The Butterfly Experiment

I’m on day 1 of an interesting experiment that I have not done exactly right and have already seen the desired result.  The experiment is about manifestation and personal transformation.

The process utilizes the spiritual laws of attraction.  This is about the idea that what you focus on expands or comes to you.  This means that if you focus on gratitude for that which you already have, it should expand.  Unfortunately, it also means that if you focus on something you’re unhappy about, that too will expand.

One of the “tricks” of manifestation is that if you are hoping for more of something like money, you can’t curse the lack of it in your life at the same time that you desire more.  So, in the spirit of fun and spiritual adventure, I decided to try this experiment in manifestation and the laws of attraction.  The premise is that by focusing on something tangible and simple like butterflies, you should be able to bring them into your life in some form, even if it’s a mention in a song or an image on a card.

So day 1 of the experiment called for 5-15 minutes of meditation (I did about 1 minute) and 17 seconds of visualizing butterflies (although I didn’t time it, I believe I managed this).  I planned on doing more of the meditation tonight.  Motherhood beckoned and I had a mom’s group at my Unitarian church to get to.  At the mom’s group, the preschool coordinator was asked to describe what the preschool kids would be doing today.  She held up a butterfly made with tissues and a clothespin (gasp!) and proceeded to describe how the kids would be making this butterfly craft.

I thought of what a psychic had told me years ago when I was a single mom to a boy – that I was an old soul, had the gift of manifestation which I should explore, and that he saw a girl in my future.  Now that I have a 2 year-old daughter, I wondered if the butterfly craft was affirming his manifestation reading about me.  It’s too soon to tell, but I am intrigued and will continue with the experiment to see if I manifest more butterflies and then perhaps to other agendas (like that million dollars, which my husband fully supports trying to manifest).

 

Source:  The Butterfly Experiment