I have already discussed visualization and speaking your visions as a way to manifest what you desire.
Imagining scenarios in your head is powerful, sharing them with others is delightful, but to write them down and then months or years later realize that they have come true to a T – PRICELESS!!!
Why Script?
Imagine sitting down, writing a script for your life then stepping into a movie set where the script came to life.
What if the scenarios you wrote became your reality, where you could touch/taste/feel/see what you’ve imagined?
The money appeared in your bank, your ideal mate passionately kissed you on the street, the TED Talk invitation was in your inbox, you were already carrying the child you’ve wanted, etc.
Time is an illusion and everything exists now. This means that every potential reality, dream and idea that you’ve ever had already exists at some level.
The opportunity that’s in front of you is to deliberately choose what plane of existence you land in.
You get to select which reality becomes the one you live, enjoy and share with others. (Tweet it out!)
So how do you:
- Write the kind of vision that gets you salivating, and
- Believe that it’s possible for you to such a degree that you expect it (which is when life will affirm your readiness by bringing to you evidence of it)?
Read on, my dear visionary!
Mini-Scripting: Affirmations that get you wet (or hard)
I first understood the power of writing when I began writing affirmations out years ago.
Thinking them and speaking them out loud felt great, but there was something so much more permanent and tangible about seeing them in ink.
Once I recognized the power of intentional calligraphy, I would write affirmations in my journal, on Post-it notes and on flash cards and tape them all over my house and car.
Every morning, as I sat down to drive to work, this note would stare at me in the dashboard, rewiring my brain to trust in life and myself:
“I know it. I deserve it. It’s on it’s way and nothing can stop it.”
Now, here is the truth about which affirmations and visions work: they’ve got to turn you on.
You read that right.
If your written statements don’t make you feel powerful, alive, hopeful, excited, straight up hot n’ bothered – don’t bother posting them all over your journals or walls.
Why have vanilla sex when you can have I-died-a-thousand-deaths-from-pleasure love-making?
Whatever affirming or scripting that you do, I highly suggest selecting scenarios and visions that turn you on and tune you in!
Vision Scripting: This Sh*t Works
Affirmations are fabulous. And writing out a longer vision of what it will feel like to be already living what you desire – even more powerful!
This is the vision I wrote recently as I was setting the intention for my upcoming online course:
“I love how effortlessly the brilliant content for the entire course flowed through me! I was born for this! I can feel how powerful this course is for those that want to live a life of greater ease, inspiration, abundance and clarity!
I know, know, know with all that I am that the practices I share are effective and powerful and I love seeing the participants soaring to greater heights then they’ve ever imagined possible! I love seeing hundreds of people awakening to their personal alignment!
I love seeing the thousands of dollars flowing into my PayPal account!!! There are so many wonderful adventures and creations that this money will fund! I adore my life! How can it get even better???”
Now this vision gets me all worked up!
I have written out such visions for many years and always with incredible results.
Three years ago I was teaching a few yoga classes and I thought about taking coaching clients again, but honestly, I just wanted a part time-job where I clocked in and clocked out and where I didn’t have to run all aspects of the business. I had enough going on with 1-year-old twins at home!
So I wrote pages and pages of simple visions where I described how much I love my new part-time job, how lucrative it was and how effortlessly it came to me.
Here is an example of what I wrote in my journal on 11/22/11:
I was already living in the house that I mention in the first line (how I manifested a perfect home for 1/2 of the price of all other such houses in the area is a whole other phenomenal visioning story!).
But the rest was only an intention at the time I wrote it; it wasn’t something I was already experiencing.
Not even a month after this journal entry, a friend connected me with a non-profit looking for a part-time project manager. I wrote one cover letter during my entire ‘job search’, sent in my resume and two weeks later I had the job!
The job paid about $30/hr which was awesome for a part-time gig, and I really did manifest the best co-workers who were super understanding and supportive of my schedule and priorities.
And the best part? I knew that I deliberately attracted this job!
I could give you countless other examples of how I manifested through written visioning (meeting and marrying my husband, our twin homebirths, owning a luxury car, etc.). The more you practice scripting, the more you’ll be inspired to write grander and juicier visions. And believe that they are possible!
The point is, this sh*t works! Try these exercises and see for yourself.
Alignment Toolbox Exercise #1 – Mini-Scripting
I recommend this exercise as a way to set the intention for the day. It’s something that I personally practice almost every day.
- Sit down in the morning with your favorite journal
- Take a few deep breaths and breathe ease into your body
- Begin writing “I am…” statements in your journal. For example: “I am kind” or “I am eager for the magic of the day to surprise and delight me”
- You can also try “I love feeling…” statements. For example: “I love feeling free and care-free”, “I love feeling radiantly healthy and strong” or “I love feeling like I am a magnet, attracting the most perfect participant for my online course”
- Write as many statements as feels good. At the end, I like to close with: “And so it is, or something even better!”
Alignment Toolbox Exercise #2 – Scripting Your Ideal Day
I first learned about scripting from the book Ask And it is Given by Esther & Jerry Hicks (Process #9). I’ve modified it over the years to best suit me and here is my favorite exercise.
