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Lacy Phillips Founder of To Be Magnetic
How to Manifest
How to Manifest
LACY PHILLIPS
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To my Grandma Sue—my first expander, who taught me that I could do anything and be anyone I wanted
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE REAL SECRET TO MANIFESTATION ix
ONE.
THE LAW OF ATTRACTION IS YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS SELF- WORTH 1
TWO. RECONNECT WITH YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF 19
THREE. CAST YOUR LIST 41
FOUR. SEE TESTS AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH 63
FIVE.
SEE TO BELIEVE BY EXPANDING 81
SIX.
REPROGRAM YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS BY UNBLOCKING 105
SEVEN. UNBLOCK YOUR SHADOW AND INNER CHILD 133
EIGHT.
DANCE WITH THE UNIVERSE BY TAKING ALIGNED ACTION 155
NINE.
LISTEN AND RESPOND TO INTUITIVE PINGS 173
TEN.
THE TRIFECTA 187
ELEVEN.
ENDURE THE MAGIC DARK 199
TWELVE.
BECOME YOUR OWN PATTERN READER 219
THIRTEEN.
STAY IN YOUR WORTH AND STEP INTO DESERVINGNESS 227
CONCLUSION
YOU ARE A CHOSEN ONE 239
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 245
INTRODUCTION
THE REAL SECRET TO MANIFESTATION
Ibecame a manifestation expert by accident. I’m a regular girl from a small town in California who was born to two broke twenty-year-old parents— a cowboy and a paramedic. I never went to college. There’s nothing special about me or my circumstances. Or, I should say, I’m no more special than anyone else.
I don’t know why the universe chose to channel the results-based neural manifestation process that you are about to learn through me. But it did, and this has allowed me to manifest literally everything that I wanted into my life within an eight-year time span. I mean everything, from a life partner and family to a business and a level of financial abundance that I never thought was possible or even witnessed as a child.
This is not an exaggeration, and I don’t mean to brag, either! I want you to know that the exact same thing is possible for you, regardless of your background or your present-day circumstances. This method works for all people from all walks of life. It is for everyone.
In fact, this entire method was birthed from a rock bottom. I was turning thirty years old and had just painfully ended the longest partnership I’d ever been in. I was starting over at thirty and was beginning to doubt that I’d ever find the type of partner and have the family that I longed for.
I had also been struggling financially my whole life. That part wasn’t new, but it wasn’t getting any better, either. Nothing in my life seemed to be going my way. The biggest irony of it all is that I had already been “manifesting” for over a decade. In reality, I thought I was manifesting, but I was simply doing it wrong.
For years, I had been following the manifestation techniques that tell you to think positively, to fake it till you make it, to get into the “vortex” (whatever that is), to stay in the vibration, and so on. What I didn’t know then is that these are nothing more than superstitions and forms of spiritual bypassing, which is when you avoid facing your truth through spirituality, usually claiming that everything is perfect when it really isn’t.
Well, I couldn’t pretend that everything was perfect any longer. My life was too much of a mess for that. Instead, I began channeling my own experiences, seeking to understand what had actually led me to connect with manifestations in the past and (more often) what didn’t. My discoveries changed everything about my life and about what I now know about manifesting.
What I learned is that the real secret to manifestation is this: We do not manifest from our thoughts. We manifest from our subconscious beliefs. This is, in essence, the exact opposite of most other manifestation processes. While other processes teach you to train your thoughts to remain positive, I am going to teach you how to trans-
form your subconscious beliefs about what you do and do not deserve and what is possible for you. You are going to rewire your subconscious mind to align with your greatest, most authentic desires. And this is exactly how you are going to be able to attract those desires into your life.
This is not just another manifestation technique. In fact, it is called neural manifestation(™) because it is a proprietary process that is backed by neuroscience, psychology, epigenetics, and energetics (with a little spirituality sprinkled on top). After developing this process, I put together a team of leading neuroscientists, psychologists, and therapists to make it as science backed and effective as possible. The resulting neural manifestation process is based on raising your self-worth and stepping into your unique authenticity by reprogramming the subconscious limiting beliefs that you picked up during childhood and throughout your life. Then, you will reinforce high self-worth neural pathways that align with your manifestations.
