Have you noticed how some people seem to attract luck, opportunities, and abundance effortlessly? Often, it comes down to their Reticular Activating System, or RAS.
The RAS is a network of neurons in your brainstem that acts like a filter for incoming information. Every moment, your brain is flooded with millions of sensory inputs—sights, sounds, thoughts, feelings. Your RAS decides what to pay attention to and what to ignore, roughly processing about 26 pieces of information at a time.
Think of your RAS as an intention-setting machine. When you consciously focus on your desires, it starts scanning your environment for confirmation—opportunities, resources, and signs that align with your goals.
Your nervous system state plays a huge role in how your RAS works. Waking up stressed, anxious, or in a Fight/Flight/Freeze/Fawn state signals your brain to focus on scarcity and problems. You end up filtering out opportunities and signs of abundance. But when your nervous system is calm, regulated, and open, your RAS naturally starts noticing pathways to success, abundance, and inspiration.
Practices like affirmations, visualization, and intention-setting prime your RAS even more. Opportunities, synchronicities, and aligned action steps suddenly become obvious, making manifestation feel effortless. In short, your RAS acts as a bridge between your inner state and the abundant world around you. By learning to regulate your nervous system and intentionally focus your mind, you train your brain to notice and attract abundance everywhere.
Your body is the foundation for receiving. When your nervous system is dysregulated, abundance can feel out of reach no matter how clear your intentions are. By cultivating practices that calm, regulate, and anchor your system, you create the safety that allows your energy to open fully to opportunities, love, and resources.
In my Nervous System Regulation Blueprint ebook, I share this process in depth—step by step, with gentle practices to regulate your body, prime your Reticular Activating System, and train your mind to naturally notice and welcome abundance with ease.
