If your manifestation process is not working, there’s a good chance you’re stuck. In a fixed identity.

You’ve typecast yourself. You need a new role.

Every desire is unique. Each one needs a different identify to match it. Every manifestation you attempt is a call for you to adopt a different like-attracts-like Manifestation Type.

Cue archetypes.

Archetypes are learned patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. They’re universally understood roles that you’ve been taught to play. Archetypes cross cultural barriers. Hero. Warrior. Queen. Magician. Mother. Prince. You get the idea.

Child, Victim, Prostitute and Saboteur are four roles everyone plays, either in a literal manner, or a metaphorical sense, or both. Each role you play teaches others how to respond to you.

But.

You’re not confined to any single role. You can switch roles at any time, by choosing a suitable archetype for the task at hand.

Ask yourself, “what role do I need to play to complete this task?” When you do, you learn to adapt, to be resilient and to deepen faith in yourself. You learn about the extent of your true potential.

To switch roles and break a fixed identity, you will need to expand your sphere of archetypal awareness. This will need to include the upside and downside in your archetype of choice so that you recognise the characteristics that can hinder you, and those that can help you to manifest what you want.

Entrenchment will occur when you cling to one identity. Or when you limit yourself to several, given there are so many archetypes available, and don’t cost a cent to use:

Here’s how to build up archetypal awareness to manifest what you want:

1. Visualise your desire.

2. Choose an archetypal role to play that will assist you to manifest it.

3. Deconstruct the archetype by brainstorming 3 positive characteristics and 3 negative characteristics.

4. Note any insights you receive.

5. Let it mull.

6. Note any additional insights you receive.

7. Watch what happens for a week.

8. Review the suitability of your current role. Choose another more appropriate archetype if necessary OR deconstruct the same archetype by brainstorming 3 different positive characteristics and 3 different negative characteristics. Add the new characteristics to your original listings.

9. Repeat steps 1 to 8 each week until you’ve achieved your desire.

You don’t need to keep using the same old patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving when every manifestation, and in fact every life situation, calls for a different response. You can do more, be more and have more when you choose the right archetype for the job.