“Do not waste one moment in regret, for to think feelingly of the mistakes of the past is to re-infect yourself. Turn from appearances and assume the feeling that would be yours were you already the one you wish to be.”
—Neville Goddard, “Feeling is the Secret”
If I dare to assume that I am what I want to be and I am faithful to that assumption, it will come to pass. If I am not faithful to it, it will not come to pass. If I don’t assume that I am it, it will not come to pass.
—Neville Goddard
stick to your assumptions like how grandparents are stuck in their ways and won’t try to change them or how children will be defiant no matter how many times they get told no. be defiant and stick to your assumptions.
"Whatsoever you desire, believe you have received it and you will. That's how easily you apply it, for an assumption, though false and denied by your senses, if persisted in will harden into fact.”
—Neville Goddard (All Things Are Possible, 1969)
Hey just wondering if you have any tips on this manifesting situation.
I had this very special van and I sold it last year, then it was modified inside...
I wish I always kept it and kept it in perfect condition. I want it to just magically appear right outside and wake up with the keys in my hand.
And for it to be exactly how it was when I first got it (so some parts weren't broken)
I even want that the guy who bought it doesn't have it and he got something else instead >_< I don't like this I'm so sad!!!
What should I do and you think I can do this?
How would you feel if you had the van, in perfect condition, right now? Don’t overcomplicate it, just simply ask yourself, how would I feel if it were true that I had it now, at this moment. Focus on the feeling you’d have if you had it now. I can’t tell you what the feeling is as everyone’s feeling’s towards different things are different. You’ll know you’re in the feeling when you stop desiring it, when you feel like you no longer want it and you’ll instead, feel like you have it now. You don’t have to do this perfectly, whenever you catch yourself thinking/feeling the opposite of what you want, stop yourself. Don’t suppress your feelings, but instead discipline yourself to feel what you want as true. I’d strongly recommend reading “Feeling is The Secret” by Neville if you want more depth. It’s a pretty short book, but it is powerful. I’d also suggest listening to “Edward Art” on YouTube, he is THE best Neville interpreter and he breaks down things very well. Excluding Edward Art, I’d also suggest cutting out all other interpretations of Neville’s teachings and really just do what Neville says. Here’s the PDF to the book: https://thejoywithin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/neville-goddard-feeling-is-the-secret-pdf-ebook.pdf
“Man has no idea what he is doing morning, noon and night with his inner conversations, and no power in the world can stop you from reaching your fulfilled desire if you are consistent with these inner conversations.”
“For you can spend…if you think in the course of a day you waste your time, spend five minutes in constructive inner conversations. It will overcome so much of the negative! Spend five minutes, sit down quietly with yourself and carry on these wonderful inner conversations from fulfilled desire. May I tell you, no power in the world can stop it from coming to fulfillment; it must accomplish that which I please.”
“I am just telling the whole vast world, whatever is the thing you desire in this world there is an inner conversation that if true would imply that you’ve realized it, and you carry on these inner conversations. Let no one tell you that anyone can stop you. They can’t stop you.”
“Now, I can sit quietly and carry on the most heavenly conversation, and I know it will come to pass. No power in the world will stop it if I’m faithful to it.”
“Put off the former conversations that belong to the old man for that is corrupt; and put on the new man, and he’s created in righteousness, he’s created in the right use of thinking. So if every day you catch yourself doing what you should not do, come right back. Don’t criticize yourself, don’t condemn yourself. Just simply take your wonderful Imagination bring it back to the goal, and simply carry on these inner conversations from premises of fulfilled desire.”
“Don’t waste your precious time! The minute you become aware that you’re carrying on these negative conversations, stop it, and come back without any conversation with self, no condemnation of self, no justification of what you did, don’t do it, and come back to the new man. Put off the old man which he said is corrupt, and the old man is tied to conversations. Put off the former conversations, the old man which is corrupt; put on the new man, which is created in righteousness. Well, if the old man is tied to my former conversations, the new man must be tied to my future conversations. Well, start it right now. This whole thing is all within us.”
