Those who can pull it all to them

[daem0n]

all of it can be trained, or i was just unaware of my abilities []

[Covelo]

XenXheng,

I have had very good luck with manifestation or bringing things into your life, exactly as you envisioned, and my method is really quite simple.  I just imagine or visualise or think about what it is and how it would help my current situation, or the world's, and add a lot of positive energy or good feelings of it and many, many times the exact thing will show up or happen within a few days many times.  My 'new' car is a perfect example: I only had $400 to spend and thought about a car I didn't even know was made-a 4-wheel drive '85 Honda Civic Hatchback.  I also visualised the color, interior(to match my ice box), a squeeky shock and belt(to get the price down), and around 90,000 miles on it.  You might not believe this part-- but I also was talking to my brother one day and told him that I wanted my new car to be "right over there" while pointing to a street next to a major shopping center in my area.  Guess what?... Every single thing was exactly that and I found it on the internet one day and made a call that night from a payphone that just happened to be about two blocks from it, and drove it away within an hour!

Hard for some to believe, I would think, but I find that the more details you think about the stronger the results seem to be.

Pleasant journeys...

[Moonburn33]

I got a brand new massage table for 100 dollars that way

[Chimerae]

One way to look at it is that the linear material world is sort of a microcosm of what's Real.  Real encompasses the physical and metaphysical and probably stuff beyond that . . .whatever that means.

You would not be asking the question you are asking, HERE where so many answers are available UNLESS what you want was already within your reach.  That's just the way growing consciousness works.

1.)  Is there some common thread that joins metaphysical experiences together, such as increased chakra work, kindness, meditation, anything that a seemingly normal and non-stellar personality like myself can train with to experience these same things?

"Common thread" is a good term from what I have seen.  I would say that it's a weave of the right threads in balance -- and everybody's balance points are a little different.  Still, I would call the threads Openness, Order and Capacity.  They all need to be in some kind of balance with themselves and each other.  

You're obviously Open or you wouldn't be asking this question.  You're balanced in your Openness, because you're "not sure."  That's a GOOD thing.  If you're too Open it's very easy to overrun you capacity and have what you get crash down into meaningless babble -- or fantasy.  GOOD WORK.

You're struggling with Order in your question.  Different Practicies and Teachings Order the indescribable richness offered by the etheric in a way that we can expand and grow to effectively meet what's offered to us and still cope with it.  Think about a handful of linear world things -- computer programming, music, dance -- even if they are available to you, without the skill set and some understanding of the existing systems, and some growth oriented practice, it's unlikely you will be effective in any of those.  The etheric is even more open to all of us -- and even more complex in what's offered.  

Capacity.  We're all different.  Some musicians have "perfect pitch" but no sense of rhythem.  Some programmers are great at accounting but can't do graphics.  You could be the most talented dancer in the world, but if you have not developed your muscles, your dance practice will be limited.

"What you focus on deterimines what you miss." is just a part of the way human minds work.  Your self described "normal and non stellar personality"?  We are all star stuff and the Universe is out there waiting for us.  

2.)  Or should I just chalk it up to DNA and being outta luck since my "Voice" left all those years back?

There's oceans of info in this little questions, isn't there??!??

DNA matters somewhat as it predisposes us to one set of talents over another.  

"Otta luck" -- that kind of depends on what you count as a win or loss, doesn't it?

So your Voice left did it?  Sounds to me like you have an unfilled capacity.  If you know physics at all, you know that the Universe abhors a vacuume.   So, you either have something filling in the space of your lost Voice that your (normally) prejudiced human brain isn't tracking because it's outside your expectation OR you have a space held open in yourself for something more right, more perfect for your growth than that lost voice.  One irony few people grasp is that it's not the stuff we can do but our capacity for Spaciousness and the ability to wait for the best match that does the most for us in the etheric.  

In case this sounds like I'm being coy, it's probably both.  Since you chose to put this question out on this forum, you probably have some sort of skill thats screaming to be used and developed.  AND you're doubtless hungry with some emptiness waiting to be filled.  Here's a tip -- figure out what your etheric consciousness is hungry FOR before you pull into the MacDonald's Drive Through of the etheric or load up on metaphysical Oreos, Potato Chips, and Macro-Microwave Popcorn.  Beware of transfats!!!!

3.)  Or perhaps, do all of these things have different causes?

Different causes, different effects, and multiple universes of the possible.  Your mind and your choices are your direction finders.

Good Journey,

Christina

[XenXheng]

Another question!

I've read many stories of people who speak with the dead, astral project, lucid dream, remote view, mentally place new cars over their old one to bring a new one into their life, etc...

All amazing stories, but I have had little to add to the pot for quite some time.

Is there some common thread that joins metaphysical experiences together, such as increased chakra work, kindness, meditation, anything that a seemingly normal and non-stellar personality like myself can train with to experience these same things?  Or should I just chalk it up to DNA and being outta luck since my "Voice" left all those years back?

Or perhaps, do all of these things have different causes?

Chris

[Anonymous]

I used to consider myself paranormally inept because I couldn't "add to the pot" either.  Using Robert Bruce's NEW really helped me change that.

I am currently refining my ability to direct changes to my own reality, but my techniques are rather personal to me (e.g.  I'm not clever enough to explain it to someone else).  I'm working directly with synchronicities and energy pathways through reality.

A far easier method is to use a chaos magic sigil.  Google that and you should come up with many websites that tell you how to make one, and it's very easy.  The idea is to state your desire and then form it into an incoherent symbol.  Your subconscious will recognize it and start working on your goal.  I recently got a new computer this way.  It's just another way of directing a synchronicity, but an easier way of doing it.

You can do it!  Hell if I can, I know you can, too.  Do try the NEW system if you haven't already.  Sensing and moving your own energy, as well as the energy around you, is a huge help.

[Naiad780]

Oh weird--the new system will post responses even if you aren't logged in.  Sorry, I forgot to log in --that was me replying above

kj

[sstonevenuss]

It is as simple as being very specific about your intent/desire.  I am very good at manifesting...everything i talked about as a child and since then about what I wanted in my life has all come to be to the detail.

Being specific is key. I recently had it in mind to go look for a stroller/travel system...but did not want to buy retail. I wanted to spend less that $60 for something that is around $200.  

Every time I set out to "look" for one, I looked but did not find it.

until the day I set out to "find" it. I meant to go to the same places, but the first place i stopped, there it was and for $50.

just changing one word in my intent triggered the manifestation of the desired outcome...

Before, I was still getting the desired outcome, I was asking to "look" for a stroller...so it still worked. I "looked" every time I intended to "look", and "found" when I intended to "find".

this is a simple example, but like I said, my entire state of affairs as I know it today, was a thought yesterday.

As you become accustomed to this working, you will laugh at yourself when you forget to be specific. It's almost as if the universe is playing a trick on you...be careful what you ask for, you might get it.  A.

[XenXheng]

Thanks everyone.  I am now trying EVERYBODY'S suggestions to see what works best for me!

Everybody helped me with the self-confidence issue.

I visualized the exact everything of my desire, like Covelo said, down to the smallest detail.

I'm looking inward to see what my desire truly is, and am pondering my own innate abilities and that "hole" that is there like Chimerae said.

I have constructed a Chaos Sigil and written it on my hand and in my notebook that pertains to my desire, and contemplated it through a Gnostic state, like Naiad suggested.

Like Naiad also said, I'm also learning the NEW energy system.

I'm also being super-specific and careful what I ask for as Stone Venus says.

Take that, negative feelings!  I've got you surrounded at every turn.  Time to close the trap and receive what I envision.

Thanks all,
Chris