As you do the work in this book, you will shift how you show up in the world and the level of worthiness you project so that you can align with what you truly desire and deserve. If you want to engage in spiritual bypassing and avoid looking at your inner truth, this process isn’t for you. It is for you, however, if you want to step into your worth, live your life in authentic alignment with who you really are, and finally manifest everything you want.
After I developed this process, I started teaching it one by one to friends and individual clients. As their lives began to transform, their friends and family members started to seek me out, too. Soon, there was a massive network of thousands of neural manifesters out
there living the lives of their dreams— and I had a two-year wait list to work with me and learn this process.
I created To Be Magnetic™ (TBM), an online membership program for neural manifestation, so that I could help more people than I could possibly ever work with one on one. And, as I now no longer have the capacity to work with private clients, I wrote this book to reach even more people, including you.
This method has transformed the lives of tens of thousands of TBM members in over 182 countries. A recent survey of our members showed that 93 percent of them manifested something big within six months of starting the program. This stuff works, and I am so excited for you to now be a part of our community. By picking up this book, you are stepping into the driver’s seat of your life to manifest the experiences, relationships, and things that most align with your authenticity.
If you are new to this community, I am thrilled that you are here. This book will walk you through every step of the neural manifestation process and teach you exactly how to manifest everything you desire. If you are already a part of the TBM community, this book will provide new stories, insights, and exercises to grow your practice even more.
The one thing I ask from you before you begin is to set aside any other forms of manifestation you’ve learned about in the past. In this book, you are going to learn my radically different step-by-step neural manifestation process. It is backed by science from our neuroscientist and psychiatrist adviser Dr. Tara Swart and our licensed EMDR therapist Janelle Nelson.
The neural manifestation formula consists of three main pillars.
One, expanding your subconscious so you can see to believe that your manifestations are possible for you. Two, unblocking the limiting beliefs that are standing in the way of your manifestations. And three, taking aligned actions to cocreate with the universe and bring those manifestations into your life. All three of these steps must be in process at once. When they are, your ability to manifest is limitless.
Along this journey, you’ll reconnect with your authentic self, which is your soul essence— the version of you that arrived on this planet perfect and whole, before you experienced any negative programming, pain, trauma, shame, or conditioning. You are going to learn how to remove this negative conditioning and programming and get back to who you really are on a soul level: your authentic self. This process creates a magnet-like pull that brings your manifestations toward you. In other words, your authentic self is your magnetic self.
You’ll also learn how to cast the most effective manifestation list, how to respond to tests from the universe from a place of high selfworth, and how to connect with your intuition, which will help you bring your manifestations in more quickly. This is how you will be able to manifest anything you authentically desire, whether it’s love, money, a new career, friendships, opportunities to travel, a new home, or anything else.
Yes, your manifestations can be material. There is nothing wrong with wanting things. But many of our members find that once they get into this work, those material manifestations are actually just the cherries on top of the real gifts, which are nonmaterial manifestations. These are manifestations that you can’t see, but
rather ones that you can feel, ones that radiate out when you walk into a room, such as true inner confidence, authenticity, fulfillment, openheartedness, and freedom.
While this process can work for everyone, it is important to recognize that there are systems of oppression, injustice, marginalization, and abuse that are out of your control. Understand that you did nothing to negatively attract these situations—it is not your fault. Please know that I am in no way insinuating that you are attracting negativity or being punished because of these systems, situations, or events. You did not attract oppression or abuse. You deserve safety, freedom, and respect, and if you have experienced any of the above, my greatest hope is that this book helps you feel more empowered.
No matter where you are starting from or what you have been through, the truth is that anyone can manifest. I have witnessed true miracles, and you’ll read many of those stories and examples throughout this book. I hope you find them as inspiring as I do, and that they begin to expand your subconscious to see what is truly possible. If these people could manifest it, then so can you.
I am so excited for you to begin this journey, and I can’t wait to see what you manifest. You’re officially on the path to unblocking your limiting beliefs, connecting to your authentic self, and manifesting the life that you desire and truly deserve. Congratulations!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
• The real secret to manifestation is that we do not manifest from our thoughts. We manifest from our subconscious beliefs. Superstitions, thinking positively, and spiritual bypass methods have nothing to do with manifestation.
• Neural manifestation is a proprietary process that is backed by neuroscience, psychology, epigenetics, and energetics (with a little spirituality sprinkled on top).
• Your authentic self is your soul essence—the version of you that arrived on this planet perfect and whole before you experienced any negative programming, pain, trauma, shame, or conditioning.
