How To Manifest Abundance.

When I wrote my review of the wonderful Mavericks concert about three weeks ago, I said that I had never bought a Mavericks album previously. Well, the morning after the concert I was still buzzing from the enjoyment of it all, and I thought to myself, “I wish I had a Mavericks album that I could listen to right now”. Later that very same day I had to go over to Warminster to visit a friend. On the way home I had a few minutes to kill before the bus arrived, so I popped into the Blue Cross charity shop for a bit of a browse. Looking through the CDs for sale, lo and behold there was a copy of an album called Trampoline by The Mavericks! It almost jumped off the shelf into my hand. I had to buy it for only £1.00 as it includes many of their greatest songs including Dance The Night Away. I have been playing it ever since. I have been looking in charity shops for decades in search of books and music, but I don’t recall ever seeing a Mavericks album before. It was almost as if I had conjured it up out of thin air. I believe it is one tiny example of what is popularly known these days as manifestation. Whenever I go on youtube to listen to a talk or watch a music video these adverts keep popping up by American self-help teachers who want to tell you how you can manifest whatever you desire. It seems to be ever since lockdown that manifesting became a buzz word on the internet.

Although I don’t consciously wish for nice things to happen for me, I think there is something in it which makes me wonder. For instance, recently I gave a small donation to an appeal for humanitarian aid because of the terrible situation in Gaza. The next day on my way to the supermarket I found a £20 note lying on the pavement. I don’t think that is a mere coincidence because it has happened often before. A few years ago, I was trying on my suit to go to a funeral. I hadn’t worn this suit for about four years. In the jacket pocket I found a £20 note which I didn’t know I had or had completely forgotten about. It makes me think that generosity is rewarded. As it says in the good book, ‘god moves in mysterious ways’.

You don’t need self-help gurus to manifest abundance. All you need to do is practice gratitude, and you are instantly rich. When I am sitting out in my little garden and the sun is shining, I feel immensely grateful for what I have. It might not seem much to some people, but I know I am wealthy beyond the wildest dreams of millions of people around the world. In many ways I feel just as wealthy as Elon Musk or any other billionaire. They can only eat three meals a day, same as me, or wear one pair of pants at a time, same as me, or sleep in one bed at night, same as me. Also, I bet I have just as many true friends as Elon Musk, maybe more. I can assure you that in 100 years’ time I will be in exactly the same position as Elon Musk. If you ask people what they really want in their lives, they will say happiness, and they can have that by practicing gratitude. You can’t be unhappy and grateful. Joy goes hand in hand with gratitude. What people shouldn’t do is wish for more than they need. That is just greedy. I have noticed that greedy people are usually quite miserable, and greed creates most of the misery in the world. As those great philosophers Mick Jagger and Keith Richards once said, “You can’t always get what you want, but you might just find, you get what you need”.