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Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to reorganize its structure, function, and connections in response to experience, learning, or injury.

Neurons form new pathways, strengthen existing ones, and prune those that are no longer used. The brain is continuously adapting.

This is what allows recovery after injury, habit formation, and skill acquisition. The same mechanism that helps someone relearn movement after a stroke is the mechanism behind changing behavior and thought patterns.

The brain does not stop adapting in adulthood. It is constantly updating based on input. Structural changes occur in how neurons connect. Functional changes occur in how those connections are used.

This adaptability is neutral. It does not select for what is “good” or “bad.” It reinforces what is repeated and what is attended to. This is why the same system that builds skill can also reinforce negative patterns, chronic stress responses, or maladaptive habits.

How Does It Work?

Neuroplasticity follows use.

Repeated thoughts and actions strengthen specific neural pathways. The more something is activated, the more efficient that pathway becomes.

Novelty forces the brain to form new connections. Learning a new skill, language, or environment increases neural flexibility.

Attention determines what gets reinforced. What you consistently focus on is what the brain prioritizes and stabilizes.

Lifestyle factors such as movement, social interaction, and nutrition support the brain’s capacity to adapt, but they do not determine direction.

Direction comes from repetition and focus.

Neuroplasticity gives you the ability to change. It does not decide what you become. That comes from what you repeatedly engage with.

Neural Pathways vs Neural Networks

A neural pathway is a specific route through which signals travel. These are structured, often long-range connections that carry information between different regions.

A neural network is a broader system. It is a pattern of interconnected neurons working together to process information.

Pathways handle transmission.

Networks handle processing. When you repeat a behavior or thought, you are not just strengthening a single pathway.

You are reinforcing a network.

Over time, that network becomes more efficient, more dominant, and more likely to activate automatically.

This is where patterns begin to stabilize.

Neurotransmitters

Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that allow neurons to communicate across synapses. An electrical signal reaches the end of a neuron, triggers release of these chemicals, and they bind to receptors on the next cell.

This either increases the likelihood of that neuron firing or reduces it.

This process is fast and continuous.

Neurotransmitters do not just pass information.

They influence whether connections strengthen or weaken over time.

Repeated activation of the same circuits strengthens synapses.

This process underlies learning and memory.

It is also what stabilizes patterns of thought and behavior.

Repetition & Neuroplasticity

Repetition is the driver.

Hebbian Learning explains why this happens. Often summarized as “neurons that fire together, wire together,” it describes the process through which repeated activation strengthens the connection between neurons.

The more frequently specific neural circuits are activated, the more efficient and automatic they become.

This is the neurological basis of repetition turning temporary actions or thoughts into stable patterns.

When a thought or action is repeated, the connections involved become stronger and more efficient.

This creates a physical change in the brain.

What starts as effortful becomes automatic.

Processes move from conscious regulation to systems responsible for habit and routine.

The brain prioritizes efficiency. It automates what is repeated.

If something is not used, it weakens.

Connections are pruned. Patterns lose dominance.

This is not selective. It applies to everything.

How This Shapes Identity

Identity is not fixed.

It is a stabilized pattern of repeated neural activity.

What you repeatedly think, do, and focus on forms consistent networks.

Those networks become your default way of interpreting and responding.

That is what feels like “who you are.”

Saying “I am a runner” is not just language.

It reinforces a pattern that biases behavior toward consistency.

The brain does not verify whether a repeated thought is accurate. It encodes frequency and relevance.

Repeated self-concepts, even if initially untrue, can become stabilized as part of identity.

This is why negative self-talk can become embedded.

It is also why it can be changed.

Identity is built through repetition.

It is maintained through reinforcement.

Because the brain remains plastic, identity is always being updated.

What you consistently engage with now becomes the structure that defines your future responses.

You are not uncovering a fixed self.

You are stabilizing patterns through repeated input.

I’ve been learning about manifestation and LOA for about 8 months now. It has finally clicked for me what instant manifestation is, after all this time. I don’t feel like a lot of people clearly explain it…and I’m someone who sometimes needs things explained to me like I’m a 5-year-old lol. So, I’m gonna break it down for you as clearly as I can, in case you’ve had a hard time understanding it, too.

