If you scroll through social media every now and then, likely you will eventually come across an ad or article about “How to Manifest _______ “(fill in blank with your deepest desire). To do it, you will be instructed that you must purchase the product to learn how to use crystals or oils or receive a special blessing or anointment or so on – in order to manifest your dream. 

I cannot tell you just how crazy these things make me! Not that there is anyone wrong with any of these enhancers, but because they are not, as implied, required.  

I get it though, when searching for an answer to a huge problem or praying for a big outcome, we want all the help we can get, and we sometimes get sucked in to thinking we need more. I have so been there, so I totally get it, but now I know better. 

The truth is – we have all we need right here and now. Whatever it is we think we need – a person, a car, health, money, happiness, purpose – it all starts inside. 

You want to know how to manifest? It starts with your spiritual connection. 

It really is that simple. YOU are all you need. 

In this episode you will learn: 

• The true value of crystals, oils, herbs etc in a daily routine 
• When another person can help us  
• What to do and how to assess all these products to help you in love, money, career, health… 
• The secrets of manifestation. 
• Placebos
• Spell casting
• Where to turn for the answers 

 I really hope to connect with you personally so please send me a message here or join me in my Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/connectednesswithrevkaren. And in the meantime, enjoy the show! 

episode 5

So welcome to the show. I'm your host, Reverend Care in Cleveland.

today, I'm going to talk a little bit about all these ads that I see. Products and services that you must buy. This product in order to manifest you must buy this manifestation kit. I must sell you these amplification, crystals or manifestation pens in order to get the life you want.

All over Etsy all over Amazon. I think because of the business I'm in. I see so many of these advertisements all over the place

I've seen articles and products and books for love, spells that actually work and manifestation kits of the 15 products you need to manifest. Amplification crystals in order to amplify your desires to the universe and manifesting pens that you need to write with this pen in your journal to manifest your dreams or.

Manifesting coins, manifesting metals, manifesting lek Shimi statues and Buddhist statues. Sacred geometry for the wall. There's all these things out there. And once you start seeing them. Sometimes, I wonder.

Do I really need to have something like that??. Maybe I do. Maybe I better start spending my money for these things.

And that includes for prayers or forgiveness, confession. What I'm leading to, you don't have to go through a priest. You don't have to go through any kind of a rabbi or other religious official. You can go straight to God.

You don't need to go through anything else you don't need to have. Any other products you don't need anyone to activate anything for you or bless anything for you, or put a spell on anything for you.

You are all you need, you have the divine truth within you. You have all the capabilities and all the connections within you. You don't need anything else.

We might enjoy some of these other things. Again, I'll talk about that in a minute. But you don't have to go outside of your own.

Now I personally know that when we're trying to achieve something. We feel like we need the input from others. We feel like we need the validation from others, or we want others to tell us. If we're on target. Or if there's a different way of truth about it.

I mentioned in a previous episode that we usually know the answers that we're looking for. There is just fear in implementing

Rev Karen: One of the times that I have done this personally was when it was time to say goodbye to my husband. I knew it was time for us to separate But I had fear in. Talking to him about it and telling him. What did I do? I went to Palm readers. I went to psychics. I went to rune readers. I bought books on.

And of course they all pretty much backed up what I had to say. It's time for you to go.

But I didn't want to do it. And had any of them told me That was the wrong decision that I was supposed to stay with him. I probably wouldn't have listened to them anyway.

I knew what I needed to know. I was just looking for confirmation from everyone possible and I guess.

I was just stalling. And not wanting to face the fear.

Not wanting to move through the fear that I had. with a conversation. So I totally get it. I've been there. That's not the only time I have turned to everyone outside of myself. Trying to figure out what's the real answers. That's what I'm really supposed to do.

And no one told me anything other than what I already knew. I just didn't want to admit it . What I want to instill in you is that you have the answers and we need to learn to trust ourselves. We can save ourselves money if we just trust ourselves and deal with the fear. Before going through all the other stalling tactics and confirmation and validation tactics.

You have all the knowledge you need inside you. You do have a direct connection. To your highest good to what the truth is for you.

We don't need to look for it, but how we connect with it. There's many ways that we can personally connect with it, depending on. Each person individually. Some people like to meditate some contemplate.

