This is a famous story of one of the greatest Gods of all time Lord Buddha. Buddha was earlier a famous prince called “Sidhhartha,” of the large empire of Kapilvastu, situated in the today’s Nepal. Then, he gave up all his worldly possessions, leaving his large empire, his wife and son, expensive jewelries, to live a life of saint and find out the real meaning of life through enlightenment. Then, he got Nirvana (enlightenment) after seven years of hard worshipping and meditating.
One-day, Lord Buddha was going to another nearby state to give preaching to his followers, when he met 3 young men. They were looking for someone in the forest. One of them asked Lord Buddha –
“Oh Saint! Have you seen a young beautiful girl going this way?”
Buddha replied – “No son, I didn’t see anyone. But why are you looking for this girl? What has she done to you?”
One of them replied – “Saint, we have met the girl in the nearby town. She was asking for help and was willing to do anything on behalf of the help, so we thought we would spend some time, celebrate, and then give her some money, but he stole everything we have in the night and ran away this way.”
Buddha replied back – “Dear sons! The thing that she has stolen is a matter of the past and you are willing to punish her in the future when you catch her. Why are you ruining your present for what happened in the past, and what you are going to do in the future?”
We all are living life nowadays with the same intention. We are willing to ruin our present to get happiness in the future. Manifestation is a good technique if you apply it effectively. Many people have a notion in their mind that dreaming about every worldly possession would provide them with the same easily.
I have also tried manifestation for becoming successful and prosperous in my life and I realized that dreaming about everything is not acceptable for manifestation. People often dream about everything that they need in their life like a luxury car, duplex bungalow, beautiful girlfriend and many more, but they started to live in their dreams rather living in reality.
When we start dreaming about getting something in our future, then it remains in our future and never comes to us. In this case, we ourselves become the largest obstacle in achieving what we want in our life. Dreaming is good, but daydreaming is not an effective way for manifestation. Whenever we day dream and think that – “I am going to have a luxury car in a few months”, then your Subconscious mind puts an affirmation in your mind that – “He should get a new car at anytime in the future.” As we never attain our future and live in our present, we never get what we dream about.