Anna Draper  0:00  

are things I want to attract pure energy, good intentions and good omens, I am love. I am pure, I am powerful. I want strong intuition. I want strength. I want love to guide me and for the universe to show me the way.

Lola Draper  0:20  

That was Anna Draper giving us a listen into her daily affirmations. Many people believe in the power of manifestation, believing that if they focus hard enough and have positive thoughts, they can create any outcome they desire. In psychology, manifestation generally means using our thoughts, feelings and beliefs to bring something into our physical reality. And just like manifestations, I thought we can go from the beginning to fruition. To get a better idea of what manifestation is and how one goes about it. I spoke to Anna Draper and Dakota Bastiaan to people who are well versed in the act of manifesting, but each in their own ways.

Anna Draper  1:04  

I for one love manifesting and I love speaking to the universe. I will be very straightforward and transparent. I am agnostic. So I believe in something not a specific god. I don't have I'm not a religious person at all. But I would say that I'm very spiritual. And I have performed activities that kind of like, allow me to tune into me very introspective experiences. And I've just I, I would say that I'm agnostic, because I believe in the universe. I believe. In speaking to the universe, I believe in asking for things good karma, bad karma balance yin and yang. I believe in manifestation because I've seen it happen in real life. I've seen my friends manifest things, I've seen my family manifest things for themselves. And I just feel like speaking to the universe, and being clear about what you want in your life and who you are, and just really reflecting on how you're treating other people and, and how you're treating yourself. Most importantly, I think that the universe has a lot to do with like who I am. And I love speaking things into existence. And I believe that everything happens for a reason and that the universe has my back.

Dakota Bastion  2:30  

The word itself just means something that is clear, physically, or metaphysically. Like spiritually, and the word is used in so many fields that aren't necessarily spiritual, like in psychology, or philosophy, or even medicine. Everyone you ask will answer differently with a variety of opinions. Law of Attraction is just a different way of saying you get what you put out. I think it's a way for you to get to know yourself better by getting specific on what you really want for your future. And then taking steps in that direction. I think there's no specific rulebook. Everyone works differently. But if you're at a point where you're interested in manifesting, you're already halfway there. It doesn't have to be incredibly metaphysical or spiritual, like many believe. And people actually do it every day without even realizing. Like, I remember my parents listening to like CDs in the car, buy like self help books. Like that type of thing. And I thought it was so dumb. But as I got older, I realized, like, it's your mentality. That's it. Essentially, it's making yourself excited for the day instead of dreading it.

Lola Draper  3:56  

The power of manifestation speaking to the universe, and using the Law of Attraction is seemingly based on the connections between soul, universe, body and mind. It comes from one's curiosity and is based on the energy that one exerts. I wanted to find out a little bit more about Anna's curiosity and how she got into manifesting.

Anna Draper  4:20  

I would say I started to get into manifestation more when I heard about it on social media. But I think that at a very young age, my mom open that doorway for us. She used to take me and my sisters to her yoga classes. She was a yoga instructor. So we're always taught to be mindful. We grew up in a very real loving household. So we're always very open with our emotions and what we wanted and I would say I think in high school, my mom sent like, told me to read a book called The Secret. And that book is all about the law of attraction. So I would say that that was really influenced me and like sent me over the edge where I was just like, Okay, this is something I can be curious about and learn more about. And so the law of attraction basically, is what that book is about. And it's basically, when you speak things out into existence or write things down journal, tell yourself out loud in the mirror, maybe every morning, just remind yourself, like what you want in your life, and what kind of energy you want to put out and attract. Basically, if you say positive things and, and talk about your health and your love, like in a good light, then you're basically going to attract that energy back to you. So and also goes with the way you treat people. If you treat people with love and respect, then you're going to attract people that treat you the same way. So that's kind of what I learned. That was my biggest takeaway from the secret. And since then, I've always been mindful about and like conscious about my thoughts, my thought process, always trying to look at things in a positive light, and sort of doing some manifestations in the written form. And like just talking to myself out loud. And I would say I do it pretty often, like even more. So. I'm not even aware that I'm doing it. But just because I've been brought up kind of to think that way. I would say that manifesting. And manifestation in general is a very important part of my life right now. And I think it always will be

Lola Draper  6:39  

you talk of these real life manifestations, could you invite us into one of these experiences, and give us a look at how you approach it.

