I started a fantasy novel, my first ever novel and got stuck.
What got me unstuck was an unusual process I learned from Burt Goldman.
What he teaches is how to Quantum Jump, which involves you jumping into an alternate reality where you already have what you want!
You go into a meditative state, imagine there is a door and on the other side is the version of you who has already accomplished what you want.
You open the door, step across the threshold and meet your ‘other self’. You are then able to receive answers to your questions.
I visited my successful writer self. She lives in Carmel, in a townhouse a couple of blocks from the beach, close enough to hear the waves. Her writing desk has a tall shelf filled with books bearing our name, I didn’t stop and count them but there were at least a dozen.
We sat on her balcony, in the dark, with a fire pit and talked. I told her about my problem finishing my novel and asked her for advice, she told me, “Just write.” I’ll be honest, I was pretty annoyed! I mean, I came from an alternate reality to see her and get feedback and she gave me a shoe slogan! She wouldn’t offer more, so I dropped it.
She had questions for me as well. She was single, no kids, no pets. She wanted to know all about my life, having been married with 3 kids. I hadn’t expected this, give and take. I felt a little guilty about my visit just to get an answer, not thinking about her and possibly having some questions of her own.
In future jumps I was more readily open with the other versions of me, introducing myself and really having a reciprocal experience full of gratitude and appreciation. Just because this is a version of you doesn’t mean you should have the assumption that they owe you anything and you should always be mindful and above all grateful for their assistance!
I told you I wasn’t happy with the response I received, so how was I able to use this experience to finish writing my first novel? Well, I believe it was seeing all the books ‘we’ wrote. Just knowing, not only the first book, but subsequent titles were published in some reality inspired me. It was already finished, therefore, possible. I really did need to “just write”. So I did and it was quite the accomplishment.
I visited again recently, I wanted to know how to get unstuck on the sequel and she told me, “answer the questions”. So that is what I’m doing. I still have a ways to go until complete and then on to the third book but to highlight her advice she waved her hand at the full shelf of Amuse books.
It was tempting to take the second book off the shelf and have a peek but I knew in my heart that wouldn’t work. Her first Amuse book and mine were different iterations of the same idea. I could take inspiration from the existence but more than that, I was on my own. I needed to answer my own questions.
I gave her a hug and thanked her profusely. She asked me to come back for a visit, next time we would take a walk on the beach. I told her it sounded lovely. Hanging out with her was what I imagined having a sister would feel like.
If you are blocked from manifesting an experience in your life, I urge you to take a journey with Burt Goldman, you can find his video on YouTube https://youtu.be/rfn9gKtGzz8?si=tMORiCx-W6gCFZSj or sign up for his cours on MindValley at http://mindvalley.com/.
You can visit the version of you who is skilled with money management, incredibly healthy and fit or successful at your dream career.
Burt used his jumps to become an awardd winning photographer, commissioned artist and accomplished pianist, just to name a few!
I want to hear from you. What do you think of this process? Would you try it? If you tried it, what was your result?
Until next time, Love and Blessings! – Karma
Karma Marie 