Continuing in the energy of my earlier post, I have been receiving downloads and clarity on the regular. It was as if the floodgates opened, the green light came on, and the Universe went “Oh, yeah, she’s ready.”

So let’s take a collective moment to explore just how we block ourselves when it comes to manifesting, even when we already have the fundamentals down.

But first, a question:

Have you ever been in a situation where a person is kind of mentally and emotionally spiraling due to some sort of issue or problem that cropped up in their lives? And the answer to that issue is right there – you see it, you want to give it, you know it would solve the majority of their problems…

…except this person won’t shut up for even a minute in order for you to provide them with the precise thing they need?

Does it sound familiar?

It might be an emotionally charged example (especially when we have an activated nervous system in play), but in a recent visual I have received, the parallels between that scenario and the way in which we often run our lives while the Universe is just standing there and waiting to give its input are astonishing.

I’m sure we can agree that in general, there is a tendency for humans to overcomplicate things.

Whenever I perform Reiki attunements, I’m amazed by how straightforward energy is. It’s pure. It’s beautiful. It doesn’t complicate, doubt, confuse itself, or contain itself. It simply flows through me into my attunee, clearing our blockages, calming overactive areas, and stimulating the ones that need additional energy. Even though it seems to perform several tasks all at once, there is a stunning simplicity to the process.

As I have mentioned in my previous article, the moment I allowed myself to exist in such a state when it came to something I was manifesting, it also manifested with incredible speed and absolute ease.

But was I applying this same ease fully in my life?

No, sadly, I was not. And neither do many others.

Coming back to the example of the spiraling person, you might see better now how us being locked in patterns of constantly doing things pushes the Universe to the sidelines.

The doing can be through physical action, mental chatter, or both.

The bottom line is that we are so caught up in ourselves that we don’t let even a sliver of space exist for the Universe to truly insert itself into our lives.

Sometimes a word will come through here and there, but oftentimes it feels like the Universe wants to give you an entire shopping bag of groceries with all the ingredients you need for dinner, but the moment it hands you the loaf of bread, you run out to the store to purchase the rest of the stuff (and possibly not even get what you want because your local store ran out of stock) while the Universe just stands there, watching you go and do your thing even as it has everything ready and waiting for you.

We’re pretty blessed the Universe loves us, because I’m pretty sure if it were us in that position, we would’ve gotten fed up with that person’s shit sooner rather than later.

It might seem hilarious for someone to not notice the entire shopping bag, but that’s precisely what we do when we lack faith and certainty.

When we lack patience to receive one thing at a time.

Do we really think the Universe would just hand us a loaf of bread and nothing else?

No.

If we had full awareness of the situation, I’m pretty sure all of us would accept the ingredients one after the other as we started prepping dinner.

Instead of dumping it all on us, the Universe wanted to co-create.

To carry what we needed until we were ready and free to receive rather than drowning us in so many things we might have dropped them on the ground because we wouldn’t be able to juggle it all.

And that is what guided (also known as inspired) action is.

It is something that unfolds one step at a time.

So why then, when we get the first signs of our manifestations (which often come as downloads, nudges, etc.), we immediately take everything into our own hands and edge the Universe out?

Why do we think the onus is on us to make it happen? Rather than play our part in this beautiful co-creative process?

Yes, the doubt, fear, insecurities, limiting beliefs etc. are all the things that turn us away from embracing ease. But when we are aware of it, why then do we still fall in the same patterns?

What I found to very often rest at the heart of this issue is trifold:

• our attachment to the narrative of something needing to make sense
• requiring proof that something will work out (which oftentimes arises in response not so much to us doubting ourselves, but receiving doubt from others)
• and the conditioning that good things don’t just happen, we have to work for them

That’s a pretty hefty trio right there that either individually, in various pairs, or all together can slip through the cracks even when we know that we should just trust the Universe and follow the guidance.

And what it does, is it keeps us busy.

It keeps us operating in a state that feels “safe” even when it is, in fact, detrimental to us and our desires.

Because I’m a person who thrives off learning from other people’s personal examples, I’ll include my own.

I have been receiving visions for my Joy & Serenity brand since early 2021.

