if you attempt to quiet them, this can lead to friction or anger.
What I encourage Manifestors to do is to let people know their intentions rather than just rush off and do things. Don’t just disappear in a cloud of dust and expect everyone to accept it. ‘But why should I tell everyone what I’m doing all the time?’ I can almost hear you protest. Because, in my experience, I’ve found that Manifestors find immense freedom to be themselves and achieve what they want to achieve when they co – operate with the people around them.
Take the case of Caroline. She was travelling abroad with two friends in a country which was unfamiliar to them. They arrived late at the hotel and took separate rooms. The next morning Caroline went to pick up her Manifestor friend Sarah for breakfast, but she was nowhere to be found – she’d just upped and gone. One hour of worry later, there she was, panting through the lobby in her jogging outfit. She had needed to run and it had never occurred to her that her friends wouldn’t understand. She found the consternation of Caroline and her ‘pointless worrying’ hard to deal with. But now, when they travel together, this Manifestor has made an agreement to keep her friends informed of what she is doing.
If you do learn to keep others in the loop, life becomes easier. Admittedly, you don’t care about being understood – you just want to get things done. But for the sake of peace, if you’re working into the night at the office, pick up the phone and inform your partner. If you’ve gone off to save the world, let someone know what you’re doing! And if you have a Manifestor child, educate them to inform you before going off and doing something – just dress it up as a request, not a restrictive rule!
FAMOUS MANIFESTORS
Jennifer Aniston, Neil Armstrong, Al Gore, Paul McCartney, Jack Nicholson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Donald Trump and Liv Tyler.
I think it’s fair to say that the common thread binding these people together is the indefatigable, nothing-is-going-to-stop-me, must-keep-manifesting theme. It is somehow apt that the first man on the moon was a Manifestor who had to find his meaning in life by going into orbit, and that Al Gore is someone who is determined to change the world.
As a Manifestor, you must also recognize that your mere presence will push all sorts of buttons in people. Not everyone appreciates a whirlwind. You may rattle people and send them off – balance. This is your catalyzing nature in action, so be watchful of your impact – in the home and socially – recognize who’s getting upset and don’t take it personally.
The upside is that you do have a tremendous ability to motivate and propel others. You can make people walk on hot coals and bring them through unscathed. You are a truly catalyzing force. But a Manifestor design does not mean you are infallible. You can appear pushy, forceful and even intimidating, wanting to move ‘less – able beings’ out of the way. Learn to appreciate that people will try their best in your company and allow them to do so.
There is also a chance that in your childhood you were discouraged and blocked from your natural manifesting. Teachers and parents may not have understood you. ‘Sit down, be quiet and sit still’ is the worst thing a Manifestor can hear, and this can lead to rebellion or an inner rage building up until it blows. Even worse, you may have shut down and may still be denying your true expression.
Also, be watchful of people taking advantage of you. You might find yourself expected to constantly fetch and carry, fixing everything for everyone around you. You’re a Manifestor, not a slave. You’re on this Earth to catalyze action, not to perform duties for others.
As a Manifestor, you have a big responsibility to be clear about to what and whom you lend your manifesting abilities. When you’re clear, or moving forward, you’re a sight to behold. When you’re unclear, or blocked, you’re liable to tear the world down around you. Once you understand that the world doesn’t necessarily operate on your level, you’ll find it easier to engage with others and their slower way of getting things done.
What I will say about life with a Manifestor is that it can be fun – because who knows what’s going to happen next?!
TYPE 2
THE GENERATOR
‘Listen to your gut!’
A Generator always has a defined Sacral, but neither this centre nor any of the other motors – Heart, Emotions and Root – are connected to the Throat by an active channel.
You are a workhorse with endless life – force energy radiating outward, but don’t find it that easy to make things happen. Some effort is required before you get into your full stride and reach your potential. You are not designed to initiate but to wait. Your motto is: ‘Wait, respond, then get going!’
Being a Generator makes you relatively one – paced but highly effective and your momentum is a joy to watch because it is Sacral – powered, therefore remarkably enduring. You are the Duracell or Energizer battery which keeps on going and going when others are fading. Your challenge is to know how and where to best apply this enormous energy.
Waiting for the right projects, opportunities and people and honouring your gut response are your keys to finding fulfilment. When you chase or initiate without waiting, life can go wrong. It’s when you attract opportunity or respond after exercising patience that things tend to work out.
We live in a time when everyone wants to act now, get going, waste no time, achieve asap. This expectation may taunt you into getting a move on, but don’t be misled into thinking you must launch great initiatives. You first need the energy to generate within you; only then is it capable and effective. So sit down, be patient and master the art of waiting to respond. View yourself as a magnet and let people and openings seek you out. And they will. It is an energetic law of life that magnets attract.
So if you are wailing something like, ‘Why does everything I start or chase turn out bad?’ or ‘Why can he make those things happen but I can’t?’, my answer would be: ‘Because you haven’t learned to wait and attract.’ Don’t initiate. Wait.
Your mistaken self – perception is that you have so much energy that you can automatically make things happen. That’s probably fuelled by people describing you as purposeful and dedicated. You walk into the workplace and your life – force energy radiates, lifting everyone else. Here comes the real worker, the real juice – the Generator. You can save the day – and you even believe this yourself. Whether it feels right or not, you have a tendency to wade in and answer the call. Hours later, you’ll be head down, hard at work and look up to find everyone has gone back to sleep. Then you’ll have a quiet word with yourself and ask: ‘Why does it always fall to me? Why did I ever get involved?’
What you must realize is that the only things which prove fulfilling are things which duly arrive after you have exercised patience; openings or possibilities which arrive at your door or make your phone ring.
Then what’s crucial is your response. This response is governed by an inbuilt guidance system, the Sacral gut response, signalling who and what warrants your commitment. This is the core secret of your inner being, one that opens the doorway to what’s right for you.
You’ll recognize this gut sensation in the form of an involuntary reflex or sound, or the rising or contracting of energy, pulling you to or pushing you away from something. The sound is that familiar ‘a – huh’ which says ‘yes’ or that ‘uh – uh’ which says ‘no’. You need to attune to this sensation because it is, quite literally, your inbuilt indicator.
You’ll sense your gut in response to questions that people ask of you: ‘Can I ask for your help?’, ‘Do you want to go on a date?’ or ‘Are you hungry?’ But it also kicks in with much more profound questions that life asks. Test yourself the next time someone asks you something, but be aware that you might be waiting for