One way to do that is automatic writing. That's a process of writing where you don't stop writing. You don't take your pen off the paper or you don't take your fingers off the keyboard. You keep typing and eventually you get to a point where you can't think about what you're going to say, what you're going to write or

And that's when the truth starts coming out.

Also in a previous episode about finding some of the answers through muscle testing. Depending on the answer. That you're seeking. There's different ways to

It's what you create for yourself.

if you enjoy. A candle burning. Then burn candles.

If you like to have the same place that something has done every time. Then create a little chair or alter area or prayer or meditation area. If you. Like crystals use them. And oils.

Incense. None of the stuff is going to hurt in any way. they will probably help if you like them, if you enjoy them.

So by all means. Feel free to buy the products that you enjoy, that bring you pleasure to look at or to be near. Put the sacred geometry on your wall. If you like the way it looks. But don't do it because you believe it's going to manifest something for you.

First of all, you can pray directly to God yourself. You are directly connected with God yourself.

You don't need to have an intercessory Berry. In prayer, such as a priest.

You don't have to say in Jesus' name. At the end of the

It's between you and God, you don't need someone in the middle.

You don't have to have someone. Anoint you.

Rev Karen: . You don't have to have had a certain amount of training. You don't need to be certified. You don't need to be anointed. You don't need to be activated.

The power is within you right now.

You and every cell of your body is directly connected to your highest, good to your divine truth and wisdom right now. You are the only thing you need to start your own life now.

The crystals candles oils can help you establish a daily routine.

And that's what's important.

Your daily routine. You're committing to yourself.

The process. Again, whether it's meditation, visualization, whatever it is that you are. Personally working on and your connection with your life. These things can absolutely help.

But they're not required and they're not going to give you any answers that you can't get to yourself.

Whatever it is. We think we need, if it's a person. Car health money. Happiness purpose.

It all starts inside.

Other people can help us recognize. What we need to bring forth.

But again, you don't need those.

Everything is within you. You have everything you need to succeed right here now.

And I say that as a person coming from a place. That is Reiki certified. That.

Is an animal communicator.

, That is a licensed minister and.

Likes to pray a certain way.

And I do have specific. Pens. I like to write with. I do have journals. I like to use. Because they help keep me accountable. They help keep me on target. They helped me remember what I'm supposed to do. So these are all tools for enhancing my personal process. And many people have come to me for help before, as a healer, as an animal communicator, as a minister.

And I am only here to help facilitate their learning of themselves.

I can't heal anyone. I want to be very clear. I don't heal anyone. I can't heal anyone, whether it's a person or an animal, I can help a person.

Initiate and facilitate their personal. Energetic healing.

But I don't do it. They do it.

And that's the same with everyone. If someone's convinced you that they are.

Healing you. That they're the ones doing it and you have to see them. I would stay away from

Of course. , there's a caveat to that. If you believe. That they are the one. Then they will be the one, because this is. This is all based on our belief system as And so the placebo effect plays a huge role in all of this. If you believe you need to buy that crystal. Then you need to buy the crystal.

But once you can change that belief system, then you can see that it's not true. You don't need them. You like them, you want them, but they're not the necessary part.

I am particularly. Fascinated by the placebo effect. Because it's truly about our belief system.

My background, my entire adult life comes from pharmacy. And pharmacy is where we talk about the placebo effect the most When they are testing new drugs and they must give a placebo. In addition to whatever pill has the medication in it to see which one works. Sometimes the placebos do better than the drugs.

What is that quote from Henry Ford? Whether you believe you can or not, you are right. You're right. It's all about your belief system. It's all about. What you believe?

And so maybe if you have come to realize.

That you need. These objects that are outside your personal body and energy system. There's a belief system

so these things, these products these services, these rituals it's comes down to what we believe about them.

. You can save money in time.

By beginning to believe that you have the power inside you, that you are. The most powerful. That you are directly connected to everything you need.

Directly at our hands.

That's why we're here working on it. That's why we just take steps towards it. That's why we have routines to help us. Get to that point where we believe it, where we access it, where we make use of it.

I know there's a lot of people that believe in. Spell casting.

