If you’re like me you consider yourself too sound of mind and too practical to believe in the simplistic idea that you can attract money onto yourself, without having to do anything to earn it, just by changing the way that you think. Some people interpret Think and Grow Rich literally, expecting that if they simply think wealth, they will attract wealth effortlessly as in without having to work for it. One of the popular terms being searched relevant to the idea of attracting money by utilizing affirmation tactics is manifest money with people looking for advice and guides about how to manifest money.

The idea behind manifesting money is to attract money onto yourself by keeping certain money-centered statements ever present in your conscious mind.

On the website psychic101.com there is a page dedicated to the subject of manifesting money. The piece is titled, "The art of Rapid Manifesting", and in it the author writes, Learn how you can easily manifest your abundance and the life your deserve. There is no secret just simple steps to follow, achieving prosperity and abundance is simpler than you may think." He then goes on to share a story about the first time he began manifesting, explaining that it was after reading the book Telepsychics: The Magic Power of Perfect Living by Joseph Murphy, wherein the author claimed that if he entered a deep state of relaxation and pictured what he wanted with clear intent and great exception, it would manifest.

According to the author of "The art of Rapid Manifesting" as published on psychic101.com, he followed the steps that had been outlined, placing himself into a deep state of relaxation at night before falling asleep and picturing a sum of $125 dollars in his bank account (He explains that, as he was a 17 year old student with little money, $125 was a lot of money to him) He says he "pictured the sum with laser like clarity". He also "added great feeling of joy", then "let it go" and fell asleep; and the following day he discovered $150 in his bank account. The tale is not told in a particularly believable manner so that, if you were inclined to believe that it were possible to do as the writer describes, it would be irresponsible of you not to question the discrepancies that are present in his report.

Assuming the author did not make up his story, perhaps indeed he did find $150 in his account after practicing the manifestation of money techniques outlined in the book he was reading; but perhaps the money was put there by a parent who, knowing he was trying to manifest money and not wanting him to be disappointed with the results of his efforts decided to deposit the money into his account? But considering the story is just a build-up to the point of trying to get people to pay $277 to purchase Remote influencing thought and reality and Financial abundance money magnate courses, it’s more likely this story is as fictional as it reads.

The Million Dollar Experiment

Steve Pavlina of stevepavlina.com has taken the manifest money idea a few steps further and has inspired thousands of people to join him in a million dollar experiment that, according to his description on his website, is "based on the intention-manifestation model of reality, where the goal is to generate $1 million of additional wealth for each person who chooses to participate".

Reportedly, $3,552,642.25, has so far been manifested by the various participants combined. The sum looks big and impressive but the reality behind it might not necessarily be as impressive as the sum looks when printed in big bold red text. It just means that combined, these 5440 people participating so far have manifested money that totals $3,552,642.25. What would be interesting to know are 1. the individual stories behind the manifestation of the money and 2.how close to $1,000,000 has any individual participant reached?

This is not to criticize Steve Pavilina’s experiment. One has to give him credit for not trying to feed the idea of manifesting millions without effort, but being responsible enough to delve a little bit more deeply into the theory of thought and attraction. Yes, he does suggest the following mantra for those who want to participate in the million dollar experiment, "In an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time, for the highest good of all, I intend $1,000,000 to come into my life and into the lives of everyone who holds this intention." But Pavlina does not appear to suggest that all you need is an intention combined with affirmations you recite daily, trances you put yourself in, thoughts you send out while deeply relaxed and filled with joy (though it’s arguably that its not possible to be deeply relaxed and at the same time filled with joy). There does seem to be an underlying message that, at some point, action of some kind is going to be required. It’s opportunities to make money that you will attract. A million dollars won’t mysteriously drop from the sky in front of you while you’re out walking the dog.

The real value of manifestation theories

Positive thoughts inspire and negative thoughts depress. Inspired people are more likely to take positive action. Inspired people are more likely to do things that bring them joy, whereas depressed people are more likely to take negative actions and do things that exacerbate their depression. The word can’t is a negative word. The word not is a negative word. The word won’t is a negative word. "It can’t happen", "it won’t happen", "it’s not meant to be", these are negative statements. Negative statements cannot inspire, unless you are a sociopath who gets inspired by evil; but one inspired by evil is not likely to take positive action. To such a person an evil act might be a positive thing, but generally, evil is a negative thing. Negative statements will usually generate negative feelings. Thinking in the negative will usually assure you of negative experiences.

The benefit of thinking positive thoughts is that you can inspire yourself to take positive action. The problem with manifestation and other positive thinking think and grow rich type theories is that more often than not, they are being practiced by people who take the ideas literally, rather than recognizing the real benefit of these programs: to train yourself to use your thoughts to your benefit rather than to your detriment. It’s silly to think that by sending out the right thoughts you can make $500 appear in your underwear drawer by the morning. But by sending out the right thoughts you might find yourself suddenly inspired with a brilliant idea and the filled with the spirit and enthusiasm to put the idea in motion. Affirmation tactics help you to clean your mind and spirit; they help to clear your clouded vision. They can also help to energize you and motivate you and strengthen your resolve, essentially clearing the way for good things to happen, removing the blockers that prevent the things you want from reaching you.

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