Law of Attraction: How to Manifest that Sweet Sweet Cash

This post was inspired by a money manifestation of my own, and even though I know very few people have an interest in using law of attraction to get more cash, I decided to write it anyway. 😉

I have recently returned home to NJ to see the friends and family, and came back to a buttload of mail. Now, my mother usually opens anything that seems important, but sometimes you just can’t tell what certain things are, and I went through the pile myself to be sure I didn’t miss anything.

Lots of offers for car financing, credit cards, and other sorts of junk—but then I happened upon something quite interesting. There was a check for almost 400 dollars reimbursing me for some credit card monitoring service I had used on an account I probably opened at least a decade ago, and closed out about five years ago. Apparently, the company they were using wasn’t providing the service to everyone paying for it, and Citibank was refunding the fees.  

After feeling cranky and exhausted from 25 hours of traveling, this really gave me a pep in my step. What makes this example so poignant from an attraction-perspective is it perfectly illustrates that we have absolutely no idea the countless ways money can come to us, and our puny brains simply cannot comprehend infinite possibilities.

The first time I seriously started working with LOA on a consistent basis was during a time of severe financial strain, so I know what it is like to really feel the pressure of lack of money.  I went from literally living off credit cards to attracting three lucrative freelance writing jobs all in the same week, which led to me making more money than I ever had, so I have seen firsthand what is possible when we can get our mind right.

It can be a bit of an uphill battle, but it is always possible to change our energy, perceptions and beliefs no matter what is happening right now. We have to make a choice, plain and simple.  Over the years, I have gotten better at manifesting money. I also know I still have my ‘money stuff’ like other people, and I am chipping away at it.

Here are a few tidbits to help with your money manifestations that really helped me.

Remember that No Matter What, You are after a Feeling

This is something I have said many times when writing about law of attraction, and the reason I bring it up a lot is two-fold.

First, lots of people mistakenly focus just on their thoughts, all the while feeling like crap, and then get disappointed when they don’t seem to be making any progress. While thoughts are certainly an important part of the equation, we attract based on what we feel, and if we don’t feel good, all the affirmations and happy thoughts in the world won’t do jack unless we manage to build some momentum on the level of emotion.

Second, no matter what it is you want, you are after a feeling. No matter what it is we want in life, we want it because we think it will make us feel good in some way. That is all we really want..to be freaking happy, to feel good.

Sure, you want money to pay your bills, take a vacation and do all this other stuff, but ultimately, you want it because having it will give you certain desirable feelings. You want to feel the peace that comes with financial security; you want to feel the excitement, fulfillment and all the other awesome feelings you would experience with doing the things that the money would allow you to do.  

So, if we attract based on feeling, we have to start feeling better even in the absence of the money in our present reality, and we have to figure out what feelings we are hoping to cultivate with the acquisition of money and start finding a way to feel them now.

Because money has such a strong pull on us, and impacts so many aspects of our lives, the idea of trying to feel good in the face of unpaid bills, frustrations that come with not having the money to do what we want to do, and what have you, can seem like an impossible task.

 It is very easy to justify feeling badly, and while it is certainly understandable, this is not an excuse. We need to shift our feelings in the moment, we don’t have any other choice. You have to be willing to let go of the story of your current reality.

When my sudden loss of income had me living off credit cards, believe you me, I felt stressed and panicked like nobody’s business. But, I knew I had to work on feeling better to become a match to the money I so wanted.

The great thing about being after a feeling is we can conjure it up anytime we want, regardless of what is happening now. What feelings are you seeking? How can you feel that way now? What can you focus on in your present reality that makes you feel abundant? Even though I wasn’t thrilled I was literally living off credit cards, I shifted perspective, and developed a sense of appreciation for having them as an option. I focused on the sense of security I felt from having my rent paid for the month, and knowing I could buy food and was not going to starve.

Ultimately, you don’t need money to create certain types of feelings, and you can create them now. What can you do now that gives you a greater sense of freedom? Perhaps it is learning to say no more, being more selective with how you spend your time, or scaling back on commitments. What can you do to feel fulfilled now? Maybe it is doing some sort of volunteer work, or making time for a hobby.

When you get into these feelings now, you will make the very helpful realization money is not the end all be all to your happiness—sure, it gives us more options and more freedom, and it surely can reduce stress.  But as the ultimate key to happiness, no way. Nothing outside of us, including money, can ever make us truly happy.  When I went from that dire money situation to being flush with cash, my stress alleviated considerably, and I did feel a hell of a lot better. But, if I had to assess its impact on my level of true happiness, it really didn’t do much for that.

 Money troubles consume us, and we often refuse to feel better, pointing out all the reasons why our situation sucks right now. But, you can’t keep doing it. Sure, you’ll have your moments, we all do. But, you have to start finding ways to feel better now, and this will open the door for more money. Trust me.

Be Willing to Shift Perspective on Financial Problems

Because of the importance of money in our life, financial troubles really do a number on us. We stress about it in a way we do few other things in our experience. Back in the day, when we were being chased by giant creatures that wanted to eat us, we experienced all sorts of stress —we got into fight or flight and engaged in a battle for our life.

These responses have remained with us, but in these modern times, are being triggered by very different things, things that are hardly life-threatening. And, while we may not realize it on a conscious level, that stress response invokes some sort of fear we are in actual danger, that we may suffer great harm or die.