- After a centering, take a few deep breaths and ask yourself: “What does the most ideal day I can imagine look and feel like?”
- Write visceral, juicy, emotional description. Instead of , “I wake up in a hotel in the Caribbean,” write “I love waking up in one of the most beautiful islands on this entire planet with a view of the stunning ocean – pinch me!”
- Go in as much detail about where you are, what you look like, who you’re with, what you do… but keep focusing on how all of those ways of experiencing life make you feel.
- At the end of the vision, try writing a note from your future self to your now-self, such as: “Wow, I love knowing that the whole journey from where I was years ago to where I am now has been so enjoyable!” This will remind you to bask in and appreciate each step of the journey as its own arrival.
- You can read the vision daily or weekly. Or you can script a new vision every time you’re inspired, even if it’s similar to the one you recently wrote. I love to write the visions in my journal so I can scroll back and read them frequently!
You will learn how to finesse your visioning practices over time, but the important part is to begin now and to create the juiciest, hottest visions you can imagine. Seriously, if you’re serious about stepping into your dreams, don’t just bookmark these exercises – do them now! You’ll thank me later. 🙂
Your Turn
Tell me: Have you done much written visioning? If yes, what fabulous manifestation have you attracted through scripting? If not, then now is a great time to start with the suggestions above!
And if you feel inspired, please share your vision in the comments below so that all of life (including me) can support you in its realization!
I can’t wait to read your visions!!! Now, time for me to go script about how powerful this post will be for all whose lives it enters. 😉
P.S. Here is the rest of the Visioning Series:
Visioning Series (Part 1 of 4): It Ain’t Where I’ve Been But Where I’m About To Go!
Visioning Series (Part 2 of 4): The Power of Visualization
Visioning Series (Part 3 of 4): The Power of Speaking
Hello Lana,
Thank you for this blogpost. I have a question. When i have written my script what do i do next? Do i read my script every day, over and over again? Or putting it aside? Or do i write every day a new and better script? What do you do?
Love to hear from you.
Lots of love ,
Jenny
Jenny, great question! The short answer is do what feels most inspiring!
I’ve tried reading my visions daily and for some specific things, like my birth, that felt really good for a few weeks. But the truth is that usually I just write a new vision when I feel like visioning and I challenge myself to write an even more delicious, more grand, more exhilarating vision each time (even if I repeat myself a bit). I’ve realized that I enjoy the act of feeling into the new, most leading- edge feeling and reading old visions isn’t typically as exciting as writing a new one. What I do love to do, especially if I’m not feeling super inspired or aligned, is read through my journal where I keep my affirmations and visions.
I’m sure that some people love to read what they wrote from an inspired place every day! The art is finding what nourishes and satisfies you the most!
Does this make sense?
I’ve written my fair share of intentions on colored post-it notes and put them around my house… but I haven’t exactly written a vision script before. Hrmm… perhaps it is time to be bold and post one here. So here goes…
I love interviewing the hundreds of business owners and experts and sharing their stories with millions of men and women struggling with their own business dreams.
I know without a doubt that they will be inspired, uplifted and motivated by what they hear. They will like, rate, and comment on BlogTalkRadio, iTunes, and my blog.
People will flock to my website, sign up for my newsletter and the money will begin to pour in.
I will help people find clarity and create a plan that is fun, exciting, doable and full of ease. Thousands of entrepreneurs will take their businesses to a profitable place that gives them the lifestyle they want. They will change the world by spreading their gifts to others and the world will be a better place because of it.
I applaud you for your courage to state your visions and intentions here, Jessica!!! It can feel vulnerable and scary and that means that there is an opportunity to line up with the vision so much that we can say it to anyone anytime and feel clear, proud and certain!
One suggestion that I have for this vision is to state it in present tense (like in my examples and like you did in your first sentence). So you can write something like: “I love how inspired, uplifted and motivated everyone was by my blog posts! I love seeing the traffic flocking to my website and seeing the hundreds of dollars pouring in.” Usually this makes the vision more powerful and visceral. Try it and let me know!
Ooo, I like that. It is really hard to condition your mind to say/write it that way but I’ll do that for the version I write in my journal. I have this art/intention journal that I play around with from time to time and I believe that is the perfect place for these scripts.
Yes! A dedicated vision journal is fun!
I can truly relate to this vision!!!!!
This was fun. I have a wish journal that I write my scripts in, but the question of “turn on’s” seemed to make today’s one all that much more juicy. I lost myself in it writing it!
I’ll be a little bold and share some of mine here too:
I love where I am in life now. Everything has fallen together magically and so fast! I’m exhilarated and proud.
My business took off – I laugh when I think I wasn’t really sure how it was going to work because once I took the first few steps that I did know, the path got really clear. And the money started rolling in.
THIS is what I was always supposed to be doing, and I LOVE it. I have so much fun!
I’ve got my sexy, silver coupe and i love the freedom it gives me. Music up, windows down, salty sea air drifting in and I’m in heaven.
I’ve wanted this for so long and it’s here. I stepped up and it’s here. Like the universe was waiting for me to just say “YES!”.
