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Neville Goddard, July 1951

In the creation of a new way of life, we must begin at the beginning, with our own individual regeneration. The formation of organizations, political bodies, religious bodies, social bodies is not enough. The trouble we see goes deeper than we perceive. The essential revolution must happen within ourselves.

Everything depends on our attitude towards ourselves. That which we will not affirm within ourselves can never develop in our world. This is the religion by which we live, for religion begins in subjective experience, like charity, it begins at home.

“Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind” is the ancient formula and there is no other.

Everything depends upon man’s attitude toward himself. That which he cannot or will not claim as true of himself can never evolve in his world. Man is constantly looking about his world and asking, “What’s to be done? What will happen?” when he should ask himself “Who am I? What is my concept of myself?”

If we wish to see the world a finer, greater place, we must affirm the reality of a finer, greater being within ourselves.

It is the ultimate purpose of my teaching to point the road to this consummation. I am trying to show you how the inner man must readjust himself, what must be the new premise of his life, in order that he may lose his soul on the level he now knows and find it again on the high level he seeks.

It is impossible for man to see other than the contents of his own consciousness, for nothing has existence for us save through the consciousness we have of it. The ideal man is always seeking a new incarnation but unless we, ourselves, offer him human parentage, he is incapable of birth.

We are the means whereby the redemption of nature from the law of cruelty is to be effected. The great purpose of consciousness is to effect this redemption. If we decline the burden and point to natural law as giving us conclusive proof that redemption of the world by imaginative love is something that can never come about, we simply nullify the purpose of our lives through want of faith. We reject the means, the only means, whereby this process of redemption must be effected.

The only test of religion worth making is whether it is trueborn. Whether it springs from the deepest conviction of the individual, whether it is the fruit of inner experience. No religion is worthy of a man unless it gives him a deep and abiding sense that all is well, quite irrespective of what happens to him personally.

The methods of mental and of spiritual knowledge are entirely different, for we know a thing mentally by looking at it from the outside, by comparing it with other things by analysing and defining it.

Whitehead has defined religion as that which a man does with his solitude. I should like to add, I believe it is what a man is in his solitude.

In our solitude we are driven to subjective experience. It is, then, that we should imagine ourselves to be the ideal man we desire to see embodied in the world. If, in our solitude, we experience in our imagination what we would experience in reality had we achieved our goal, we will in time, become transformed into the image of our ideal.

“Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, put on the new man, speak every man truth with his neighbour.”

The process of making a “Fact of being, a fact of consciousness” is by the “renewing of our mind.”

We are told to change our thinking. But we can’t change our thought unless we change our ideas. Our thoughts are the natural outpouring of our ideas, and our innermost ideas are the man himself. The end of longing is always to be, not to do.

“Be still and know”

“I AM that which I desire.”

Strive always after being. External reforms are useless if your heart is not reformed.

Heaven is entered not by curbing our passions; but rather, by cultivating our virtues. An old idea is not fickly forgotten, it is crowded out by new ideas. It disappears when a wholly new and absorbing idea occupies our attention. Old habits of thinking and feeling, like dead oak leaves hang on till they are pushed off by new ones.

Creativeness is basically a deeper receptiveness, a keener susceptibility. The future dream must become a present fact in the mind of anyone who would alter his life.

Every great out-picturing is preceded by a period of profound absorption. When that absorption is filled with our highest ideal, when we become that ideal, then we see it manifest in our world and we realize that the present does not recede into the past, but advances into the future.

This is essentially how we change our future. A “now” which is “elsewhere” has for us no absolute meaning. We only recognize “now” when it is at the same time “here.” When we feel ourselves into the desired state “here” and “now” we have truly changed our future.

It is this “Changing Your Future” which I hope to explain to you fully next Sunday morning when I am speaking for Dr. Bailes at 10:30 at the Fox Wilshire Theatre on Wilshire Boulevard near La Cienega. It is my purpose to stir you to a higher concept of yourself and to explain so clearly the method by which you can achieve this concept that each one of you will leave the service on Sunday morning a transformed being.

