sorry. no manifesting techniques

[00:02] So, it's 1:00 a.m. and I'm laying in bed — which is actually the perfect time to record all this. A very straightforward topic, honestly, but I think throughout this exciting adventure that we call life — often it's easy to get distracted. And that's a great thing, actually, because life's meant to be fun, enjoyable.

[00:41] And because of that, it has to be interesting and unexpected, right? Like, did you know that the reason a joke is so exciting and fun is because it's unexpected? 'Cause where else is the humor if it's expected, right? Where else is the joy and fun of everything if you can see everything coming at you?

[01:10] But anyhow, the reason I brought that up is because when a lot of us — me especially — started this manifesting thing, we would often kind of feel like it's some mystical, mysterious topic or technique. Like it's a realm of spells and magic.

[01:36] But as I learned and followed this stuff — as I explored and tested — I realized that all of the mystery and all of the magic lies in this paradox of this bland plainness. Like everything you ever wanted, all these wonderful things, they always come to pass. Always.

[02:20] And it's not like, oh, if I want it right now then I will close my eyes and suddenly they're here. No, it's more so: whatever I believe, whatever I am, and whatever I'm intending towards, I experience it in the exact same way that it formed in my own mind.

[02:50] And over time, I realized there's no sense of mystery. There's no clear boundary or division that separates our internal mind, our internal reality and perspective and view of the world, compared to what's actually out there and what we call the physical world.

[03:09] I mean, it's easy to separate these two processes, right? These two realms. You know, on one page there are things that seem to happen to us. There's sensation that seems to arrive onto us. But inside, we seem to draw it separately as if it's some secret, some internal process that is clearly distant from everything that's going on around us.

[03:47] Like maybe when you were young, you would have some type of conversation with your friend or maybe some type of argument with someone else. But inside you would keep talking and wondering and think all these things — bouncing back and forth between ideas or arguments and everything. But then outside you would try to maintain some sort of composure and carry on yourself as a normal person.

[04:23] But what if there is no sense of a separation? Because you hear it everywhere. You hear people saying you are one. There's no boundary. There's no division, right? And I think it helps to realize that perhaps the thoughts and voices that go on in your mind are maybe also as physical as we believed it to be.

[05:10] That maybe we're not generating these thoughts and voices that we hear internally. But more so we're hearing a certain frequency of sound, a certain wavelength of sound, that is out there. And to us, only we can hear it. Only we can perceive and hear these thoughts as they come to us. And because we are the only one that seem to be hearing it, we feel as though it's as if it's arising internally.

[05:44] And that's actually a half-truth. It's interesting because we can also start to think about the physical world in the same manner, or on the flip side, right? The physical world — is it really something that happens onto us? Do we really walk out there and we feel the grass, we feel the air and the wind? We smell the sensation and everything.

[06:12] Do these things come onto us? Does the grass touch us? Or do we touch the grass? Do these sensations come onto us? Or do we project the sensation of all these things as it happens? And throughout all this journey that I've navigated, I came to realize that it's both — because what we are or what we claim to feel and be internally is also the same external confirmation that we get.

[07:15] An external confirmation that the physical world, as you were saying, is our own way of looking at ourself and realizing who we are. Like for example, imagine there was nothing at all. There was an abyss. Maybe like this big void of black space — or if it feels way better to imagine the big void of just whiteness, right? Just light. Everything is white.

[07:49] There's no planets, no stars, no atoms, no matter, no sensations, no spirits. But you do exist and you are still existing there. How would you know yourself? How would you know where you begin and you end?

[08:16] And we can keep talking about this topic of observer and the observed — and how one is needed for the other and both are equally important. But the whole point is: everything here serves to be our own sense of contemplation. Meaning everything here works for us in order for us to realize who we feel ourselves to be and enjoy being. Sure, sometimes difficulty arises and sometimes things do feel a little bit complex and frustrating. But if you see it all as creation — this whole process, this whole life thing — then you'll realize we're just being frustrated with who we believe ourselves to be.

[09:26] And so now it kind of brings it all together: are there really any techniques? Are there really any things to do? Do we really have to say certain things and say it a certain amount of times? 'Cause at the end of the day, we're not only convincing or trying to regurgitate things until we cram down a certain belief. Because you don't even have to believe.

[10:02] It's before all that. It's before belief. It's before faith. And it's before trying to ponder what to kind of put ourself into. It's about us. It's not about how we're acting, thinking, and breathing, and being. No, it's deeper.

[10:28] Because I feel like when people talk about being, they're not precisely communicating what that word means. Because being is something that's natural. It's something that's ingrained. It's a normal expected response. It's like the oxygen expecting to be there when we inhale. And then a sensation of relaxation when we exhale. It is the sun being light, heat, warmth. It is like the rain being relief. It's a deeper engraved sensation.

[11:30] And I think the misconception people have is that they believe there's some type of difficulty to get there — that there's some type of challenge and journey, some series of steps and trials for you to properly be the things you want. And yes, I agree — these techniques do help. If you repeat things to yourself, if you practice certain lines of thoughts, and if you kind of imagine and feel certain sensations that you wish to be at, then it would definitely help.

[12:19] But it's this deeper question of: must I really over-exert myself? Do I need to exert anything at all to live the life I want? And I think the answer is no — because everything is complete. Everything came fully packaged, existing in completion and perfection. And I know it's hard to swallow, but you are perfect.

[12:56] You are a perfect existence. And you are so perfect that you're able to give yourself this illusion of things to do, things to struggle for, and stuff you must reclaim for yourself. Well, that's all. I think that's all I have to say. And good night, everyone.