There once was a queen who lived in a magical kingdom.  She was married to a perfect king.  The king and queen always treated each other with respect, love and compassion.  There was no sorrow or pain in their world.  There were no desires because everything was in abundance.  Prosperity was a natural state.  Happiness and innocence permeated the air.

One morning, as the queen was taking a walk on the edge of the grounds, she noticed a beautiful golden deer nibbling some grass in the distance.  “There are many beautiful deer in our kingdom,” she thought, “but perhaps it wouldn’t hurt to have just one more.” She called the deer over and decided to bring him home with her.

The moment the deer stepped onto the royal grounds, the sky turned dark, and the golden sheen of the deer’s coat became gnarled and gray.  Her head began spinning and she suddenly realized that she was no longer at home on her grounds.  The deer had turned into a horrid monster with ten heads. Each head demanded something of her. One head wanted drugs and it yelled and screamed at her until she brought it drugs.  Another head wanted the adrenaline it derived from horror movies and it yelled and screamed until she showed it horror films.  Another head demanded food from the finest restaurants and it yelled and screamed until it was fed.  Once each head’s desires were temporarily fulfilled, they praised the queen and thanked her for her wonderful work in pleasing the monster.  Without realizing it, the queen had now become a slave to the desires of each of the heads.

Each time the queen fed the desire of a head, the head grew bigger.  After weeks of being a slave to the monster, the queen realized how much it had grown.  As the heads grew larger, their desires grew with intensity.

After a while in this sorrowful state, the queen realized that her mind was full of the monster’s screams and threats.  She had no more thoughts of inspiration and creativity.  She was reduced to listening to the deafening shrieks of the monster.  Each head was using the queen’s mind to fulfill its desires.  Without the queen, the monster would not be able to feed its heads, for the monster did not have a mind of its own.  That is why enticing the queen was so important to the monster.  Without her mind, it would have no way of surviving.  But only the monster knew this.  The queen didn’t realize the power she had over the monster because she was so deeply consumed by the sorrow and misery of her relationship with it.  She had forgotten all about the blissful existence of her life with the king.

In effect, the king knew all of what was happening to the queen.  He had no power to force her to come home, but he did have the power to bring her home if only she chose to return.  For many years, the queen had no memory of her beloved king and their life together until one day she awoke from her sleep and remembered who she was.  She saw the unnatural world around her and the false role she was playing as a slave.  She was a queen of nobility.  Once she remembered her true state, she opened her eyes to the misery of being a slave to the monster and decided she wanted to go back home.

With this decision, the queen’s role had changed.  She was no longer a slave.  She was now an awakened player in the game of ignorance and bliss.  But the monster was too cleaver to let her go back home without a fight.  In order to be freed from sorrow, the queen had to stop feeding the monster until it completely died and was no longer the ruler of her mind.  So, she stopped bringing it drugs and horror movies and fine meals.  The monster reacted in fury and yelled and screamed louder then he ever had before.  This was certainly not pleasant for the queen to experience, but she had conviction and her intention was clear.  She was returning to her place of nobility, and nothing was going to distract her from attaining her goal.

Each time the queen starved one of the monster’s heads, she would hear fewer sorrowful voices. Slowly, she began to hear the voice of clarity that she remembered from her times with the king.  The voice of clarity assisted her in the process of eliminating the monster’s heads with tact and wit.  There were moments when after starving one head, two smaller heads were revealed behind it.  This did not discourage the queen because she knew the significance that one fewer head meant.  It meant more peace within and more will to proceed.  Once all of the monster’s heads were starved to death, the monster no longer existed. She returned home where the king and all the abundance and prosperity of the kingdom were awaiting her arrival.  She was no longer a slave to the monster’s heads.  She was free from manipulation and sorrow.  She was back in the clarity of her essence.

Mastering the Law of Manifestation is one of the most essential spiritual practices for a student on the path. Following are many principles that serve as the foundation for mastery of this important law.

1. The first part of the Law of Manifestation is that we must learn to manifest with all three of our minds – the conscious, subconscious and superconscious minds – using them in perfect harmony, balance and integration.
2. Awareness that we ARE the soul and NOT the personality is essential. If we manifest from the consciousness of personality, we will see ourselves as separate from our brothers and sisters – indeed, from creation itself. That is an illusion.
3. Do no be attached to what you are praying for or are trying to manifest, or you will end up repelling it from yourself. Make your choice for manifesting a preference, not an attachment.
4. Surrender your prayer request to God and leave it in God’s hands, accepting whatever comes your way. A very useful mantra that I use to assist me in the process of manifestation is: “In the name of God, I place … on the Alter of the Divine, and ask the Masters of Love and Light to take care of the situation in a way that benefits the Highest Good of All.” With these words, you express your preference, and then surrender to the outcome that is for the greatest good.
5. All that exists is perfection. God created us and we are perfect.
6. The thoughts and images that we hold in our mind create our reality. God’s universe is abundant and limitless. We attract either poverty or abundance, depending on the attitude we hold.
7. Have faith. After we pray, know that our prayer has been heard and that God’s laws have been invoked.
8. Everything in God’s universe is energy, and all energy is God. All we are really doing in working the Laws of Manifestation is changing or transferring energy from one form to another.
9. The Laws of Manifestation operate whether we are consciously aware of them or not. Whatever we give the subconscious, it will use.
10. Every moment of our lives, we are working the laws of manifestation, even when we are not praying, willing, visualizing or affirming. Every thought that we have in our mind as we go through our daily life as well as when we are sleeping is part of this process.
11. It is important to receive as well as to give.
12. Gratitude is of utmost importance. Be humble and thankful for the abundance that God has bestowed upon us, no matter what it is.
13. Failure is not a possibility. How can we fail with God, the soul and our personal power?
14. To have all, give all to all. We must keep our abundance in circulation. When we become selfish and stop giving, then the Universe becomes selfish and stops giving to us.
15. Words have power. Every word we speak is a decree of manifestation.
16. Positive affirmations produce positive results.
17. Love yourself through the entire process.
18. Avoid talking about what you are trying to manifest in your life. This can dissipate the energy.
19. Know that you possess all. Always!
20. Ask only for what you need.
21. Tell your subconscious mind what to do.
22. Be of service and focus your love on humanity.
23. KNOW that miracles happen…trust!
24. Be specific in your visualizations and affirmations.
25. After prayer, comes acceptance. This is essential. After praying, accept your prayer as answered. Don’t just believe that it is answered; rather, KNOW with every cell of your being that it has been answered. SO IT IS!

WE ARE GOD, AND WE ARE ONE WITH GOD. HOW CAN OUR PRAYERS NOT BE MADE MANIFEST?