Discouraged people are sorely in need of the inspiration of great principles. We must get back to first principles if we are to speak with a voice that will kindle the imagination and rouse the spirit. Again, I must repeat, in the creation of a new way of life, we must begin at the very beginning with our own individual regeneration.

Man’s chief delusion is his conviction that he can do anything. Everyone thinks he can do, everyone wants to do and all ask, What to do? … What to do? It is impossible to do anything. One must be. It is hard for us to accept the fact that we, of ourselves, do nothing. It is especially difficult because it is the truth and the truth is always difficult for man to accept.

But, actually, nobody can do anything. Everything happens, all that befalls man, all that is done by him, all that comes from him, all this happens, and it happens in exactly the same way that rain falls, as a result of a change in the temperature in the higher regions of the atmosphere.

This is a challenge to us all. What concept are we holding of ourselves in the higher regions of our soul? Everything depends upon man’s attitude towards himself. That which he will not affirm as true within himself can never develop in his world. A change of concept of self is the right adjustment, the new relationship between the surface and the depth of man.

Deepening is, in principle, always possible, for the ultimate depth lives in everyone, and it is only a question of becoming conscious of it. Life demands of us the willingness to die and to be born again. This is not meant that we die in the flesh. We die in the spirit of the old man to become the new man, then we see the new man in the flesh.

“Subjection to the will of God” is an old phrase for it and there is, I believe, no new one that is better. In that self-committal to the ideal we desire to express; all conflict is dispersed and we are transformed into the image of the ideal in whom we rest.

We are told that the man without a wedding garment reaches the Kingdom by cleverly pretending. He does not believe internally what he practices externally. He appears good, kind, charitable. He uses the right words, but inwardly he believes nothing. Coming into the strong light of those far more conscious than himself, he ceases to deceive.

A wedding garment signifies a desire for union. He has no desire to unite with what he teaches, even if what he teaches is the truth. Therefore, he has no wedding garment. When we are united with the truth, then we will put off the old nature and be renewed in the spirit of our mind. Truth will strip the clever pretenders of their false aristocracy. Truth, in its turn, will be conquered and governed by the aristocracy of goodness, the only unconquerable thing in the world.

Let us go into the Silence.

To manifest your desires, mentally create a scene that implies your wish has already been fulfilled. Include movement in this imagined scene. Then, immobilize your physical body—as if preparing to nap—and begin the imagined action in your mind.

Vividly experience the scene as though it’s real. Carry this imagined action with you as you fall asleep. The length of sleep doesn’t matter; even a short nap is enough. What matters is the intensity of your imagination during this process.

At first, your thoughts may wander. That’s natural. Each time your attention drifts, gently bring it back to the scene you’ve chosen. Repeat this process as many times as needed, until your mind begins to follow the imagined path on its own.

When you engage in this inner journey, focus on what you’ve already mentally created. You’re not starting from scratch; you’re revisiting the prize you’ve already claimed in imagination.

Sit quietly and decide what it is you would like most to express or possess. After you have decided, close your eyes and take your attention completely away from all that would deny the realization of the thing desired; then assume a receptive attitude of mind and play the game of supposing by imagining how you would feel if you were now to realize your desire.

Begin to listen as though space were talking to you and telling you that you are now that which you desire to be.

This receptive attitude is the state of consciousness that you must assume before an impression can be made.

As this pliable and impressive state of mind is attained, then begin to impress upon yourself the fact that you are that which you desired to be by claiming and feeling that you are now expressing and possessing that which you had decided to be and to have.

Continue in this attitude until the impression is made.

As you contemplate, being and possessing that which you have decided to be and to have, you will notice that with every inhalation of breath a joyful thrill courses through your entire being.

This thrill increases in intensity as you feel more and more the joy of being that which you are claiming yourself to be.

Then in one final deep inhalation, your whole being will explode with the joy of accomplishment and you will know by your feeling that you are impregnated by God, the Father.

As soon as the impression is made, open your eyes and return to the world that but a few moments before you had shut out.

In this receptive attitude of yours, while you contemplated being that which you desired to be, you were actually performing the spiritual act of generation so you are now on your return from this silent meditation a pregnant being bearing a child or impression, which child was immaculately conceived without the aid of man.