Inner conversations is a very easy and effective way to manifest your desires, mainly because we’re inner conversating all the time and because most of us are pros at it without even knowing it. Have you ever been in the shower, imagining yourself arguing with a person that you strongly dislike? Have you ever imagined yourself arguing with your mom because she was yelling at you for something you didn’t do? Have you ever, imaginatively, argued with your sibling because they pissed you off? All of these are common examples of inner conversations, and we’re actually doing it all the time, 25 hours a day, 8 days a week. You’re even inner conversating right now.
Here’s an excerpt where Neville shared a story of his success, a few months before his passing, utilizing his inner conversations in a lecture called “Control Your Inner Conversations (Mind & Speech) (1971):
“I tell you from my own experience, before the Promise was realized in me, seemingly I had this conversation with my brother. Formerly I would argue mentally, — we were five thousand miles apart, — and I needed money at that time; and when I found myself arguing with him, I broke it — tore that entire record up. And whether he sent me a nickel or not, I loved him and praised him and thanked him, and went about my business, not knowing where the next was coming from, for I had spent a fortune by taking off one solid year and living at the same level that I had lived in previous years, and spent money like water. Then came that moment I needed money. And inwardly I carried on a conversation with him, and I thought that’s a stupid thing to do; so I broke that record, and then I carried on the most glorious conversation with him, like two lovers, because I do love him and he loves me, And. I changed that “old man” into the “new man,” by changing my conversation with him, Do you know, in no time flat, — unasked, a very large wonderful check came to me? And no request; I didn’t appeal at all. I was “taking it out” on the one I loved because I myself had spent the money like a drunken sailor. And then here inwardly I am arguing with my brother; and when I broke it and actually carried on the most loving conversation with him — all about the family life and all these marvelous things, suddenly out of the nowhere came a very large, wonderful check. And I didn’t appeal for it, So I am telling you from experience, I know it works this way. Yet, if you are in the mood to argue, you so love the argument, — it costs you nothing; so you are having the time of your life.”
So you see? When he needed money, instead of him continuing to tell his brother off, he instead had lovely inner conversations with his brother and not long after, he received a huge check. All you have to do is turn those inner arguments into lovely conversations. And notice how when we inner conversate, we get lost in it? Like say you’re in the shower and you’re imaginatively arguing with someone, notice how you’re no longer aware of the shower and how you’re so lost in your argument? Like the argument is the only thing you’re aware of in THAT moment. That’s exactly what we’re supposed to do when consciously manifesting. Instead of imaginatively arguing with your sibling, imagine them sincerely apologizing. Instead of arguing with your mom, imagine her saying such lovely things about you. Instead of telling that bully off, imagine them complimenting your appearance or outfit. And this can work for ANYTHING, not just what’s physically in front of you so don’t limit yourself. If you’re not physically famous and you want to be, construct an inner conversation that implies that your famous for example. And don’t wait until you go to bed, you don’t need to get into SATS to inner conversate. And inner conversating isn’t just when you’re imagining yourself arguing with someone, it’s the words you hear in your head, your thoughts. Like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you think to yourself “I look a mess” or “I wish I was prettier” for example. Change your inner convo’s now. Don’t wait.
(Imagining ≠ Visualizing. Visualizing is a form of imagining. Believing is a form of imagining too for example. So don’t stress if you’re not a good visualizer, it’s not necessary. You inner conversate all the time without visualizing anyway so don’t worry.)
Below, I’ll post a few excerpts from the lecture and the link to it for those that may want to read it.
“So I ask you to really apply it. Don’t think for one second that knowing what to do is going to do anything for you. It’s the doing it that matters. So, if every moment of time you know what to do, then do it. If you find yourself carrying on any negative conversation, break it, even though it gives you pleasure.”
“So what are you saying at every moment of time? Watch it; be careful what you are saying, because your whole vast world is this inner conversation “pushed out.” And you can change it only by changing the conversation, because the conversation is equated with your nature.”
“So if you walk the street or you ride the bus, or you sit alone, you are still talking; at every moment of time you are talking. And all you need to do to find out what you have been saying is to look at your world. Your world reflects this inner speech. I have seen it every moment of time. I am not going to tell you I have not faltered. I would not for one moment tell you that I am always in control of the inner conversations.”
