* Living Magically *

How to Create a Vision Book

Creating a Vision Book is a ton of fun.

I love mine, created only last weekend in a hotel room of all places, and today I’m going to share with you how I made it. First of all, just in case you haven’t heard of its original source of inspiration the Vision Board, see here for more about that. You will need to understand the premise of both before you get started.

So, the Vision Book itself is where you need to start. You could either use a notebook, an art book, a scrap book a photo album or even blank pages that you holepunch and then put into a file or ring binder. My book of choice comes from here (this link takes you to the exact one I used) and these are also the same brand as the ones I give out on my Raw Coach Training. They’re tactile, sturdy, have a really quality feel to them and the pages have enough weight to be able to hold many images and not be see through (very important for me!).

My new Vision Book is square with a white cover (see picture; the scan makes it look rectangular but it's actually a perfect square). I chose this because I wanted something compact to create within and also to feel as if I had a blank canvas on the outside as well as the inside. This was because when I came to create it I was at a place where I felt that I was open to a completely new perspective on things in my life; I just needed my inner/ higher self to be able to come through and guide me as to what images I chose.

Coming to clarity and creating simplicity for moving forward were my key intentions for this particular Vision Book, and I recommend you get clear on yours before you start as they will inform everything...

The Gratitude Journal

As promised ~

A Gratitude Journal is a wonderful thing.

I actually wrote a post about what one is many moons ago on my Living in the Raw blog, so rather than repeat myself, I'm going to link you through to it here.

However for the purpose of being current and up-to-date as it has been AGES since I last made a list, here is my list for right now...

(NB: Don't read the list until you've read the original post!)

How I Manifested My Home(s)

This technique is as relevant for anything that you want to manifest as it is for manifesting a home, but this is what I'm discussing today. As I mentioned in my last post, the following sharing describes how I manifested my new home, my existing home and the one before that. The one prior to that I was too young to believe in these things (24/25 years old) but I certainly manifested what I wanted wonderfully with pure desire and a journal entry, moving from a friend's tiny 2-bedroom flat to a 2-bedroom city centre home overlooking Ely cathedral - and all for only £20 ($40 US) per month more! That really taught me a thing or two about the power of focus and desire.

Anyway, here is the magical recipe - it's not complicated and it works:

1) List out on paper or elsewhere all the things that you want your new home to have - no holds barred

Conditions attached:

- You have to really want it

- You have to know why you want it so your desire is stronger and clearer

- You have to be genuinely ready and open to receive it

- You have to stay focused on what you want and don't look at anything that doesn't match the criteria you've set

- You have to believe that it will be yours - no doubts, worries, guilt or any other negative emotion surrounding it

2) Start searching online and keeping your eyes open. Believe that the right property is coming to you and you will see it shortly. Do not waste energy looking at homes that aren't what you asked for (or the Universe gets very confused indeed as you are putting out mixed messages)

3) When you find it take immediate and powerful action. Claim it! Desire it! Own it! Sometimes you may be challenged to do something extra-ordinary to make it yours - like wait a while, or have some other obstacle thrown in your way. I have come to interpret this as being like a test: Do you REALLY want it? Are you prepared to go after it/ wait for it/ fight for it? I had to do this for my new home. When I heard that I might not get it my feelings told me that that wasn't an option! I took action and secured it and the rest has flowed beautifully.

What's up when this doesn't happen?

Sometimes people can follow these steps and it doesn't happen. It's a bit like when people say to me "I tried raw food but I didn't gain the energy that everyone raves about".

To be honest, usually both of these things are usually signs that something is out of balance. You might be trying to think you feel a certain way rather than actually feeling it. With raw foods sometimes people can be so focused on the food and analysing everything they are eating or doing that they never get to just be with the food and experience it and therefore learn what suits them personally. It might not be what they expect. In both cases it's simply a lack of flow and of acknowledging what is. When we step back into flow then and only then can we see that what we thought was true was actually not. And that was why the path was blocked to us. It wasn't the right path, we just thought it was, but our heart was not quite so convinced.

I hope this is useful : )