On the 04-8-14, San Diego Abraham workshop recording, there’s a wonderful story told by a guest who wanted to manifest more financial abundance. She wanted $30,000, and said to the Universe – I want $30,000. And as time went by, each day she would actively look for the money – for example when walking down the street, in the mailbox, etc. She said that after a while she developed a sense of certainty that she would get it, and that it would come in a way that made her …

I used to be very into conventional self-help and motivational material, particularly that which related to goal setting. One tactic that many authors recommended was to set a big goal, which was usually planned for a few years from now, and then work backwards by setting smaller goals. So you might expect to take five years to achieve the main goal, then you’d set sub-goals for each of the years, months, weeks and days that lead up to that. All in all, this is a very neat, step-by-step kind of …

One aspect of the deliberate creation process that I found challenging initially – and still catch myself doing – is, that after launching a desire, I’d keep looking at ‘what is’, and noticing that it had not yet manifested. And then I’d begin to doubt that the process was working at all! This is what Abraham calls ‘taking score too soon’, and seems to be quite a common behaviour among deliberate creators, especially in the early days of working with this approach. But it is a pattern that, if allowed …

It is important, when aligning with greater wealth, to stay in balance with the money you do have – to manage it well, and not overspend. Sometimes ambitious people, in an attempt to feel abundant or live like the wealthy person they desire to become, go on spending sprees, often racking up large credit card and other debts in the process. Those who have some understanding of the role of thoughts in attracting wealth might even assume that there’s no need to keep on top of their expenditures, because, after …