• There are systems of oppression, injustice, marginalization, and abuse that are out of your control, and if you experienced any of these things, you did nothing to attract them into your life, and it is not your fault.
MAGNETIC MOMENT:
Intentions Exercise
Throughout this book, there will be questions, prompts, exercises, and checklists that help guide you through each step of the TBM
process. I recommend keeping a journal handy to complete them. There will also be “magnetic moments”— think of these questions and exercises as extra credit. They will move you even further along in your manifestation process.
As we begin, let’s examine your intentions.
In your journal, write down your answers to the following questions. Eventually, your answers will serve as a reference point for where you were when you started on this journey.
• What led you to this book? For example:
• A friend or loved one has recommended this book
• I’ve experienced a major life event (a breakup or divorce, getting fired, etc.)
• I’m interested in self-development
• I want to learn how to manifest
• How do you feel about life right now? For example:
• I’m in a good place and want to stay in this flow state
• I’m fine, but I have noticed some selfsabotaging behaviors
• I’m in a rut—unsatisfied with some aspects of my life but overall okay
• I’m in a rock bottom and don’t know how to navigate out of it
• What do you want to get out of this book? For example:
• To identify my blocks and limiting beliefs
• To take accountability for how I show up in the world
• To find my authenticity
• To manifest my dream life
• How do you feel about starting this book? For example:
• Excited to get to work
• Intrigued but skeptical
• Not usually into this sort of thing, but why not?
How to Manifest
THE LAW OF ATTRACTION IS YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS
SELF- WORTH
As I approached my twentieth birthday, my life was, quite honestly, a mess. I was living in Los Angeles trying to make it as an actress, barely scraping by financially between waitressing and odd receptionist jobs. Whenever I wasn’t working, I was either going to auditions, attending acting class, studying books about acting, watching classic movies as research, or practicing scene study with partners from acting class. I ate, slept, lived, and breathed acting.
I felt good about the work I was putting into my fledgling acting career, and there were signs of promise. I kept coming close to landing decent roles, but after several rounds of auditions, it always fell through. I was the “come-down girl,” as they say, meaning the role came down to me and another person. But over and over, the roles kept going to the other person. I was starting to feel like a hamster on a treadmill, constantly spinning my wheels.
For my birthday that year, my mother gifted me a session with a
psychic. I explained my situation to the psychic and then, feeling desperate, asked her if I would ever make it as an actress. In response, she handed me a book: The Game of Life and How to Play It, by Florence Scovel Shinn, which was originally published in 1925. “Follow this book to a T,” she told me, “and you’ll be able to manifest everything you want.”
I suppose you could say that in a very roundabout way, she was right in the end.
I went home to my crappy studio apartment that I shared with many, many roaches and dug into that book. I was inspired, and for the next several years, I went deep down the rabbit hole of manifestation. I read every manifestation book, I made the vision boards, I did the visualizations, I repeated the affirmations, I made sure I was always thinking positively, and on and on. I became a manifestation junkie and followed every step that was laid out in those books.
There was only one problem: I wasn’t manifesting. In fact, things in my life kept getting worse. At twenty-three, three years into my manifestation journey, I went through the worst breakup of my life.
When I met this partner, he had been acting for only a few months, so I took him under my wing. I taught him everything I’d learned about the art, craft, and industry. When pilot season came around, which is when networks cast their upcoming pilots, he went on his very first TV audition and booked the role. Overnight, he became a teen heartthrob and was making fabulous amounts of money. Simultaneously, after I’d gone on seven auditions for a big movie role, the director ended up passing on me. I was the “comedown girl” once more.
My newly famous and successful partner left me and began dating someone who looked, in my opinion, like a more beautiful version of me. At the time, I was waitressing at the Laugh Factory, a famous old comedy club on Sunset Boulevard. The two of them came in together frequently, and I had to wait on them. I found it humiliating, to say the least. This was one of my most painful rock bottoms and most certainly the biggest ego heartbreak of my life. I had been working so hard at “manifesting” and was devoted to the process. But my manifestations weren’t coming, and my life was in complete shambles. How was this possible?
DO OUR THOUGHTS CREATE OUR REALITY?
It’s been said so many times and by so many different people that it’s become a bit of a cliché—“Your thoughts create your reality.” This statement is also the foundation of most of the manifestation techniques I followed during those early years. But where did this idea come from?
