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knew that I actually didn’t know what kind of partner would serve my highest good, but I trusted that the power I was asking probably did. Now here’s the interesting thing: the
person the universe manifested for me was also transgender (he didn’t keep it a secret from me though – I knew from the start). And when he decided to transition his gender, I supported him much like my friend supported her husband’s transition. On the surface our stories looked quite similar. The main difference is this: I have no
MAKE A WISH Think of it from the perspective of the genie in the bottle. That’s sometimes how we view the universe when we try to manifest in this way, isn’t it? As the granter of wishes. Not to belittle my friend’s experience…but doesn’t it remind you just a little bit of a genie in the bottle joke? Like this one:
A married couple in their 60s find a genie in a bottle who grants them both a wish. "I want to travel around the world with my darling husband", says the wife. And Shazam!…suddenly 2 tickets for a luxury cruise magically appear in her hand! Her husband then says, "Sorry love, my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me..." And Shazam!…suddenly the husband becomes 92.
Let’s assume for a minute that you are an all-seeing, all-knowing, higher power that definitely has the ability to grant wishes. Yet, as that higher power, you also know that the real purpose of this realm is more like a classroom where the beings in it get the chance to advance and grow spiritually; to participate in lessons that will allow a dawning of true wisdom and inner freedom. Then, some student comes along with limited knowledge, vision, or insight into
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what’s really going on here and tries to tell you how to do your job. The student tries to tell you that they know EXACTLY what they need, and in fact they have it all written down on this handy little list. Could you just grant them their wish-list please? If you were that higher power, might
you compassionately grant those wishes (exactly and to the letter) in a way that shows them, yes, they CAN ask for whatever they want…but at the same time teaches them that they don’t necessarily know exactly what it is that really serves their highest good? Might you want them to learn to
TRUST you just a little? To learn how to surrender and be guided to their highest good? To realise that it might not look like what they expect? Hmmm. Food for thought, isn’t it?
A DIFFERENT STORY So what is the other manifestation story I want to tell? It’s my own. Many years ago I also asked the
universe to find me my ideal husband. Only I didn’t use a list. I wanted the universe to manifest my ‘ideal’ spiritual match: a husband that would serve my highest good and spiritual growth, and for whose highest good and growth I could be of service as well. No long list of criteria. That was my only request. I
regrets. And I don’t carry a deep gaping hole of grief about it. I don’t wish it had turned out differently. The journey we went on together as a couple was spiritually and emotionally challenging, for sure. AND it was unquestionably the best thing I could have experienced for my own growth. I’m a better person for it. We’re not together as a couple any
more but my former husband, now she, is still my best friend. We have a daughter together, we co-parent, we have a business together and we still navigate life together in so many ways. We’re on each other’s team. I wouldn’t change a thing. She actually
was my ‘ideal’ husband. It wasn’t anything like what I expected when I asked for that, but I did get exactly what I asked for. He (she) was perfect for me. And perhaps what my friend got was
perfect for her spiritual growth too. At the very least it taught her the trap of manifestation lists. n
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Julie Ann Cairns is the author of the top selling Hay House book The Abundance Code: How to Bust the 7 Money Myths for a Rich Life Now,
and the director and producer of the documentary of the same name, The Abundance Code. Julie Ann’s life mission is to empower people to live an abundant life free from false beliefs, to make a shift to the abundance mindset and seek joint solutions to the most pressing challenges facing our planet.
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