The word instant is usually defined as something happening right now; immediately; in this present moment. So, when we’re told “you can manifest [this thing] instantly,” we might expect the thing to happen or appear immediately. I know, for me, this is how I’ve wavered because I’m like, “hey, where’s it at?” when it doesn’t show up quickly or I feel as if I’m waiting. And, I’m sure that you’ve experienced this feeling, too.

But, it’s not the thing that appears or happens instantly, it’s the bridge of events that happens instantly. After you affirm, reality immediately starts moving you towards the thing you want. You’re put onto that bridge instantly. Everything that needs to happen in order to get you to what you’re manifesting is already starting to happen. Sometimes it’ll be one small thing - the tiniest blip - that’ll get you there, sometimes it’ll be multiple things happening and people involved that’ll get you there.

So, this is why you can’t worry about the how and view it as “waiting.” There are so many different ways that your thing can happen. Thinking of how it will or questioning how it’s possible is what can make you feel doubtful. Affirming that you have what you want puts you on that bridge instantly. It’s already happening; you aren’t waiting. It’s already yours - you’re just being lead to it.

The analogy of manifesting being like ordering food at a restaurant can be used to understand how it works instantly. You’re telling the waitress (putting it out there) that you want a certain meal (the thing you’re manifesting). The waitress now knows and she’s in the process of writing it down, then giving the kitchen staff the information, and then the whole restaurant staff does whatever it is they need to do to make your meal and get it to you ASAP. This is how manifesting works and why it’s instant.

Also keep in the title “waitress/waiter” in mind - they’re waiting on you. It’s their job. They aren’t trying to make you wait - in fact, they don’t want to hear you complain lol. They’re waiting on you to tell them what you want and then making sure it gets to you. This is the same as your desired reality (the one where you have what you want) waiting on you to affirm for it, not listening to you say, “hey, why aren’t you here? I don’t believe that you’re mine and that I have what I want.”

Can you imagine going to a restaurant and as the waitress is writing down what you ordered, you go, “hey, where’s it at?” and start looking around the restaurant for your food. Or you say, “I don’t think you’ll give me my food. That’s not possible.” No? Because that’s crazy. People don’t do that. This is why you affirm and don’t ask where it’s at and go searching for it. You trust that it’s already yours and is coming to you because guess what? It’s guaranteed you’ll get it since you asked for it. Your meal (your manifestation) is already in the works; it’s your order that you put through. You don’t have to worry about anything else. Just enjoy life in the present moment as your thing gets to you. The less you focus on the time and more you reassure yourself that it’s yours, instead of worrying, the quicker it’ll show up or show up when you least expect it to.

The only time your manifestation won’t show up is if you change what you’re manifesting. Let’s say you originally ordered chicken fingers but then you pull the waitress aside and tell her you want steak instead. Then you’re simply getting the other thing you asked for instead of what you originally ordered.

~ Earthy Anon 🌿

Doubt will naturally appear, and that is not necessarily a bad thing. Often, it simply reveals the patterns of thinking you have become familiar with.

A lot of doubt shows up as “what if” questions.

“What if it doesn’t work out?”

“What if this is all false?”

When that happens, challenge it.

If your mind can ask “what if it goes wrong?”, it can also ask:

“What if it works out?”

“What if everything changes in my favor?”

“What if I get everything I want and more?”

1. make a list of all your desires, doesn't matter how long or short.

2. affirm things like "i have everything on my list" and "my list manifested".

3. think as if you have everything on your list and don't contradict yourself.

4. THATS IT! STOP OVERCOMPLICATING MANIFESTATION!

the most common misconception about trying to manifest something is that your trying to manifest something.

you have to understand that you already have it! all the methods and your manifestation routine you have done: scripting, subliminals, robotic affirmations, etc. is just to help you remember you already have it!

your not trying to manifest something because you’ve already manifested it, it’s already yours.

there’s no process or “journey”, when you already internally accepted that your desire is already yours.

U DESIRE IT BCS U'RE MEANT TO HAVE IT! work on ur self concept, dwell on ur desires, think AS IF u already have it or just relax that it is gonna come NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS cus circumstances DOES NOT FUCKING MATTER. do what's right for u cus whatever u assume is right u have everything u desired,

trust me.

it's simply "oh we keep focusing on this. We want more of this."

whenever an embarrassing event crosses my mind i just tell myself that i'm in a reality where it never happened