“So I tell you, you watch carefully what you are saying morning, noon and night. When you go to bed at night, just watch your inner conversations, and see that the sun is not descending upon your anger. Resolve it at that very moment, and make it conform to your wish fulfilled, and make that “wish fulfilled” a. thing of love. What would it be like if it were true? Just what would it be like? Then carry on a conversation from the premise of the wish fulfilled, all clothed in love, for anyone that you think of; and watch how things happen in your world. Your night, — may I tell you — if that is your last thought, it will dominate the dream of the night, You are completely dominated, and your Father is speaking to you constantly through the medium of dreams and through the medium of vision, and you will see the whole thing unfolding within you; and you will know that you are the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“So I say to you now, as we are going up towards the end, believe me, I would not deceive you. I have told you exactly what happened to me as to the Promise. I have told you exactly what I have proven as to the Law; it will not fail you. You can take the Law and put it into practice now. Don’t wait until tomorrow. Do it now, and know that if you carry on these conversations, the promise of the 50th Psalm will take form. “He will show you the salvation of God.” And the “salvation of God” is simply: You awaken as God. That’s how He shows it to you.”
“…It’s going to balloon and crystallize and manifest itself in your world. So, watch it. And do you know, it becomes a pleasant thing after a while to actually carry on lovely conversations? It becomes very pleasant.”
“The clothes you are now wearing were first imagined. The chair in which you are seated, the room that surrounds you – there isn’t a thing here that wasn’t first imagined; so you can see that imagining creates reality. If you don’t believe it, you are lost in a world of confusion.”
—Neville Goddard (Believe It In, 1969)
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“One afternoon, a young grandmother, a businesswoman in New York, came to see me. She brought along her nine-year-old grandson, who was visiting her from his home in Pennsylvania. In response to her questions, I explained the law of assumption, describing in detail the procedure to be followed in attaining an objective. The boy sat quietly, apparently absorbed in a small toy truck, while I explained to the grandmother the method of assuming the state of consciousness that would be hers were her desire already fulfilled. I told her the story of the soldier in camp, who, each night, fell asleep, imagining himself to be in his own bed in his own home.
When the boy and his grandmother were leaving, he looked up at me with great excitement and said, “I know what I want and, now, I know how to get it”. Surprised, I asked him what it was he wanted; he told me he had his heart set on a puppy.
To this, the grandmother vigorously protested, telling the boy that it had been made clear repeatedly that he could not have a dog under any circumstances… that his father and mother would not allow it, that the boy was too young to care for it properly, and furthermore, the father had a deep dislike for dogs – he actually hated to have one around.
All these were arguments the boy, passionately desirous of having a dog, refused to understand. “Now I know what to do”, he said. “Every night, just as I am going off to sleep, I am going to pretend that I have a dog and we are going for a walk”. “No”, said the grandmother, “that is not what Mr. Neville means. This was not meant for you. You cannot have a dog”.
Approximately six weeks later, the grandmother told me what was to her an astonishing story. The boy’s desire to own a dog was so intense that he had absorbed all that I had told his grandmother of how to attain one’s desire – and he believed implicitly that at last he knew how to get a dog.
Putting this belief into practice, for many nights, the boy imagined a dog was lying in his bed beside him. In imagination, he petted the dog, actually feeling its fur. Things like playing with the dog and taking it for a walk filled his mind.
Within a few weeks, it happened. A newspaper in the city in which the boy lived organized a special program in connection with Kindness to Animals Week. All schoolchildren were requested to write an essay on “Why I Would Like to Own a Dog”.
After entries from all the schools were submitted and judged, the winner of the contest was announced. The very same boy who weeks before in my apartment in New York had told me “Now I know how to get a dog” was the winner. In an elaborate ceremony, which was publicized with stories and pictures in the newspaper, the boy was awarded a beautiful collie puppy.
In relating this story, the grandmother told me that if the boy had been given the money with which to buy a dog, the parents would have refused to do so and would have used it to buy a bond for the boy or put it in the savings bank for him. Furthermore, if someone had made the boy a gift of a dog, they would have refused it or given it away.
But the dramatic manner in which they boy got the dog, the way he won the city-wide contest, the stories and pictures in the newspaper, the pride of achievement and joy of the boy himself all combined to bring about a change of heart in the parents, and they found themselves doing that which they never conceived possible – they allowed him to keep the dog.
All this the grandmother explained to me, and she concluded by saying that there was one particular kind of dog on which the boy had set his heart. It was a collie.”