Doubt is the only force capable of disturbing the seed or impression; to avoid a miscarriage of so wonderful a child, walk in secrecy through the necessary interval of time that it will take the impression to become an expression.

Tell no man of your spiritual romance. Lock your secret within you in joy, confident and happy that some day you will bear the son of your lover by expressing and possessing the nature of your impression.

Then will you know the mystery of “God said, Let Us make man in Our image”.

— Neville Goddard, Your Faith is Your Fortune

The illustrations given in the last chapter will have conveyed to the reader the fact that the first step toward getting rich is to convey the idea of your wants to the Formless Substance.

This is true, and you will see that in order to do so it becomes necessary to relate yourself to the Formless Intelligence in a harmonious way.

To secure this harmonious relation is a matter of such primary and vital importance that I shall give some space to its discussion here, and give you instructions which, if you will follow them, will be certain to bring you into perfect unity of mind with God.

The whole process of mental adjustment and atonement can be summed up in one word, gratitude.

First, you believe that there is one Intelligent Substance, from which all things proceed; second, you believe that this Substance gives you everything you desire; and third, you relate yourself to It by a feeling of deep and profound gratitude.

Many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude. Having received one gift from God, they cut the wires which connect them with Him by failing to make acknowledgment.

It is easy to understand that the nearer we live to the source of wealth, the more wealth we shall receive; and it is easy also to understand that the soul that is always grateful lives in closer touch with God than the one which never looks to Him in thankful acknowledgment.

The more gratefully we fix our minds on the Supreme when good things come to us, the more good things we will receive, and the more rapidly they will come; and the reason simply is that the mental attitude of gratitude draws the mind into closer touch with the source from which the blessings come.

If it is a new thought to you that gratitude brings your whole mind into closer harmony with the creative energies of the universe, consider it well, and you will see that it is true. The good things you already have have come to you along the line of obedience to certain laws. Gratitude will lead your mind out along the ways by which things come; and it will keep you in close harmony with creative thought and prevent you from falling into competitive thought.

Gratitude alone can keep you looking toward the All, and prevent you from falling into the error of thinking of the supply as limited; and to do that would be fatal to your hopes.

There is a Law of Gratitude, and it is absolutely necessary that you should observe the law, if you are to get the results you seek.

The law of gratitude is the natural principle that action and reaction are always equal, and in opposite directions.

The grateful outreaching of your mind in thankful praise to the Supreme is a liberation or expenditure of force; it cannot fail to reach that to which it is addressed, and the reaction is an instantaneous movement toward you.

“Draw nigh unto God, and He will draw nigh unto you.” That is a statement of psychological truth.

And if your gratitude is strong and constant, the reaction in Formless Substance will be strong and continuous; the movement of the things you want will be always toward you. Notice the grateful attitude that Jesus took; how He always seems to be saying, “I thank Thee, Father, that Thou hearest me.” You cannot exercise much power without gratitude; for it is gratitude that keeps you connected with Power.

But the value of gratitude does not consist solely in getting you more blessings in the future. Without gratitude you cannot long keep from dissatisfied thought regarding things as they are.

The moment you permit your mind to dwell with dissatisfaction upon things as they are, you begin to lose ground. You fix attention upon the common, the ordinary, the poor, and the squalid and mean; and your mind takes the form of these things. Then you will transmit these forms or mental images to the Formless, and the common, the poor, the squalid, and mean will come to you.

To permit your mind to dwell upon the inferior is to become inferior and to surround yourself with inferior things.

On the other hand, to fix your attention on the best is to surround yourself with the best, and to become the best.

The Creative Power within us makes us into the image of that to which we give our attention.

We are Thinking Substance, and thinking substance always takes the form of that which it thinks about.

The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best; therefore it tends to become the best; it takes the form or character of the best, and will receive the best.

Also, faith is born of gratitude. The grateful mind continually expects good things, and expectation becomes faith. The reaction of gratitude upon one’s own mind produces faith; and every outgoing wave of grateful thanksgiving increases faith. He who has no feeling of gratitude cannot long retain a living faith; and without a living faith you cannot get rich by the creative method, as we shall see in the following chapters.

