1. A Formula That Doesn’t Require Belief
You don’t have to believe in channeling, aliens, or anything remotely woo-woo for Bashar’s formula to work. You don’t even have to know who Bashar is. (Though if you’re curious, you can read more about who Bashar is and why his teachings keep me listening).
The steps stand on their own. They’re weirdly practical. No candles. No crystals. No full moon rituals required.
It’s not about sitting on your meditation cushion and manifesting your dream life while the dishes pile up. It’s about action. Specifically, it’s about following what lights you up and seeing where it takes you. And even though it sounds suspiciously simple, it actually works, especially when you remember not to cling to the outcome.
Quick recap of the steps to the formula:
- Act on your highest excitement
- To the best of your ability
- Until you can take it no further
- With zero expectation of the outcome
Read more in-depth information on Bashar’s 4 Step Formula.
Now, let’s get to the rest of the surprising reasons it works:
2. It Kicks You Out of Your Head and Into Motion
Most spiritual advice sounds great until you’re sitting on your couch wondering why nothing’s changing. Bashar’s Formula doesn’t let you get away with that. It’s not about waiting for the universe to send you a sign. It’s about doing the next thing that lights you up: right now.
That’s the magic of following your highest excitement: it cuts through the mental fog, and you don’t have to map out your whole life. You don’t need a ten-step plan or a vision board plastered with yachts and soulmates (unless those genuinely excite you, then go for it). You just need to notice what excites you in the moment, (big or small, it all counts) and act on it.
This part of Bashar’s formula is kind of like having a built-in navigation system that only shows you one turn at a time. I don’t know about you but this is perfect for me because anyone that has ever driven with me knows that I can’t hold more than one turn in my head at a time anyway.
It won’t explain the whole route, and sometimes it’ll send you down a weird side road you weren’t expecting (also me). But somehow, if you keep listening and moving, you end up exactly where you need to be.
It’s not wishful thinking. It’s practical spirituality that gets you out of analysis paralysis and back into the flow of your actual life.
3. You Can’t Predict What’s Coming (and That’s the Point)
One of the weirdest, and most liberating, parts of Bashar’s Formula is that your job isn’t to figure out what’s coming. Your job is to follow the thread of excitement without needing to know where it leads.
Most of us are taught to plan, plot, and have backup strategies in case our backup strategies fail. Bashar flips that script. He says you can only imagine outcomes based on what you’ve already seen or experienced. And that’s limiting. Real magic happens in the unknown. In that wide-open field of possibilities you haven’t even considered.
When you follow your excitement without expectations, you give the universe room to surprise you. And spoiler alert: it’s usually better than what you could’ve planned. That random conversation, weird idea, or spontaneous detour? Could be the thing that cracks your life open in the best possible way.
So instead of clenching onto a specific outcome, this approach trains you to loosen your grip. Because chasing certainty kills curiosity, and curiosity is where the fun (and the upgrades) live.
That kind of openness is the same vibe running through Bashar’s take on imagination, where the universe sneaks in results you never saw coming.
4. You Stop Chasing Outcomes, and You Start Living
One of the sneaky traps of the whole “manifest your dream life” game is how easy it is to get obsessed with results. You want the soulmate. The dream job. The thriving business. So you meditate, visualize, make a vision board, and then you wait, or push, or wonder why the universe is ghosting you.
Bashar’s formula takes a totally different approach. You don’t follow your excitement to an outcome. You follow it because it’s exciting. Period.
This flips everything. You’re no longer chasing some perfect future. You’re showing up fully in the NOW, doing the thing that lights you up, not because it guarantees a specific result, but because it’s who you are in that moment.
And here’s the crazy part: the results come anyway. Just not always in the shape you imagined. (Which is probably a good thing, and way more fulfilling in your everyday life).
In fact, Bashar says that your imagination can only pull from what you’ve already experienced or been exposed to. So when you fixate on a specific outcome, you might actually be limiting yourself. Instead, when you follow your excitement without expectation, you open the door for outcomes that are beyond your current reference point. Wild, right?
Letting go of the end result doesn’t mean giving up. It means trusting that there’s something even better than what you were aiming for, and being available for it to show up.
5. It Makes Tedious Stuff Tolerable (Seriously)
Let’s be real. Not every step on the excitement trail feels like a confetti cannon. Sometimes your excitement leads you to something that, well… includes spreadsheets. Or dishes. Or that awkward email you’ve been putting off.
