For Me, Manifestation …
Manifestation, to me, is a tangible form of a person’s past hopes and desires, manifested in the future.
A manifestation is the actualization or manifestation of something previously invisible, abstract, or merely a mental image.
Throwing back to the past, I vividly remember when I was in high school. Our school held an Istighosah activity before the national exams. A speaker shared his experience of transforming his dreams and hopes as a youth through manifestation.
He said that “ anyone could do it for free, simply by writing them down on a piece of paper”. He also explained to us the wonders of his manifestos.
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From then on, I became so curious and tried to emulate what the speaker had done. I began writing down my future desires one by one, and I believe that one or two of my wishes eventually came true, even if at the time they were just fantasies or mere dreams. I feel like manifestation is like our prayers, and then the universe helps us make them come true.
One of my manifestations was that I would graduate, be accepted into college, and work in a private company. It felt like a high school student’s dream, still floating in the air, even when I didn’t know if I would graduate. Several years later, I opened the book and reread the many dreams I’d written down; some of them had even come true.
I started by wanting to go to a K-pop idol concert. Tickets were incredibly expensive, comparable to the minimum wage in Jakarta. I wanted to travel alone and buy things I’d always wanted. These desires ultimately led me to focus on my goals.
I always wrote down each of my wishes in detail and visualized what I wanted to come true in the next few years with a positive feeling. After that, I focused on my target goal.
After my wishes came true, I became even more confident that the universe, and of course, our GOD helps us and provides opportunities to make them come true. Effort and prayer are also involved. Just like in the book “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho,
If someone truly desires something, the entire universe conspires to help them realize their dream.
To this day, I still apply the concept of manifestation in my life. I believe and trust that whatever we think and work for will produce results.
