Instant Manifestation: Where Has it Gone?

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by Freya Ray

Instant manifestation. It's a nice thing, right? You think of something you want, you ask for it in ritual or wish for it with one-pointed intent, and it shows up! Boom, there's the house you needed to live in, or a new love interest who's at least superficially suitable or a job. You ask; it shows up.

Do you remember a few years ago, when it seemed all you had to do was carelessly think hard about something and it appeared five minutes later? Life had been speeding up mercilessly. Events were coming quicker; it was increasingly difficult to keep one's balance through the whirlwind of change. Yet, despite this discomfort, there was the comforting sensation that if you wanted or needed something badly enough and could clear your own issues out of the way for five minutes, you could bring a desired outcome to pass.

Of course, this speedy service had its downside. Many times, the letter of the request was met, while the spirit was sadly lacking. Some times, this was clearly intentional and done with enormously audible chuckles from the deities. I had a friend who was using an abundance affirmation for months -- "I am surrounded by wealth." She looked up one day from her crap-paying nanny job, and realized that she was, in fact, surrounded by wealth. Other people's wealth. Ha, ha!

One time, I put together a whole list of qualities I desired in my next partner. One of them was "he's a great father." Hoping to have a family at some point, it seemed prudent to ask for good parenting skills. The next man I fell head over heels in love with had two teenaged children and a vasectomy. He was, indisputably, a great father to them. Aren't They funny?

Anyway, despite these teensy little glitches, we still got quick responses. Ask, receive. Ask, receive. It seemed to be a natural rhythm. I for one got quite used to it.

If you happen to be somebody who never really felt like anything they wanted showed up, no matter how they begged or invoked, I'm sorry. But perhaps you'll find the next part of this article comforting: Mostly it doesn't happen anymore.

Things changed after 9/11. There was a global shift in energy, which we're all still sorting out. Many people woke up, many people fell apart, systems that had been working fine on a wish and a prayer realized the emperor had no clothes and stopped functioning at all. That cessation in function resulted in people losing jobs, loved ones, reliable income if self-employed, faith, relationships, sobriety and so on. Many things have gone blooey, to use some highly technical language.

At the same time, a door opened onto the possibility of tremendous positive change. People are reaching for more, working together in ways they hadn't envisioned before those planes flew into our collective psyche. Spiritually, things are evolving. Not in the slow, steady way evolution used to function, the way we remember in our genetic and past-life inheritances. Not in the accelerating way we remember from the years leading up to the millennium. Now, the evolution is happening in a disjointed, uncomfortable way, where humanity is being asked to take one really, really big step up.

All at once.

No elevator available for those who are evolutionarily impaired.

No escalator available for those who like their change gradual.

As a result, there's a lot of flopping around. People who haven't managed to heave themselves up to the next level of their evolutionary process are feeling stranded, abandoned. Life is bearing down on them with increasing pressure to change. They're being beset by small and large demons, urging them to do something different. It can be incredibly difficult to work out what that different thing is, however, especially when it's a change in consciousness that's required.

Other people are trying for that next level; they're lunging at it and keep slipping back down or dangling half on, half off. They're enormously uncomfortable. They beat themselves up when they fail to rise to circumstances and "stay positive," and they feel very uncomfortable with the new terrain when they're on the up side.

Which is pretty much how the "lucky" few who are on top of the step feel, all the time. Weird. Out of place. Not used to things at all. Unsure about what's expected. Many of these people are more psychically aware than those floundering below, and that has its own down sides. They know about things that are coming before it's time for them to happen. This makes them feel like failures for not manifesting what they see, or frustrated by the delay, or doubt themselves because they just can't make it so.

Anyway, things are a bit of a mess. You can talk to anyone who's been laid off, and they'll tell you so. But you can also check in with people who used to have thriving businesses that are now limping along. You can hear from people who have never been late with the rent in their lives and now duck their landlords. You can ask people who used to have great success in relationships and are now exploring the finer points of Internet dating and celibacy.

I have a point here, really. The thing I want to share with you is that, if you're experiencing this, your inability to manifest things instantaneously is not an isolated problem with you. It's happening to many people.

The reason for this is that too many things are going on at once. Believe it or not, divinity can actually get overloaded. The guides and spirits have a limited amount of power. It seems infinite compared to ours, but it's not. Since 9/11, it's like the universal call center has only been taking 911 calls. From the people I talk to and work with, I continue to see that our essential needs are taken care of. Most of the time it's just in the nick of time, when you've already mailed the check and didn't know how you are going to cover it. But it happens. Somehow, you get what you need before everything falls apart completely.

Optional stuff seems astonishingly difficult. I used to have the feeling that I needed to be careful what I asked for, because it would show right up. Not now.

(Lest we feel neglected, there does still seem to be an entire separate divine operation exclusively dedicated to lightning-fast response to "nevers." No decrease has occurred in the likelihood of being immediately slapped in the face with a dead carp right after telling the Universe, "I'll never..." Yeah, right. Sure you won't. Just this week, I carelessly thanked the gods that I never had cause to venture into West Seattle. As I drove past it on Highway 99, I reflected it was an entire section of Seattle that I didn't need to learn the geography of or participate with in any way. The very next day, I accepted an invitation to a party at a new friend's house in, you guessed it, West Seattle. Remain cautious about the "N" word. They aren't slacking on that front, not one little bit.)

But for the most part, now I have the feeling that I had better not need anything in a hurry, because I might or might not get it. Through comparing notes with others and talking to the little voices in my head, I've come to the conclusion that I'm not alone in this.

The guides or deities or gods and goddesses are in the weeds. Too much free will is operating. It used to be that most people were fairly predictable, which made the job of orchestrating things relatively simple. Now, incredible numbers of people are doing really random things, from career changes to moving on impulse to entering or leaving relationships unexpectedly. The guides can't plan so far ahead. They can't pull as many strings, because they get tangled way too quickly.

What is one to do, then? Despair?

Nah. The basic message from above at this time is, "Do as much of the work yourself as possible, and we'll do what we can up here." They're asking us to pitch in. If you wish to buy a house, five years ago you'd follow this procedure:

1. Cast circle, burn candle, invoke house.

2. Talk to someone in the grocery store who tells you about the perfect house.

3. Go see the house -- it's perfect.

4. Tell your gods you need $20,000 right now for the down payment.

5. Check your mailbox -- there it is!

6. Throw a moving party, where 18 close friends help you move your stuff.

Now, unfortunately for those of us who are lazy sods, the procedure looks more like this:

1. Cast circle, burn candle, invoke house.

2. Go look at a lot of houses. They all suck.

3. Save money, slowly and tediously.

4. Save more money.

5. Get a down payment together.

6. Find the right house. Hooray!

Don't be frustrated if it seems things aren't happening as quickly as they used to. Don't feel you've been abandoned by your team, or you're off your path. Understand that the network is overloaded, and do your part by, well, doing your part. Handle as much of your life as you can for the next few years, and save your requests of the gods for the really important stuff.

Whatever that is to you.

Blessings!

Freya Ray is a professional psychic, shaman, writer and teacher. She can be reached for comment or for psychic readings by phone at (206) 276-4290 or freya_ray@yahoo.com. For full information on her practice and a writings archive, check out www.freyaray.com