So, you’ve determined what you want to manifest. Maybe you’ve also determined how you’re going to manifest it…

Now, it’s time to determine why. 

Purpose is essential to the manifestation process because it shapes your energetic output, and your energetic output shapes your reality. In order to access your divine creativity, you must be vibrating at your highest divine frequency, which means your intentions must be pure. 

We need to identify the motives that drive our desires, and determine if they are rooted in love or fear.

Speaking of which: have you read Sarah Prout’s bestselling book, Dear UNIVERSE: 200 Mini-Meditations for Instant Manifestations? Think of it like a choose your own adventure experience for navigating the extraordinary manifestation abilities behind your emotions. Inside you’ll find 100 mini-meditations to rise above fear, and another 100 mini-meditations to embrace love. Whichever meditations you choose to navigate how you feel now, the end result will be the same: you’ll remember your power and continue on the pathway of your manifestations. 

Continuing on…

Let’s say you want to manifest a new job opportunity. You’ve asked yourself some honest questions, and have realized why you want this opportunity: 

It is not to help improve your company, or to provide for your loved ones, or to exercise your creativity — it is to silence those who have criticized you. You want this job because it’s a chance to inflate your ego and flaunt your success in the faces of your doubters. 

If you embark on your manifestation journey with this fear-based purpose as the basis for your efforts, you will never achieve harmony with your divine co-creator (the Universe), and your desires will be unable to materialize. 

On the other hand, if your purpose resembles any of the high-frequency intentions listed above (improve, provide, create, etc.), you are laying a foundation of love and positivity for your actions, and you will have a much greater chance at manifesting your desires.

If you struggle to determine the purpose to your desires, try getting your thoughts out into a place where you can easily observe them — we recommend the Dear Universe Cosmic Lined Journal for free-flowing, honest introspection. 

And remember, purpose gives meaning to manifestation. When we build our efforts on loving intentions, we harmonize with the Universe and watch our dreams become reality.