I’m so proud, so happy, and so grateful for all that has happened. For how I got here and for where I’m going. Life is amazing and I’m so grateful that I fully showed up.
This just made my day!!!
So glad!!!
Just read the whole series. Awesome, I resonate most with this one Ive been journaling daily lately. Just started, so am looking forward to see how shifts start to take place in my life.
I’m going to practice your visualizing exercise to see what i see often in my day.
so inspired now, have this bookmarked to keep me coming back for more 🙂
I’m so happy that you found the Visioning Series inspiring, Marina! These techniques and methods have been so powerful in my life, it makes me so happy to see others stepping into their fullest selves! Please come back and share when you experience inner and outer manifestations as a result of these practices!
Thank for sharing these practical exercises that can help us visualize a turned on life!!
Big thanks for sharing this wonderful exercise. I remember doing something similar when I was small. I didn’t actually write anything, but I loved imagining that I was inside some super exciting movie story. It was my favorite secret game, but I almost forgot about it. Thank you for reminding how fun (and productive!) it can be.
So glad to hear that, Madeleine! How cool that you were so intuitive as a child and now you are back in that vibrational space of knowing, trusting and having fun!!!
Oh, these dreams, the ones I shove away..Let’s just play it small and safe.I am ready to write out my juices stuff, not the appropriate, people will think I am crazy stuff.
Hello,
Thank you for the article. I have been reading quite a bit about manifestation and of course both visualization and scripting are key. However, I would appreciate if you could clarify a few points for me.
Do I visualize and script one seen only with regards to the same goal. Meaning, if it’s a relationship I’m after, do I:
1) visualize one seen an script it and continue to visualize the same seen and same script over and over again till I get what i want
2) or should i visualize and script several seens (at dinner, on vacation, in bed, with friends…etc) and alternate between them?
3) Or should i visualize and script several seens but focus on visualizing one seen and reading one script for a certain period of time then move on to another one? If so then for how long?
Thank you in advance
Page, so glad you enjoyed the blog post. Great questions! In my opinion, there is now ‘right’ way to visualize, only the way that feels best to each person on that topic at that time. So I would explore various ways of visioning and see which ones feel best to you and bring the best results. That’s something that we explore in the Master Your Life Academy and the participants are always so glad to discover how to custom tailer the alignment and visioning practices to themselves!
Lana – you rock! Great site. I found you a bit by googling “Abraham Hicks”. Thank you Lana for adding your voice to this powerful work on manifestation – it’s a beautiful site and it was nice to get more ‘practice’ on this work.
“I loved waking up to my new laptop from my new company – I got the remote job of my dreams! They mailed it to the house, and I slept with it near by all night, like a baby. I would have put it under my pillow, but thought better against that lol. I’m so happy. I beamed all the way to the post office! I am a perfect fit to the contract work the bank needs and I’m so worthy! The pay is great and it allows me to drop my daughter off without rushing to an office. I get to grab my coffee then mozie to my home office and begin my awesome day. I enjoy process documentation. I’m rockstar with my 20 year technical writing background. The company said we’d get a few corporate tshirts even though we are not onsite. I thought that was nice. I’ll wear one out and see if anyone asks if I”m a teller, LOL. My daughter was tickeled that I could now volunteer at her school once a week since I work at home. I can squeeze it in before work starts at 9 or take a longer lunch without raising eyebrows. On the way there, this cute cowboy winked at me. I got tingles. Either my new hair or my new car reeled him in. Go Mama! Go! My hair and car are hot as fire!
Hi,
Its been great reading all these series Lana. I do practice them though not much in the past and things have happened by the dates that I had written. A question I have is how different is scripting from Affirmations that i write in my journal like “I AM HAPPY THAT I HAVE…” OR “I AM HEALTHY” Well i do understand the difference but which according to you will be more powerful.
Thanks a ton!
Hey Lana,
Greetings for the day I have a question for u.
It’s been two years since I have been practising LOA and reading about it.
I have been manifesting to become an actor I’m banker by profession but u know my real calling id acting but some one things work out n then they don’t get into action.
Can u pls guide why things don’t work out for me.
I will be very grateful to u if you could guide me on this I have been struggling a lot with this.
I dont want to live a life in which I’m not doing what I love the most. I have not given up until now cause I always have a positive mindset.
I have a vision of starting a new country in Africa, how do I articulate this in scripting
Is there more books that talks a lot about scripting? I wanted to see if amazon would carry it I want to get.
I haven’t found any books specifically on Scripting, but there are books on Creative Visualization (such as by Shakti Gawain). I did a recent video on scripting you may find useful, check it out – https://youtu.be/qW-ZkOaJu5I.
I would like to rescript my marriage and make it better. How do I get started and how do I script to make other peoples marriages and family better and happier?
Check out the 7-day Manifest Miracle Challenge where I show the tools for scripting a new life and the miracle mindset to make it happen: http://www.lanashlafer.com/challenge!
hi I’d like to manifest some things, do I have to do the scripting every day or only once? so in your journal did you write some wishes in past tense? I love the way my job came to me?
so can I go like : I love the way I met my husband ? ( I’m single) thanks