Anna Draper  6:50  

Um, off the top of my head, I have a very recent experience with real life manifestations. And then, like really just coming to light and the universe showing me the way actually shocked me how much this manifestation worked. But basically, what happened was me and my girlfriend's here at school, it was a full moon on 1111 22. So there were Angel numbers involved. And we decided to get together and do a little moon ritual, which consisted of us writing down on a piece of paper, things that we kind of want to get rid of in our lives and leave in the past. And we would write these things down and then go outside, and we all burn them together, kind of in the light of the moon. And that was a really cool experience. And when my friend Jordan had proposed that we do that I said, we need to balance out the energy because I'm all about getting rid of things in the past and like moving on. But I feel like we have to have a plan for the future, we have to attract the good things that we want in our life and just be conscious of how we're attracting things into our life as well. And so in order to like balance out the energy, we made a list of things we wanted to manifest for the future. One of the things that I wanted to leave in the past, I said I wanted to release negative energy, I wanted to release the way other people make me question my own intuition, I want to release the trust issues that are blocking my heart and how I love I want to release any sort of energy that is blocking my blessings. So I started off with that, burn that. And then to balance out the energy I made of things I wanted to attract and manifest for myself in the future. And these things were like, pure energy, good intentions, good omens, etc. And with this, we got a glass of water, put it on the windowsill so that the water was positively charged with the moon's energy, put our little note under it, and then had the note kind of absorb the full moon that night, like the energy. And the way that this manifests itself was very interesting to me, honestly shocked me but in light of things now. Everything happens for a reason. So I want to say it was 1122 22. So 11 days later, very soon after this moon ritual, my boyfriend or my ex boyfriend, and I broke up and it wasn't by chance. I don't think we had broken up multiple times before. I really genuinely believe it was because of me asking the universe on this moon ritual to read my my life of anything negative. That's like impacting my confidence, my intuition and I think the universe answer me I think the moon had a lot to do with that. The last manifestation I wrote, even if it said I want love to guide me and for the universe is showing me the way. So I feel like this firsthand experience that happened literally last month is just a perfect example of like, how things and thoughts manifest themselves, and how you can go about it like everyone has free will to react or not react or act on things. It's a learning experience more importantly.

Lola Draper  10:33  

Now, let's take a look at how Dakota manifests.

Dakota Bastion  10:39  

I like to explore and not necessarily stick to one way Polanco manifesting. My current favorite, at least, is just sitting down with a notebook that specifically only has these goals. And they can be so broad, they can start off something like so easy, and you just slowly get more specific. And I list 10 to 15 things I see myself being or experiencing, and getting more specific every time I have a chance to sit down and write them again. And I normally do this about once every few weeks, maybe once a month. It's just it's something that it helps calm me. And it reminds me of what of myself and what my goals are. practicing gratitude is incredibly important in my practice as well. You'll slowly realize that some things you were trying to manifest a few months ago you now have, and consistent displays of gratitude help you realize, every time I write my goals and what I want to see in my life, I'll write 10 to 15 things I'm grateful for, like my health and support system and a roof over my head. Affirmations are really nice and quick. I like to take my time on manifestations and use affirmations as a reassurance there's just something nice to remind yourself before something may be nerve wracking. Just tell yourself in the mirror or if you feel anxious about something, it's just nice to remind yourself makes things simple. I'm not thinking so hard about every little thing and topic. I'm just go in there being as kind and loving with positive energy and it becomes a lot easier.

Lola Draper  12:32  

Manifestations come in all shapes, sizes and approaches specific to the person doing the manifesting and like Dakota said, if you're already interested and thinking about manifesting, you're already halfway there. To round off this podcast I asked people of all different ages and backgrounds, some of their recent manifestations to speak into the universe and hopes of the universe listening. Following It's a compilation of these manifestations, thank you for listening