All the way back in the nineteenth century, Helena Blavatsky introduced what she called the Law of Attraction in her book Isis Unveiled. The Law of Attraction basically states that positive thoughts bring positive results into our lives, and negative thoughts bring negative results into our lives. Simple enough, right?
Since then, many other authors and spiritual leaders have taught their own slightly different versions of the Law of Attraction. Florence Scovel Shinn, who wrote the first manifestation book I ever read, claimed that the words we speak have their own vibrations,
with the power to shape our reality. She was also one of the first people to teach about positive affirmations.
Then, in the middle of the twentieth century, Neville Goddard developed and taught an update to the Law of Attraction, which he called the Law of Assumption. According to the Law of Assumption, what you believe (or assume) to be true will, in fact, become true. Goddard taught followers to “live in the end,” by acting as if their desires have already manifested.
Many of the more recent thought leaders on manifesting, including Wayne Dyer and Louise Hay, have been influenced to a greater or lesser degree by these early teachers. They all teach some version of the Law of Attraction and work with positive affirmations, vision boards, and other cognitive techniques to control your thoughts and words in order to manifest the life you desire.
I have nothing but respect for these leaders. The problem, though, is the very premise at the heart of what they teach. The truth is that none of those programs worked for me because we do not manifest from our conscious thoughts, from our words, or from the pictures we place on our vision boards. Wearing the clothes for the job we want won’t actually get us the job, and simply acting as if we’re already in a relationship won’t bring us the partner we’re trying to call in, either.
Positive thoughts are great, and they do have their own value. But in and of themselves, they do not bring positive things into our lives. And negative thoughts, thank goodness, do not bring about negative events, either. I believed this for a long time, and I started to live in fear of ruining my life every time I accidentally had a negative thought. This created a lot of anxiety. Life has natural ups and
downs, and it is healthy and normal for our thoughts, feelings, and emotions to also have ups and downs. No one can think positive thoughts all the time, and thinking positive thoughts has nothing to do with your ability to manifest.
OR DOES OUR SUBCONSCIOUS CREATE OUR REALITY?
After the simultaneous loss of that relationship and potential leading role, I finally started to question all of these old-school, superstitious manifestation techniques. I had to figure out a concrete way to get myself out of this hole. On my days off, I started driving down to the beach with a journal. At first, I simply started looking at the patterns in my life. As I journaled about what I was experiencing, I noticed how certain dynamics that came up in my dating life mirrored things I’d experienced in childhood. I also started noticing areas of my life where I thought I had confidence but where, deep down, if I was honest with myself, I actually suffered from low selfworth.
Day after day on the beach, I began asking myself questions, meditating, and listening for answers, both from the universe and from within my soul. In my journal, I wrote about the parts of myself that I was secretly ashamed of, the messaging I had received as a child (some of which I didn’t even remember at first), and the limiting beliefs that I’d never realized were holding me back. I started making connections between all of these things and the manifestations I had been unable to call in.
As I worked through these limiting beliefs and areas of low
self-worth, some manifestations finally did start to come through. A huge light bulb went on in my head. I realized that our conscious thoughts actually have nothing to do with our ability to manifest. It’s our subconscious beliefs— the ones we’re not even aware of— that either attract our manifestations into our lives or prevent us from connecting with them. This means that all of the vision boards, positive thoughts, and affirmations in the world won’t help us manifest if we don’t uncover and change these underlying subconscious beliefs—just like they didn’t help me.
The subconscious beliefs that hold the keys to our manifestations are all about our own self-worth. Meaning, what we believe we are worthy or unworthy of bringing into our lives. In other words, your level of subconscious self-worth around a certain subject, such as love and relationships, or money and career, is what determines your manifestations in this area.
It is actually very common to believe different things consciously and subconsciously. Your conscious thoughts may say, I deserve a raise and a promotion, while subconsciously you have a limiting belief telling you that people who earn over a certain amount of money are greedy and bad. If this is the case, then guess what? You will not be able to manifest the level of income that you desire.
The good news— and this is really good news—is that our subconscious beliefs are not fixed. We can change them. We can overwrite our limiting beliefs with beliefs of high self-worth. When we shift our subconscious beliefs, we are able to manifest anything we authentically desire. This is the neural manifestation program that I have spent years developing since those long days on the beach. This program allows you to rewire your brain and change your