-- Adyashanti
Manifestation is a power that we all have within us. In India it would be called a siddhi, a type of power that comes through certain yogic practices. Siddhis are never the goal of a true spiritual path; they are at most an amusing side effect. But siddhis are very seductive to the ego. They can fool the spiritual aspirant into believing that their mere appearance denotes progress. Psychic progress, possibly, spiritual progress, not at all. In fact, there's no such thing as spiritual progress, only spiritual realization.
Books like The Secret attempt to recast manifestation in a spiritual light. Adyashanti asks: What's the difference between working really hard to earn alot of money to buy a bunch of things that won't bring you true happiness and manifesting a bunch of things that won't bring you true happiness? Nothing really. Both approaches lack insight and are desperate attempts by the ego to preserve its supposed-separateness and bogus power.
Better to let the Universe do the manifesting -- that's It's job, not yours. Yours is to return to the One, to see/experience the unity of it all, and to treat each and every person as the unique manifestation of God that they truly are. That, my friend, is a full time job. You really don't have anytime to pursue the "hobby" of manifestation.
Simply let the Universe be. Let it produce what it produces. Gratefully accept what is given and share. What could be easier? It's definitely a helluva lot easier than chasing after more stuff, whether through hard work or personal manifestation. Stuff is useful, that's all. It's not the conveyer of real happiness. Let is come, let it go. Detachment, not manifestation, is the true sign of realization.
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