How to manifest and examples of manifestation are all around us. Literal effortless examples of how we actively manifest every single day is among us. You just need to pay attention and tap in. For instance, I think we have all heard of the saying that the universe is like scrolling on social media, but usually, nobody breaks it down so that you have a visual and mental understanding of how the two are the same. They simply say that your social media algorithm shows you what you are interested in, and so will the universe. But what if you don't know what that means or you don't have an understanding of how the algorithm works? If you are like me, I need examples to connect the dots! First, I needed to understand how the algorithm works. Now, I am more of a YouTube and TikTok social media kind of woman, so let's use TikTok as an example since it is more widely used between the two, and this is the platform where my "aha" moment took place.
One day, I was scrolling through the site, as I normally do, and noticed that I was getting videos that are not normally my cup of tea. I had no idea of what was going on. Soon my fyp ("For You" page) was filled with a lot of content that I didn't like to regularly consume, and very little of the type of content that I normally enjoyed. I realized that somewhere along the way, I was viewing videos out of curiosity and less so out of personal interest. For example, I saw one video of a woman who was telling a story about how she caught her husband cheating. I don't like or comment, but I watch the entire video out of curiosity/nosiness. Lol Then, I see another video of someone being racist towards another individual. Again, I watch to see what happens, and then I may look in the comments to see how others view the situation. Later, I may watch a video where a man is getting a weave due to balding and it looks like his natural hair. So I like the video because I think it's good that men have options and the barber stylist did a great job. Now lastly, before I head to bed, I watch a video of someone getting a pedicure or a pimple popping video...don't y'all dare judge me, and because normally people cut the video before showing the results, I like the video and comment, that was a good one! Now, if I did this over a few days with various types of videos that aren't normally my everyday type of viewing, eventually the algorithm is going to be like, hmmm, she's changed her interest. I noticed that she watched most of that video so let me give her more of those and she commented and/or liked these videos, so let me give her more of those. Because, you know, the algorithm just wants you to be happy by giving you more of what it thinks you are interested in. Now you may ask, what about the content that you do like to view? They are in the mix too, however, if I am engaging more with other content, the percentage of the videos I prefer to view will decrease and the type of videos I am fully engaging in will increase. See, the algorithm doesn't judge nor does it try to convince you to watch more of what you used to watch. It will simply note that this is what you are giving your attention to, and therefore it feels like you want to engage with more of this content. Now I have a feed filled with man weaves, pimple popping, pedicures, and women telling stories of how they caught someone cheating and I'm left wondering how the hell did this happen? I may think that I wanted to see positive, and enlightening content but my actions said differently. If you are intentional with your social media, you can build your fyp to your liking by making sure to watch, like, and comment on only the things you want to see more of. It can be for good or bad, the algorithm doesn't judge. This is how political situations can lead to two parties with opposing views against one another. One person can get a lot of information that supports their viewpoint, and another person with an entirely different viewpoint can get information that supports theirs simply because they are both engaging with content that only supports their way of thinking.
As it is with the algorithm, so it is with the Spirit world/Universe. You have to be mindful of what you actively engage with, in thought, action, and spirit. What is your inner dialogue like, what do you spend your mental energy thinking about, what do you physically spend your time on? Are constantly beating yourself up and having a negative internal dialogue, or you're always worrying about something? Do you fix one thing and then move on to the next thing to worry about? Are you physically spending your time sitting on the couch watching TV, don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with watching TV, but if that is all that you do, know that is all that you will get. You will find your life filled with more things to worry about, and more time spent doing nothing which eventually warps into more negative inner dialogue. Just like your social media, you have to be intentional with what you want more of. And I know, I know, the world has changed so much that it has been overwhelmingly exhausting, but this is the main reason why you have to purposefully set out to do more of what you really want. It can't just be a general thought or wish, it has to be an intentional action that is done little by little and over time. The same way you would start clicking on only positive content and scroll past negative content or content that just doesn't align with what you want to engage with is the same way you have to do in life. I think the hardest thing is sometimes the simplest thing. It is simple to say, just do it, however, it is hard when you are fighting against a personal algorithm that is used to operating in a certain manner. This is why you should give yourself grace. Grace to figure it out, grace to discover what you really want, grace to try it out and grace to decide that what you thought you wanted isn't actually what you want. Hell, grace to make mistakes, change your mind, start over, and start over until you feel aligned with what you want. It takes time, you didn't get this way out of the blue. So be gentle with yourself and one day you will build your life just like your algorithm, brick by brick, and it will align with the greatest parts of who you are. Happy manifesting!
Love you lots! -Sacred
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