It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you; and to give thanks continuously.

And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

Do not waste time thinking or talking about the shortcomings or wrong actions of plutocrats or trust magnates. Their organization of the world has made your opportunity; all you get really comes to you because of them.

Do not rage against corrupt politicians; if it were not for politicians we should fall into anarchy, and your opportunity would be greatly lessened.

God has worked a long time and very patiently to bring us up to where we are in industry and government, and He is going right on with His work. There is not the least doubt that He will do away with plutocrats, trust magnates, captains of industry, and politicians as soon as they can be spared; but in the meantime, behold they are all very good. Remember that they are all helping to arrange the lines of transmission along which your riches will come to you, and be grateful to them all. This will bring you into harmonious relations with the good in everything, and the good in everything will move toward you.

I do know that God’s law reflects all the way down to this world of Caesar. I do not know how long it takes for each egg to hatch in a nest, but I do know each one will hatch in its own time.

And so it is with an assumption.

If I desire to be wealthy, I may not know how long it will take me to reach the conviction that I possess great wealth, but when I feel wealth is mine I have conceived. Conception is my end.

The length of time between my desire and its conception depends entirely upon my inner conviction that it is done. A horse takes twelve months, a cow nine months, a chicken twenty-one days, so there are intervals of time; but it comes down to the simple fact that the truth concerning every concept is known by the feeling of its certainty.

When you know it, not a thing can disturb your knowingness!

— Neville Goddard (An Inner Conviction, 1968)

A single sensation dominates the mind, if you pray successfully.

— Neville Goddard

This is one of Neville’s most incredible quotes. You can meditate on this quote for weeks and still find value in its simplicity.

A single sensation dominates the mind, if you pray successfully.

What I love about this quote is that it’s such a beautiful reminder of distilling the feeling, the state, into one sensation.

So if you’re someone who has trouble deciding on what you want, decide on the sensation you want to capture.

What is one, single feeling that you want to pray for?

Is it a feeling of success?

A feeling of wealth?

A feeling of absolute freedom?

A feeling of health?

What would it feel to dominate your mind with a single sensation of health?

What would it feel like to dominate the mind with a single sensation of wealth?

What would it feel like to dominate the mind with a single sensation of freedom?

Try this out. Lie down on your bed, begin to meditate, and then focus in, hone in on one sensation. One single feeling. And let it ripple through your body. Let it ripple through your energy field.

So often we feel like we have to do MORE in our meditation, in our visualizations, as if we need to cram the entire vision for our life for the next 30 years into one session.

And what I love about this quote is how it, in one sentence, simplifies everything to the bare essential:

A single sensation dominates the mind, if you pray successfully.

Make this your goal today. Find 20 minutes in your day, lie down, turn off the lights, close your eyes, and allow a single sensation to dominate your mind.

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What is the difference between a beginner creator and a master creator?

In this lesson, I’m going to share with you the most common mistakes I see in the manifestation community.

These are often mistakes perception, not action. It’s the way that this person is thinking about reality creation that’s holding them back.

This is the person that’s may have read all the books, they’re very eager to create using the power of their mind, but they have a few misconceptions about how things work.

In this lesson, we’re going to breakdown those misconceptions.

As I go through this list, notice if any of these apply to you.

Here are 7 common mistakes of the beginner manifestor:

1. Using a Hammer to Build a Mansion

Mistake #1: Only using one tool, i.e. outsourcing all your knowledge to one teacher or one book.

This is very limiting, and I see this all the time.

For some people, it’s Neville. They just read Neville Goddard, and they refuse to pick up any other of the thousands of incredible books out there on the power of the mind. Or they just read Abraham-Hicks and they try to conform their whole life to what Abraham is teaching them.

This is a little like trying to build a house with just a hammer. Just one tool. Now a hammer is a great tool. Can do a lot of things. Can you build a house just using a hammer? Probably. But it would be very inefficient.

Start thinking of yourself as someone who has a variety of tools, for all sorts of different situations. Not just one tool. Not just one teacher or one method. Stay open-minded that there may be tools out there that have nothing to do with Neville or the Law of Assumption, but that will serve you beautifully and really help you in life.