But here’s the trick: if it’s connected to something that genuinely excites you, even the boring bits become more doable. You don’t have to pretend they’re thrilling. You just remember why you’re doing them.
Bashar’s formula helps reframe the moment. That spreadsheet? It’s not just data entry, it’s part of launching your passion project. That awkward email? It’s clearing space for something way more aligned. Suddenly you’re not slogging, you’re moving through.
And if you can’t reframe it? Bashar would say don’t do it. Seriously. If it truly doesn’t resonate, delegate it, reschedule it, or ditch it altogether. Because forcing yourself through something misaligned usually leads to burnout, or worse, a life that doesn’t feel like the life you know you should be living.
Following your excitement doesn’t mean every second is fun. It means you’re willing to look at each moment and ask, “Is this step part of something that truly lights me up?” If it is, carry on. If it’s not, course correct.
6. It’s a Built-In BS (spiritual term) Detector for Your Life
One of the sneakiest things about living out of alignment is that it can look totally fine on the outside. You’re doing the right things, checking the boxes, maybe even getting praise for it. But if you’re dragging your feet or zoning out while doing it? That’s your cue. The excitement is missing! And Bashar’s formula would call that a red flag.
When you’re actually tuned into your excitement, you know when something’s off. Not because it’s dramatic or falling apart, but because it just feels flat. Heavy. Obligatory. Bashar’s formula invites you to stop justifying those moments and start noticing them instead.
It turns your inner compass into a full-blown lie detector… not for other people, but for yourself. Am I doing this because it lights me up, or because I think I should? Am I forcing this path because I made a plan, or because I’m genuinely drawn to it right now?
When you follow your excitement, anything that’s out of sync becomes harder to ignore. You start spotting your own patterns of overcommitting, people-pleasing, or chasing old goals you’ve outgrown. And just like that, your life starts getting a whole lot more honest. In the best way.
7. It Trains You to Trust Yourself
Following your highest excitement might sound like a nice idea, until you’re standing at a crossroads with no map, no logic to back you up, and nothing but a weird gut feeling pointing in a random direction.
And that’s exactly the point.
Bashar’s formula doesn’t give you a checklist or a step-by-step guarantee. It gives you an invitation to listen to that flicker of curiosity, that nudge of joy, that little hit of “ooh, that sounds fun.” And then act on it, without needing a spreadsheet or a ten-year plan.
The more you do it, the more you realize those inner nudges aren’t random. They lead you to the right conversations, the next opportunity, or just the thing you didn’t know you needed. Not because you planned it, but because you paid attention.
Every time you follow your excitement, and see how life responds, you build trust. Not just in the process, but in yourself. You start believing Following your highest excitement might sound like a nice idea—until you’re standing at a crossroads with no map, no logic to back you up, and nothing but a weird gut feeling pointing in a random direction.
And that’s exactly the point.
Bashar’s formula doesn’t give you a checklist or a step-by-step guarantee. It gives you an invitation to listen—to that flicker of curiosity, that nudge of joy, that little hit of “ooh, that sounds fun.” And then act on it, without needing a spreadsheet or a ten-year plan.
The more you do it, the more you realize those inner nudges aren’t random. They lead you to the right conversations, the next opportunity, or just the thing you didn’t know you needed. Not because you planned it, but because you paid attention.
Every time you follow your excitement, and see how life responds, you build trust. Not just in the process, but in yourself. You start believing that your feelings matter, that your desires are valid, and that your intuition might actually know what it’s doing.
And honestly? That kind of self-trust is the real manifestation.
The Bottom Line (No Vision Board Required)
If you’ve ever been overwhelmed by all the “rules” of manifestation, or sat there trying to think your way into a new reality while secretly dreading every minute of it, Bashar’s formula offers a surprisingly grounded alternative.
You don’t need to meditate for hours, journal about your dream life every morning, or recite affirmations in the mirror until you believe them (how’s that been working for you?). You just need to do the thing that feels most exciting right now, even if it’s small, even if it makes no sense, even if it’s just going for a walk because you need to move your body.
Then? Do the next exciting thing. And the next.
That’s the magic. No micromanaging. No forcing. No pretending you know what’s best. Just following the thread of excitement like a trail of cosmic breadcrumbs, trusting it’s leading somewhere worth going, even if you can’t see it yet.
And the more you follow it, the more it becomes second nature. That’s how the formula works. Not because Bashar said so, but because you tried it, and felt the difference.
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