situation. I decided to create an affirmation that reflected how I’d like my life to be. I was currently working mostly with men and I didn’t really have any female friends. Many years before I had gone to an all-boys school and I felt I needed a better balance, so I declared “I have intimate relations with beautiful women.” To some, that affirmation might sound a bit, well, ‘naughty’. I guess I could have tweaked that affirmation for this newsletter so as not to give the wrong impression, but I wouldn’t feel honest in doing that. By stating “intimate relations with beautiful women,” I didn’t mean that I wanted to sleep around.  It meant that I wanted to spend more time in close and meaningful relationships with women whose company I enjoyed. I made that affirmation maybe once or a few times and I felt really good. It took me to a place where I really felt that I could enjoy some good results.  Of course things could work out for me. Just a few minutes later, aa attractive young woman came to the security office to ask a question. It was fairly evident that she wasn’t ‘the one.’ but it was nice to get confirmation that there were lovely females around who could interact with me.  I took it as a sign. In about two weeks, I was invited to go to a cafe where a number of people I was loosely connected with started to have a regular get-together. One member of this group was a woman whom I had met before. Her husband had passed away about two years prior. We seemed nicely compatible and I enjoyed her company. I didn’t know her current circumstances and didn’t give it much thought while we all mingled at the cafe. When it was time to go home, I walked fairly quickly toward my car. Suddenly I realized this woman had overtaken me.  She turned in front of me, looked me squarely in the face and told me how good it had been talking to me. Well it was pretty good talking to her too, especially at that moment. Her gorgeous blue eyes and smile were very appealing to me. If there is such a thing as love at first sight, then perhaps that is the moment it happened to me. We married within a few months, and it has been wonderful. In case you are wondering about the ‘women’ (plural) aspect of my affirmation, it is interesting to note that my wife has four adult daughters and two sweet granddaughters. In addition, I have developed a closer relationship with my own married daughter and her cute daughter as well. I’m also pleased to say that I’m corresponding more regularly with my adventurous second daughter and it is always good to hear what she has been up to. More recently my son seems to have found himself a nice girlfriend. In a very short time I have many charming and beautiful girls and women it my life, apleasant change! I should also mention that there are also three grandsons between us, so life is rich. I am now involved in a new job where I interact with all sorts of interesting people. There are still challenges but I’m thinking that if it weren’t for the difficulties, the good times wouldn’t seem to be as sweet. Thanks to your book, I now understand how my thoughts are creating what I imagine. It is a real tool, a gift that I continually use with confidence. Best wishes, Stephen   Have a manifesting story to share? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you! Photo credit: Huffington Post

Manifesting Love: My Perfect Partner, Then the Miracle Happens

A year and a half ago my wife and I split up. It was a very tough breakup and as the process went forward we became unhappier. Our conversations were difficult and once a divorce lawyer was brought in, things became more adversarial, adding more strain, fatigue and anger. I had been effectively using manifesting tools for years and during this time I continued to do so except in the area of relationships. With this ongoing divorce, I was so far out of balance emotionally I couldn’t even dream of a happy, new connection, and until the divorce was settled, I was ineligible anyway. About three months ago, I became accustomed to being up in the air about the pending divorce and started to get some balance in my life. It was then that I began to finally consider a future with another person in my life, so I began to visualize a joyful future with my perfect companion. I didn’t see what this person looked like, only that we were happy together, really loved each other, had wonderful chemistry and that we were a supportive, solid team. So in the meantime I kept busy. Two young daughters will make that happen. My days were full but I stayed with my manifesting as always have but with idea of my new partner added to the process. A few weeks ago I got a call from my estranged wife. It was a real surprise, particularly when she invited me to meet at her home. She didn’t say why and my apprehension started to build. It was close to impossible that anything good would come from this. We were both pretty invested in not wanting to have anything to do with each other. We met and had a polite conversation. It followed that we talked about our ‘single’ lives and the more we were together, the more we relaxed. We found that we became very attracted to each other. We were more considerate and forgiving than ever before. In a very short time, we simply fell in love all over again. Now we are back together in our home as a family where everything has a purpose that supports and nourishes us. We are far more appreciative of each other and happy to be together with our children again. They feel the same way. As it turns out, I am with my ideal partner, a person I have more in common with than anyone else, a woman I love and respect as she does me. She is all that I had manifested and more. How very interesting that for the two of us, our wonderful partner was close by all the time, but we were not in a place to fully appreciate and treasure each other. As I had learned, I was wise and didn’t visualize what my ideal partner would look like, in any way limiting the possibilities. The result was that my perfect partner appeared, my loving match in so many ways. It just took some growth, each in our own way and apart from each other. There was a lot of pain and acrimony, now in the past, and now we are stronger, more loving and considerate than ever. Manifesting and prayers work, sometimes in what would seem to be impossible ways! J. Have a manifesting story to share? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you!

Manifesting Financial Success and a Big Break

I have a business out of my home and financially, things were pretty slow last fall. I didn’t panic, well just a little bit, but I kept at it with the manifesting I learned in the book. The worry was a constant for me and I did my best to tamp it down, but something more had to be done. I’m convinced that I have created an abundance of things (some were included in this newsletter) and since the book clearly states that our thoughts can create positive or negative results, I had to make some changes. So beginning last fall, I improved my product line in small, affordable ways and put more time into promoting the business. Then interesting things happened. New sales came in quickly but it had nothing to do with the recent promotions. The number of sales increased as well and really good promotional opportunities fell out of the sky. Soon more people would see my product line with little extra effort or expense on my part. In one months time I was somehow getting more sales than before and I was delighted to see that happen! When 2016 began I could see the results of the product upgrades and the promotions I put in place. Here it is 9 months later in 2016 and I’m on track to have my best business year ever. Sales have been consistent and clients are buying more expensive items. Older inventory has been moving too. It is a dream come true and I am able to get ahead of my bills, meaning that all my personal and business expenses are completely covered through November. Just as I manifested, I no longer have that month-to-month worry about the bills. It is great having that cushion and it allowed me some small luxuries. I was back in the great mindset of not worrying about money. Then came a test. A very large tree on my property died and had to be cut down, a very expensive problem. I didn’t take action on it for months but when my income went up I decided to take care of it. I called three services and two got back to me with an estimate of $1800. That was a LOT more than I expected but I was stuck with it. A tree that size, and one that threatens the roof of my home, was going to take a big chunk out of my happy new surplus. My home is part of an association and someone from the Homes Association had just marked the tree for removal. I called the office and they informed me that the tree was my problem and per the Association rules, needed to be resolved quickly. I waited a week a selecting a landscape service to take the tree out and another week passed before hearing back from the landscaper. It was amazing news. Despite what the Association office told me, the Association would take the tree down at no expense to me! As Manifesting 123 says, it was the equivalent of getting $1800! It was also very interesting to hear the good news from the owner of the landscaping company I had contracted to do the removal. The Homes Association, not me, is paying the same company to do the job. Either way, that landscaper was going to get that tree removal contract. If I had not selected that particular landscaper, I would have hired another company they would have the tree down by now at my expense. I’m just amazed at how manifesting works and so efficiently sometimes. Call me a happy customer! Mike Have a manifesting story to share? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you!