I feel like so many times people are trying to box themselves into one specific method, and then they get frustrated that they can’t use a hammer to solve all their challenges in life. Life is very varied, very multifaceted, very nuanced. It’s not meant to be hammered away with one tool. Ok, cool I learned the Law of Assumption, now I know how to master the Universe. You realize that’s not how that works right. There’s got to be a part of you that realizes that. And if you feel resistance to what I’m saying here, I invite you to look at where that resistance is coming from. What are you hoping the Law will do for you? What is the magic that you’re seeking?

The Law is wonderful. Neville’s teachings are incredible. But don’t box yourself in to one modality, one religion of thought, one way of going about things. Stay open minded. Stay flowy. That’s like learning to walk and saying “I don’t need to learn how to run, I already know the most efficient way, I can walk everywhere. I don’t need to know how to dance, that doesn’t serve any useful purpose at all. I’m just gonna stick to walking.”

Life is far more grand and beautiful than we can imagine — stay open minded to the new and the unexplored.

2. Outsourcing Your Authority

Mistake #2: Outsourcing your common sense and logic to an outside authority

What this means is you’re always looking for the answers outside of you. You’re looking for someone to give you a quote from Neville that will prove that something is real, you’re looking on Reddit for someone else’s experience to prove to you something is possible.

This is the opposite of being a powerful creator. A powerful creator creates. They don’t go around seeking proof or validation or evidence. They just pick up their tools and get to work. They test the Law for themselves. They apply it. They take action on it. They don’t sit around waiting for someone to tell them something is possible.

One of the biggest traps I see in the manifestation community is the “Is it possible?” trap. I get messages from people asking “Is it possible for me to manifest this person?”

One person asked me “Is it possible to bring someone back from the dead?”

Well… regardless of whether I think it’s possible, or not, why don’t you try it?

Try using the Law to do it, and see what happens. Either you’ll accomplish your goal or you’ll fail, and then you’ll know.

Just try it.

Why are you asking me? What do you think will happen if somehow I said to you “Yes, it’s 100% possible, you can absolutely manifest someone back from the dead.”

Oh, so now you’re going to do the work? Now that some outside authority who you don’t know at all has told you it’s possible, now you’re going to apply the Law?

Or imagine I say “No, it’s not possible” — you’re going to let someone else dictate to you what’s possible for you?

This is the opposite of being a powerful creator. A powerful creator doesn’t wait around asking for permission of whether something’s possible or not. They just go out and do it. They try it. They get up, they fall down, they fail, they try it, and they find out for sure, for themselves, what they’re capable of.

If you go to Nepal and you find some yogi in the mountains, you might be able to find someone who has incredible magical powers. So it’s possible for the yogi. Does it mean it’s possible for you? Maybe? Maybe not. It’s completely your decision.

Think of any famous person that you admire or that you respect the work they’ve put in. Think of your favorite singer. Can you imagine that person asking someone else “Hey, do you think it’s possible for me to have a wildly successful music career?”

Or do you think THEY decided “I’m going to have succeed in my music career, because I am that person.” And then they went out and made it possible for THEM.

So don’t fall into this trap. Don’t ever ask someone is this possible? Only you know what’s possible for you, so get to work, try the Law out, and see what happens.

3. Honesty is the Cure

Mistake #3: Not being honest with yourself. Manifesting a surface level desire instead of the “essence” of your desire.

I met someone recently who wants to manifest a big lottery win. They also want to manifest moving overseas once they win the lottery.

I said, ok, why the lottery win? Why don’t you just manifest wealth, in whatever form it comes?

Also, why wait for the lottery win to move overseas? Why not manifest the perfect opportunity, all expenses paid, to move overseas? There’s a million and one opportunities that will allow you to move overseas now instead waiting for a lottery win.

They replied with “No, I want it this way. I specifically want the lottery win. And once I have that, I’ll move overseas.”

This is someone who has not taken the time to understand the essence of their desire. Anyone who wants to win the lottery doesn’t really understand wealth or abundance.