At the time of me writing this, that means five years. Five entire years of the Universe feeding me guidance (and me not really stepping fully into that role).

Despite the visions. Despite the intuitive downloads. Despite receiving a clear message and deep inner knowing that my purpose in this lifetime is to create a joyful and fulfilling life for myself – and share these findings with the world, so that others can elevate their lives too.

The guidance was clear.

When I exist in this state, when I embody this version of myself, I also get to live the life of my dreams.

The one time in my life I did full enter that state (which was in 2024, right when I first created the Joy & Serenity brand), everything started working out for me. I received some of my deepest desires, the manifestations that meant so much to me, without me working for them in the slightest.

I truly experienced what it felt to receive blessings. What it meant for things always working out in my favor.

In the manifestation world, we often hear that we will be rewarded for living our best lives, and that was precisely what happened to me.

But after three months or so, I stepped away from existing in that expansive state.

Why, you ask?

Because of that trinity I mentioned above, mixed into one potent drink that knocked my vibration down.

It seemed like it made no sense that I would get to live my dream life through something as simple as this, rather than actively working on everything I wanted to create. It made no sense how my dream life could come together if my focus was on this one easy thing (forgetting that sometimes, when we are truly in alignment, what we do can feel almost unfathomably easy), because it felt like my interests and dreams were so much broader and encompassed so many more areas of my life (like my books, for example).

As you can tell, I was clearly also very uncomfortable with things being easy in general and feared these months of expansion were simply some fluke…because how could I possibly get to just stay on that trajectory if I wasn’t working my butt off to get what I wanted?

And I felt, purely by my own fault, that I didn’t have enough evidence to stand behind what I’m doing – that I couldn’t really justify it.

Even though I had the proof.

I had the proof of things going so damn well for me.

But events unfolding, the impossible becoming possible, and signs popping up at every step clearly didn’t hold the same weight as the “tangible” proof of, let’s say, money in the bank account or viewer metrics on my page.

Had Joy and Serenity gone viral, I wouldn’t have questioned it, right? Had my YouTube channel taken off from the get-go, I wouldn’t feel the need to work for it because I already had the evidence to wave in everyone’s faces that following my intuition had been a success…

I wouldn’t have to defend myself against imaginary inquisitions and doubters.

And so, even though I was well on my way to actually living my vision of my dream life, I stepped out of that vibration and reverted to the version of me who worked hard to earn her manifestations.

Except by doing so, I removed myself further and further from actually being the person who lives this expansive, fulfilling life, and exists in her purpose through sharing resources that assist others in living their best, joyful, and fulfilling lives too.

Of course, the more I worked, the further away I was, and the worse I fared. The worse Joy & Serenity fared too – because I was no longer a match to the vision that had guided me to create it in the first place.

The only work that was called for in this place, was shifting my beliefs.

Not the hustle and grind.

Not me taking over the Universe’s job in the co-creation process.

So yes, as I have already said before, some things do call for some additional inner development work in order for you to receive them. But let my example also be a lesson that had I noticed early enough what was happening, it would have taken me far less work to actually eliminate the unserving beliefs that wanted to derail me.

It would have been as simple as bringing it into a breathwork session, breathing through the process, and integrating the certainty. Regulating my nervous system through somatics to embrace the ease.

Which is why I want to reiterate:

The Universe doesn’t want you to work for it, it wants you to stop being a dumbass.

I was definitely being a dumbass.

Despite all my embodied knowledge.

Despite the insanely strong inner guidance.

Despite the evidence that most definitely was there.

I’m not beating myself up over it, we’re not here to do that. And I do ask you to never give yourself a hard time either, if you ever find yourself in a position like this.

Instead, learn from the experience. Integrate the lesson.

And the next time the Universe drops by your house unexpectedly with a full bag of groceries, pause and check in with yourself so that you don’t run out the door like a headless chicken but accept the gifts in gratitude and prepare the beautiful meal you both deserve instead.

Remember:

When we receive strong guidance, we receive it for a reason.

We receive it because we are meant to follow it.

Even if it doesn’t make all the sense in the world.

Even if it seems a bit out there.

Even if it isn’t something other people can readily accept.

This is your life.

Your unique experience that no one else lives.

Trust what comes to you.

And trust in your path.

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