3 Ways Dr. Joe Dispenza Convinced Me There Was Another Way

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I almost disregarded Dr. Joe Dispenza when I first saw him. He didn’t have long hair or wear mala beads around his neck.

He was just a regular guy in jeans and a t-shirt, and he had his hair gelled back. He was the opposite of what I had come to know a “spiritual” person to look like.

My girlfriend had signed up for a free two-week trial with Gaia TV, and as soon as she logged in, a bunch of short videos started playing to showcase what was on offer. One of those short videos was Dr. Joe Dispenza.

He somehow described the whole manifestation process in six sentences. I was hooked from that moment on.

“Your thoughts and feelings come from your past memories. If you think and feel a certain way, you begin to create an attitude. An attitude is a cycle of short-term thoughts and feelings experienced over and over again. Attitudes are shortened states of being. If you string a series of attitudes together, you create a belief. Beliefs are more elongated states of being and tend to become subconscious. When you add beliefs together, you create a perception. Your perceptions have everything to do with the choices you make, the behaviours you exhibit, the relationships you chose, and the realities you create.”

Here are three more ways Dr. Joe Dispenza has opened my mind.

1. Magnetism

Growing up, I was aware that my lack of self-confidence prevented me from performing at my best or stopped me from doing things I wanted to do. But the voice inside my head was so strong that I didn’t think it could be stopped. It wasn’t ruining my life exactly, but it was holding me back in small, subtle ways that compounded over time.

Others got promoted ahead of me at work because I didn’t think I was good enough. Romantic partners left me because I didn’t think I was lovable. Money and opportunities evaded me because I didn’t feel worthy of abundance.

This went on for years.

It was only when Dr. Joe Dispenza said, “It’s a universal principle that you get more of what you think about, talk about, and feel strongly about,” that something clicked.

It was so obvious and so clear once he had said it, but I had never put two and two together before.

Before that, the manifestation process was shrouded in mystery, but he presented it in such a way that I could easily understand it. I just had to think about something for long enough to make it real.

An example of this happened in my life recently.

36 hours before flying to Mozambique, I realised I had forgotten to apply for an e-visa. Mozambique is notoriously slow with admin, so it usually takes 4–5 working days to process simple applications.

I applied for mine, anyway, even though I thought I didn’t stand a chance. After beating myself up for ten minutes, I remembered what I had learned.

I slowed my breathing down, I closed my eyes, and I started to visualise landing in Mozambique, walking down the streets of Tofo, sipping fresh coconuts on the beach, tipping taxi drivers, and scuba diving with manta rays and white tip sharks.

I could smell, taste, touch, and feel every little detail to the point it was real. It was vivid.

When I opened my eyes again, I knew that I would be fine.

At 3am, just five hours after applying, the visa hit my inbox. “I can’t believe it!” My girlfriend said. “You’re a lucky man!”

I was lucky, and I thanked the universe all the way to the airport.

2. Conviction

Even though there have been many moments like this in my life over the years, having conviction is still the hardest part.

I grew up cultivating a catastrophic mindset, so it’s very hard for me not to jump to the worst-case scenario.

When I realised I hadn’t applied for my visa, my first thought was, “I’ve spent all this money on flights and accommodation, and I am going to lose it all. $2,000 down the drain, just like that!”

These thoughts happened quickly. I jumped straight to the worst case scenario and saw how all the terrible things were about to go wrong before I even got up out of my seat.

Instead of feeding these thoughts and feelings like I used to, I now try to catch myself while they’re happening. So, as I sat on the couch, I calmly reminded myself that the worst case scenario exists, but so does the best case scenario. So, I focused my energy on the reality I want to create instead of the one I was afraid of, and everything felt better again.

“The moment you decide to no longer think the same way, act the same way or live by the same emotions, it’s going to feel uncomfortable. And the moment you feel uncomfortable, you just stepped into the river of change.” — Dr. Joe Dispenza

The only way I know how to live with so much uncertainty is to put myself in the future and feel what it would be like to live in that moment. That takes away some of the discomfort because it’s like I already have it. And if I already have it, what’s there to worry about?

I’ve got better at this over the years, but clearly there’s still a lot to learn. However, each time I do, I get more and more conviction, and that helps me to continue.

3. Proof

There’s only so much time I’m willing to live with uncertainty. At some point, I need a sign that things are moving in the right direction. I need proof.

In the case of my visa, I needed it approved quickly. So, it was a more obvious example of asking for something and receiving it.

The more significant proof has come after many years of doing this work. I’ve noticed that my commitment to my spiritual practices has deepened, the quality of my relationships has improved, and I’m more connected to my heart.

The most significant change, however, is that I don’t need to see proof to believe anymore; I just have to feel it in my bones. If I can sustain the feeling of having something before it arrives, I know it will happen eventually. My only task is to keep thinking those thoughts and feelings those emotions until it comes true. The universe will take care of the rest.

“Can you believe in a future that you can’t see or experience with your senses yet, but you’ve thought about it enough times in your mind that your brain has literally changed to look like the experience has already occurred?” Dr. Joe Dispenza asks.

He then goes on to add:

“Most people think they need proof first in order to believe. But your brain is constantly searching for proof of what you already accept as true. Change the assumption and your mind reorganizes the evidence.”

That’s been the biggest shift in the last two years. I’ve started to put my energy toward the unseen, the unmanifest, and then give myself over to the universe so it can work its magic.

I’m a million miles away from mastering this, but I’ve drunk the Kool-Aid, as they say. So I’m all in.

There’s no turning back now.