Because if you just stop and think for a moment, and take your ego down a notch, and get honest with yourself, it becomes very obvious that what you really want is not a lottery win. What you want is to have enough money to do what you want to do.

That’s very very very different than a lottery win.

What you want is to have an abundance of resources, an abundance of money flowing through your life. Why in the world would you limit yourself to just manifesting it in one specific way, when the Universe can deliver money to you through a million different channels?

This is someone who has not gotten honest themselves. They’ve not examined why they want they want. And it’s painfully obvious to everyone around them that this person who wants the lottery win isn’t ready for true wealth. Because a truly wealthy person isn’t thinking about the lottery, I promise you. A true millionaire or billionaire is not thinking “I need to manifest the lottery to keep my abundance.”

So getting honest with yourself. This also applies to the SP crowd, those that want to manifest a specific person. I need this person, to love me. Come on. You’re not being honest with yourself. What you have here is a very severe attachment and scarcity mindset around one specific person.

If you truly got honest with yourself, and you said “You know, what I really want is to be loved. And to have a stable, caring partner.” That intention is very different than “I need this specific person.”

So people are not honest themselves, they’re not examining why they want what they want, and they’re chasing things that have nothing to do with their life. This person that wants the lottery win so they can move overseas… it’s the equivalent of saying “I’m going to fly from New York to Paris, 7 hour non stop flight, to pick up a fresh croissant, and then I’m going to fly back. Because I want a croissant.”

I think there’s a more efficient way of manifesting a freshly baked croissant that will fulfill your tastebuds.

Don’t overengineer your desires. If you want wealth, focus on wealth and abundance. Not on lottery wins and getting some mysterious inheritance from some long-lost relative. Maybe it will come that way, but that’s not your focus. Your focus is on embodying the thoughts, beliefs, and feelings of a wealthy person. Which is very very different than asking the Universe for a random set of numbers that will grant you access to a lump sum of money.

Get honest with yourself.

4. Aborting the Creation Process

Mistake #4: Aborting the process of creation over a minor setback.

Manifesting is a long-term game. There’s a lot of moving pieces, and the journey is not often a straight line. Neville calls this the bridge of incidents — if you’re looking for a new career, be prepared that on your way to manifesting a new career, you might get fired from your current position.

How you react to that event is everything. If you react to it as “Ok, good, that must be what needed to happen to move me forward, I’m going to continue in the direction of my vision”, you’re golden.

If you react to it as if it’s a major setback, and you freak out, you’re now in the process of aborting your manifestation. You’re losing faith in the long term vision by focusing on a short-term setback.

Think of it like this — you’re cooking pasta, and you’re slicing some tomatoes, and you get a minor cut on your hand. If you suddenly freak out over it, and you say “That’s it! This is b.s. I’m not cooking anymore” and you throw everything out. Well, no pasta for dinner.

But if you go “Oh, ok. I cut myself a little bit. That’s ok. Let me put a bandage on this, and we keep going.” Now you’re on your way to a delicious pasta dinner.

Setbacks happen in life… all the time. It’s normal. It’s like turbulence on a plane. It gets a little bit windy sometimes, and you ride it out. You don’t panic. You don’t freak out. You don’t turn the plane around and say “Well, we gotta fly another day because this is too windy!”.

You assess the situation, you take whatever action is necessary in the moment to stay centered, and you keep going towards your destination.

Like a ship at sea, encountering a storm, you don’t let the storm sway you, you check your compass and you keep going in the direction of your destination.

5. Semantics, schemantics…

Mistake #5: You get caught up in the semantics.

I see this all the time in the manifestation community. People arguing over Law of Assumption vs Law of Attraction. People arguing over different methods. People arguing about what’s possible (see the previous point I made on that.)

This is classic beginner’s mistake. Masters don’t argue over semantics. They learn to see beyond the language and the words, and they learn to see the essence, the Universal Truth, behind each modality and principle.

Who cares if it’s Law of Attraction or Law of Assumption? The real question is: is it bringing you results?

And if you’re still stuck arguing over semantics, and definitions, and what did this quote by this person who wrote it 100 years ago — you are wasting your time, my friend.