And because money triggers us so often, we are experiencing this sense of danger on a pretty frequent basis. We see money problems as being the end of the world. But, we are not going to die from an unpaid bill or getting a ding to our credit score. No one is going to come and kill us for being past due on our Visa bill.

I’ll bet a bunch of you reading this are arguing this point with me right now in that beautiful head of yours, but remember what I said earlier about us attracting based on what we feel and believe. So, if you really want to improve your financial situation as quickly and painlessly as possible, you need to start shifting your belief that money trouble is the worst thing that can happen to you, that some horrible fate will befall you if get behind on your payments.

You can choose not to direct every ounce of mental energy towards your money problems—I’m not saying it is easy, because it always isn’t. But, it is an option available to us, and the path of least resistance to solving this exact problem of lack of money.

I realized that I could choose not to worry about my mounting debt that came from using my credit cards—it certainly wasn’t going to kill me. When I started making money again, I paid it off. I realized I could choose to focus on the fact that my needs were being taken care of—even if not in the most ideal way—and not that I currently had no income.

If you are short on cash for your bills, focus on what is being paid, and not what isn’t. If you have a place to live, and food to eat, you are safe-you are not going to die on the streets.

What Changes Can You Make Now to Start Feeling Better about Money?

In my last LOA post, I talked in more general terms about what practical steps we can take to start feeling better about our lives as they are now because this will help us tremendously in genuinely shifting our energy, and giving less attention to the limiting beliefs that may have contributed to our situation as it stands now. And, I used money as an example, so this is a bit of repeat. But, some people may not have read that post, and for those of you that did, and are working on money manifestations, it probably wouldn’t hurt to be reminded again of how helpful this can be.

We have a lot of weird energy around money, and because of the emotional strain, it can be really hard to separate ourselves from our current financial reality. Anything we can do to ease our money stress is helpful in the attraction process.

So, what changes can you make in your life right now that would make you feel better about your financial situation? Is your lack of a savings account gnawing at you? What could you do to start padding it a bit more? Are you using your credit cards a bit too liberally, when you should really be using cash? Do you have any expenses now that you can eliminate or reduce? Is it high time for a budget? Could you start cooking at home more rather than eating out five nights a week? 

Now, because we attract based on feeling, and not action, you wouldn’t actually have to do any of these things to start attracting more money, but most of us aren’t able to make such a giant leap in the face of financial issues. The limiting beliefs around money are just too strong, and will need to be worked on; you won’t be able to shift perspective immediately. Don’t worry, by making budgets and what have you, you are not sending a message to the good old universe that you don’t think you can get more money—these things will make you feel better, and the better you feel, the more easily money can come to you.

Be Willing to Concede You Can’t Possibly Conceive of All the Channels of Delivery

As my manifestation story illustrates, we cannot possibly figure out all the ways we can get money. Had I been given a thousand guesses, I never would have come up with that scenario. Manifesting money is like manifesting anything else—the only thing that makes it more challenging is the boatload of resistance we have around it.

You may think right now the only way to get more money is to get a raise at your job which isn’t likely to happen, or getting a better job, which doesn’t seem likely because of the bad economy, lack of education or whatever.  So, you conclude there is no other way you can get money.

But, there are infinite ways you can get more money. And, remember, attraction is all about how we feel, so all you need to do to shift energy dramatically is be willing to concede there are infinite ways money can come to you, even if you can’t see them.

This simple acknowledgement is extremely powerful in that it creates a sense of relief, and this is one of the best feelings to cultivate from an attraction-perspective. Make it a conscious effort to think this thought, and really tune into the feeling that comes with it..that lightness, that sense that everything will be okay.

Think of all the awesome things you may have manifested already, things that came to you out of nowhere, in ways you could not have anticipated, and realize that can happen with money as well, if we are willing to make some space for that trust. You have no idea what inspirations will come to you, what solutions will present themselves, what people you will meet and what opportunities will arise.

After months of not seeing any promising freelance work, I never would have guessed I would see three great opportunities in the same week, and get hired for all of them on top of it…after months of struggle, my money suffering ended within a matter of days. It can really happen that quickly.

Don’t underestimate the power of simply admitting there is something beyond you that is much more skilled at getting shit done..it can create a huge shift.

In Closing…

I know that manifesting money can seem really hard, and I know what it feels like to do it from a space where things appear pretty bleak. But, that very experience has shown me what is possible when we commit to shifting our mindset, and are willing to do our best to ignore what our present reality is showing us.

Remember our experience is simply a mirror of what is happening within, and your money situation is no exception. Once you start making that shift internally, your outside experience has no choice but to shift along with it. That is how attraction works. No matter what your financial situation is like right now, it can get better. No matter how certain you are that money can only come to you through certain channels, you are wrong, plain and simple. 🙂

Stop making money so special, and start regarding it as a form of energy and nothing else—when seen from this perspective, it is easier to start lining up energetically in a way that makes it flow into your experience. You are a powerful creator, and no aspect of life is out of your reach when it comes to tapping into this power.

Your Turn…

What did you think of this post? Is money currently on your manifesting radar, and how are you doing with it? What do you think  your biggest money block is? If you have been successful in manifesting money, what tips would you give to the awesome readers here? Looking forward to your thoughts so we can have a chat.