Manifesting and Visualization
The Power of the Mind is within us All!
I used to hate the word manifesting. It was once too “Woo-Woo” for me, too abstract, and up until months ago, impossible. This belief also had to do with the luck I experienced in my life. Until college, I truly believed I had the worst luck on the planet (wrong, so wrong). Everything that was seemingly out of my control (emphasis on seemingly) never, and I mean never, went my way.
However, as I made my way to college, I began to realize that the situations that I believed were out of my control were all in my control in the first place. But the circle moment was not yet complete. While I knew I could take action, my ability to simply will the things I want most in life was not something I considered. While I did always have the dreams I still have today, they felt like distant memories rather than them happening soon.
Then, I began my podcast, which seems to be the catalyst for many of the articles I write on these pages. The first month I started the podcast, I would walk around the park near my house, doing fake ad reads with fake promo codes, looking and sounding like a crazy person.
7 months later, I would stumble across the amazing and legendary Lisa Blasser. Shortly after our episode together we would strike a deal to begin sponsoring her for the podcast, and with it, I had a real ad read, with a real promo code. (Code LSOSNate10 at checkout for 10% the pre-recorded course, at lisablasser.com)
After this, I realized the awesome superpower I had, and through this experience, I realized it was much more powerful than I could’ve ever imagined…
The idea that we as humans can will things into existence simply by using our brains is somewhat of a new concept. The first time I heard about this so-called manifesting was with astrology rocks or gemstones, I am not sure what they are called. Regardless, when I first heard about these, I thought it was so stupid. I still contend that the rocks are stupid, BUT the idea behind the rocks tickled my brain in a way it never had been before.
If you believe hard enough, it will happen, right? I wrote off this notion at first, as my metaphysics I had been learning in class began to ground me. Too much reductionism for one semester, am I right? But as I read more and more books, I realized that maybe the rock people were right (not about the rocks). Maybe I can will things into existence, just by convincing myself more than anything in this world that this one thing WILL happen.
Enter Visualization.
Fall of 2022. Most likely freezing my butt off. As I began to meet new Law Students, I enjoyed it thoroughly and wanted to do more of it. As I searched the internet for events where I could meet more, as a pre-law student, I was drawing a blank in the state of New York. Then, the United States. Nothing. Well, what the hell. I just wasted 3 hours, which I will never get back. Then, someone or something reached into my small brain and created such an in-depth moment, it seemed real. An event of this kind, with Legal Professionals, Law Students, and Pre-Law students all together, with a live podcast to champion the whole event. Not bad from the ghost who put it in my head.
It was as if something clicked deeper within me, that because the vision was so vivid and real, it just had to happen. I then began to plan it out in more depth, and after some hours of planning I presented it to the Pre-Law office. They said lets do it, here are the keys to the car. As always, life got in the way, life as in the LSAT. And once that happen, I forgot about the entire thing.
Flash forward a year later, I had my podcast, and as the summer going into my Senior year of college marched on, that visualization came back to me in full. At that moment the setting was different; it was a live podcast that brought together the Pre-Law students, Law Students, and Legal Professionals all in one place for a nice dandy time. But this time around, it was presented by the Lawyers in the Making Podcast. The vision was once again so vivid, so intense, that I knew it would happen, it had to happen. 7 months later, I would be behind a podium, beginning the first ever Lawyers in the Making live Podcast.
With all this being said, what’s the point?
The point is that our minds are extremely powerful, both for better and for worse. We can convince ourselves of merely anything, as it's natural; we rationalize all of our actions after the fact. We can manipulate and contort our minds to believe that we can do anything. My advice, which I did myself, is to start small. Once you manifest the small things, you begin to truly believe that you are capable of just about anything in this life, not even within reason. Want to be the president? Wake up every day and write down 15 times, I want to be the President, and your daily actions will begin to reflect your pursuit of that. While at times it can be overwhelming allowing yourself to asses where you can start, will begin to build the momentum you need.
I wish I believed in manifesting and visualization the day I found out about it, but now I can come to you reading this and let you know, it’s the realest thing this life has to offer!
Well folks, that’s all from me, Nate Crespo your host for today and FOREVER! The season is changing, and the nicer it is, the better I feel. Enjoy the weather wherever I may find you reading this, and manifest and visualize those dreams today!
Happy Friday!