Read everything you can, learn everything you can, and start applying it to YOUR life, as soon as you can. Stop looking for confirmation, evidence, proof, definitions… there’s a million and one ways to slice a tomato. So every time you see a different teacher teaching manifestation, that’s all that’s happening. Same Law, different words, different semantics. It’s ok.

Learn from it from you can. Or if you don’t resonate with it, pick a different teacher. What matters is how YOU apply it, to your life.

6. Seeking the Real Prize

Mistake #6: You’re not in it for the long haul.

A lot of people are using manifestation in quick short-term bursts. I need this, I’m going to manifest it. When I need the next thing, I’m going to manifest that.

The master plays a long-term game. They recognize that desires will come and go, and there will be always be new shiny things you want to manifest.

The real power comes from working on your mind directly, over many many years. The real prize of manifestation is mastering your mind, mastering your self-concept, mastering your ability to think and feel what you want.

The greats go after the intangibles. They’re not trying to manifesting mansions or Lamborghini’s. They’re going after the big ones: manifesting spiritual peace, spiritual understanding, deeper connection with the Divine, deeper understanding oneself.

The master recognizes that by working on the intangibles, the tangibles become easy. By working on the deep deep work of looking at oneself and upleveling oneself spiritually, the 3D manifestations sort of take care of themselves.

So start to see manifestation as a long-term game of mastering your mind. The shiny objects are good, you’ll get them, but tune into the real reason you were given this information. It wasn’t to manifest a mansion, I don’t think. I think there’s far more spiritual reasons for this, which is to work on yourself, work on your mind, work on your soul.

7. Courage

Mistake #7: You’re trying to manifest your way out of having to be courageous.

This is a big one!

Let me give you an example:

Jack and Jill both want to become actors.

Jill is going to auditions as much as she can, she’s doing training at an acting academy, she’s putting herself out there, she’s getting as much time on stage as she can, practicing her craft. She holds the vision of being an incredible actress, and she’s doing everything in her power to manifest that, including taking all the natural action steps that would go along with her vision.

Jack is sitting at home. He wants to become an actor, but he’s terrified of getting of being seen. He’s never been on stage. He’s never taken an acting class in his life. He doesn’t even have professional headshots. But he knows about manifestation. So he has an idea: I’m going to manifest myself being discovered on the streets of New York. An agent is going to see me, they’re going to see something in me, and they’re going to cast me in the next great movie.

Who would you bet on manifesting their dream acting career? Jack or Jill?

Now, here’s the kicker — why is Jill more likely to attain her dream? It’s not the action itself, although that is a part of it.

It’s actually the fact that Jill is willing to be courageous. It’s scary to get up on stage. It’s scary to go to auditions and be rejected over and over and over again. But Jill is willing to face her fears. She may still use manifestation techniques to hold the vision of who she wants to become, but she’s not using manifestation to get out of the scary bits.

Jack is scared shitless. He’s scared to be seen, he’s scared be on stage, he’s scared to try something and fail. And he’s using manifestation as a way to get out of doing all the scary things.

Manifestation works, but it will not work if you try to use it to bypass your fears.

Courage is an essential part of the puzzle. The Universe will meet you halfway. It’ll give the opportunities, the auditions, the agent, everything you need to become the great actor you want to be. But at the end of the day, you will still have to make the jump and leap into the unknown and show up on stage, with courage.

The Universe will meet you halfway, but you have got to make the jump.

And this applies to everything, not just acting. The person that wants to manifest the lottery — they’re trying to bypass their fears. They may have a fear of running a business, they may have a fear of taxes, they may have a fear of selling. So they tell themselves: It’s ok, I’m just going to manifest a lottery win. That way I don’t have to deal with business, customers, selling, taxes, I don’t have to grow as a person. I’m just going to manifest a lump sum of money dropping into my lap.

From what I’ve seen, the Universe does not reward that kind of thinking. It loves to meet you halfway, but it will not take away the gift of courage, the gift of facing your fears, from you.

So use manifestation, by all means. But remember, courage is required to bring you to that final final step. Courage is required for you to become the NEW person that you will be on the other side of your manifestation.

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