On Manifestation

It's interesting to talk about manifestation. Do you know that out in these interviews, people are often growing tired of manifestation. Driving through Seattle last night, I surveyed the enormous glut and excess of city life, the millions of lights still on, the lack of trees - even in a gorgeous big city like Seattle, very few trees still exist compared to the way we began.

We are taught to manifest. We have been manifesting all the while. The people who own several cars are manifesting. The business owners with worldwide distribution are manifesting. Even people like me who write books are manifesting.

I am getting very conscious of how I use my resources. When I look at the wine in the grocery story, a recent memory of the dump surfaces: I learned there that if a wine bottle is broken, it is not recyclable. Everything packaged or bottled involves a great deal of energy for creation, distribution and - ideally - recycling. Often I ask myself if I really need an item and the answer is just simply No, and I walk on, lighter rather than heavier.