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Tara Isabella Burton

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
387 total appearances

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

In that realm, it will, in fact, have real political effects, real economic effects. And so that doesn't mean I think manifesting is real, but I think that the internet and manifesting do exist in this kind of symbiotic relationship where the more time we spend plugged into the internet, the more it becomes kind of a little bit true that...

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

If you want something badly enough, you can, in fact, shape reality. Reality is something that can be shaped with desire.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

If you want something badly enough, you can, in fact, shape reality. Reality is something that can be shaped with desire.

It's Been a Minute
Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

If you want something badly enough, you can, in fact, shape reality. Reality is something that can be shaped with desire.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

What we're actually seeing is this overall normalization of the idea that the average person should try to become divine.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

What we're actually seeing is this overall normalization of the idea that the average person should try to become divine.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

What we're actually seeing is this overall normalization of the idea that the average person should try to become divine.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

So the short version of New Thought is that in the 1860s, there was one New England clockmaker named Phineas Quimby who tries his hand at some faith healing.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

So the short version of New Thought is that in the 1860s, there was one New England clockmaker named Phineas Quimby who tries his hand at some faith healing.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

So the short version of New Thought is that in the 1860s, there was one New England clockmaker named Phineas Quimby who tries his hand at some faith healing.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

Problem is, it only works sometimes. And he asks himself, like, what is it? Is it me that is not working? And he's like, no, definitely could not be me. It must be that the people who aren't getting better don't want to get better. And he comes up with this idea of what becomes known as New Thought, that wanting to be well is what's going to get you well.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

Problem is, it only works sometimes. And he asks himself, like, what is it? Is it me that is not working? And he's like, no, definitely could not be me. It must be that the people who aren't getting better don't want to get better. And he comes up with this idea of what becomes known as New Thought, that wanting to be well is what's going to get you well.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

Problem is, it only works sometimes. And he asks himself, like, what is it? Is it me that is not working? And he's like, no, definitely could not be me. It must be that the people who aren't getting better don't want to get better. And he comes up with this idea of what becomes known as New Thought, that wanting to be well is what's going to get you well.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

And originally, New Thought is primarily about health. But there's a resurgence of this a couple of decades later in what's known as the Gilded Age, this time of incredible wealth inequality, where New Thought gets reinvented, but for money. And again, it's the same idea. If you're poor, it's your fault. And since this sort of dawn of wealth-related New Thought...

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

And originally, New Thought is primarily about health. But there's a resurgence of this a couple of decades later in what's known as the Gilded Age, this time of incredible wealth inequality, where New Thought gets reinvented, but for money. And again, it's the same idea. If you're poor, it's your fault. And since this sort of dawn of wealth-related New Thought...

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

And originally, New Thought is primarily about health. But there's a resurgence of this a couple of decades later in what's known as the Gilded Age, this time of incredible wealth inequality, where New Thought gets reinvented, but for money. And again, it's the same idea. If you're poor, it's your fault. And since this sort of dawn of wealth-related New Thought...

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

In the late 19th and early 20th century, there are various resurgences of this mentality. One of the most famous ones was Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote, I believe it was 1952, The Power of Positive Thinking. Yeah. He was also the pastor to the Trump family, make of that what you will. In the early 2000s with The Secret by Rhoda Byrne, popularized by Oprah Winfrey. But it's all the same.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

In the late 19th and early 20th century, there are various resurgences of this mentality. One of the most famous ones was Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote, I believe it was 1952, The Power of Positive Thinking. Yeah. He was also the pastor to the Trump family, make of that what you will. In the early 2000s with The Secret by Rhoda Byrne, popularized by Oprah Winfrey. But it's all the same.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

In the late 19th and early 20th century, there are various resurgences of this mentality. One of the most famous ones was Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote, I believe it was 1952, The Power of Positive Thinking. Yeah. He was also the pastor to the Trump family, make of that what you will. In the early 2000s with The Secret by Rhoda Byrne, popularized by Oprah Winfrey. But it's all the same.

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Am I a god?! Why "manifesting" your reality is easier than ever

There's this invisible energy. And if you want it badly enough, you can tap into it. And if you buy my book, you can tap into it extra. Or if you watch my TikTok, you can tap into it extra. You are your own god and the world is going to fall in line with what you want if you just want it badly enough.