And it's even talked about in.

The four agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.

Spell casting.

Is. It's someone else saying or doing something, but telling you the effect is going to be X or Y. And do you believe it? And it can be good or bad. It can be. Good love spell, right? And you believe that yes, this is going to bring my true love to me.

A person can ruin you with their words. If you believe And people that have said things to us when we're very young.

Often create the spell on us that lasts a lifetime. When they tell us we're no good. When they tell us we can't do something. When they tell us we shouldn't be heard. When they tell us we have no right to be here. People cast these spells on us.

And we don't realize we can get out of it. And for the fortunate people. They have also had spells cast on them that said they are important and they are good enough and they can achieve whatever they want.

But most of us are not raised that way.

Wouldn't it be great that we could sit down with children.

And tell them we're casting a spell on them.

Of power and intelligence and abundance. And worthiness. And maybe they believe us for the rest of their lives.

It talks about.

How people's words affect us for the rest of our lives.

And for some of us, we never get over it. For some people. They never realize. That it was a lie.. For some people, they never even think about it or become aware. That there's another opportunity or another option.

When you become aware of the fact that perhaps. The things you're thinking.

Don't have to be true.

Then there's a possibility for something new, then there's a possibility to change.

And to cast a new spell for yourself.

Here's the little tip I want to give you from this episode is.

Belief casting a new spell for yourself.

. For example.

I really want to go to Paris.

. Make it into an affirmation.

I'm going to Paris next year. Say it. Like you believe

And allow yourself to sit in that moment of, yeah, that would be so great. I can't wait.

And then all of a sudden you start going. To the downside. And it's the downside. I want you to pay attention to. What are the buts that come up, but I can't afford it, but I'll never be able to go

But I don't know who I would go with.

I don't know how to speak French.

What resistance comes up.

What are all the things I'd say, well, that's not ever going to happen because of these things.

I can't get the time off work. That's too fast. I don't even have a passport, what are all those things that come up for you?

Maybe it's the money. Maybe it's don't know how to do it. Don't know where to go. Don't know who to go with. Okay. Whichever one feels the most true. That's the belief you need to change.

Why do you believe he can't get the time off work? Or why do you believe you can't afford it? Why do you believe you're not worthy of it?

What's the experience that has told you. That's true.

In this example, did you ask for time off and they refused it? Are you taking your time off for another reason? Are you too busy at work that you can't get time off? What's the reason you believe that?

Rev Karen: I invite you to challenge that belief.

And. Turn that belief around

You might do this through. So what statements.

So what.

. Well, everyone would call me a loser if I quit my job, because I just wanted to go on a vacation. So what.

Uh, well,

What if I couldn't find another job?

Okay, so then you actually need to take that down. Another series of, so what statement? That's one way to look at your beliefs and see if there's actually something at the root of that,. That someone has led you to believe that doesn't have to be true. The other thing is you could start.

Being open to all the possibilities that exist within the universe. Being open to the idea that you don't know every possible way it could happen. What if you just held that in mind that you're going to Paris next year.

Even if you don't know how it's going to happen, even if that biggest, strongest thing that you can't get the time off work. Even if that's true or seems true. What if there is another way.

You randomly get offered a job that before then that involves going to Paris. What if you changed jobs, what if.

What if you received a large unexpected sum of money and you don't care if you have that job anymore. There's so many, so many, so many ways things can happen that we don't know. That we just have to be open to what God can send forth. If you're not open to a new idea. You're not going to receive all the blessings, all the magic as I've said before.

If you enjoy those things. That's fine.

These things can help us establish routines and be accountable for ourselves. So that's good. But they're not required.

If you're believing certain things that other people have said. At some point in your life or you're believing things. And you're not even sure why you're believing them. You can look at them and challenge them and perhaps be open to a new idea of how something might happen.

You don't need to turn to others for answers. You just. Can turn inside.

And so finding your way to turn inside for the answers. Is important.

That's all for now. Love to connect with you later.

Make sure you follow me so you get notified when new episodes drop. And also I'd love to connect with you in my Facebook group, Connectedness with Rev, Karen. So head over to rev, karen podcast.com. I hope to see you there.