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Chasing Pushes It Away… Do THIS Instead l Neville Goddard · Neville Goddard Mindset

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What is the most powerful step in creating your reality and
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about doing more? What about finally doing less?
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About stepping into a profound, peaceful knowing that the work
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is already done and indict you to step into the quietest, most
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powerful dimension of the law, the rest that follows identity.
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This isn't the rest of passivity or surrendering to fate, but the
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sacred stillness of one who truly knows the work is
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finished. It's the understanding that
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nothing needs to be earned, nothing forced, nothing proven.
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When you live from identity, action becomes expression, not
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exertion. This is the art of effortless
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becoming. But I say to you that very
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trying is resistance. It is a declaration that you are
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not yet who you say you are. The fulfilled self does not try.
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The fulfilled selves simply lives, and it is in this silent
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knowing that the law performs its perfect work.
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Rest is not waiting. Waiting implies separation.
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Rest is knowing. It is the Sabbath of
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consciousness, the 7th day when nothing is added or taken away.
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All is declared good. All is complete, so let us now
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explore what it truly means to rest in identity.
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First, we must understand that identity is not constructed, it
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is revealed. You are not becoming a new self.
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You are uncovering what has always been true in imagination.
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Your highest self is not a future achievement, it is a
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present reality. When you stop seeking to become
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and instead live as the One who already is, you move into
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harmony with the eternal press. From this space, creation flows
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not by effort but by resonance. Let me illustrate.
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Imagine a musician improvising at the piano.
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She does not stop to calculate every note.
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She rests in the knowledge that the music is already within her.
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Her hands follow the impulse and harmony unfolds.
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So too must you rest in your identity until your life becomes
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improvisation from fulfillment. This is what Scripture means
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when it says, be still and know that I am God.
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The stillness is not stagnation, it is unwavering alignment with
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truth. In that stillness, you discover
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the identity behind the desire. Not one who hopes, but one who
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is. Let us now make this practical.
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Begin each day not by asking what to do, but who to be.
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Identity precedes action. When you anchor yourself in
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being, your actions become inevitable.
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They arise not from obligation, but from inspiration.
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Ask yourself, who am I today? Who am I now that it is done?
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Then allow your choices, tone, pace and posture to reflect
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that. If you assume the identity of
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one who is healed, then live as one who no longer checks for
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symptoms. If you are wealthy, cease
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rehearsing scarcity. If you are in love, stop fearing
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lot. You cannot serve 2 identities.
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You cannot say I am and I hope to be in the same breath.
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Choose one. They rest in it.
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Here is where most falter. They attempt to mix states.
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They say I am abundant but live as if resources are tight.
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They say I am loved but act from rejection.
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The law is not fooled by word. It responds to the vibration of
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identity. Your world echoes who you are
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being. And so I ask you, are you
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resting in your new identity, or are you still visiting it on
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occasion, perhaps during the visualization or in prayer, but
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abandoning it in the day-to-day? True rest means continuity.
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It means being so deeply identified with your fulfilled
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self that anything else feels foreign.
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You do not return to old states because they are no longer home.
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You will know you are resting in identity when effort fades, when
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peace replaces thriving, when gratitude arises spontaneous,
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not because something has changed, but because you have.
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And when you rest, truly rest, the law activates.
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Bridges of incidents unfold, synchronicities multiply.
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But they are not surprising. You greet them with calm
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recognition. Of course, this is natural.
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This is who I am. Let me offer a technique.
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The identity Sabbath. Once a day, take 10 minutes to
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do nothing except well in your chosen identity.
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Not visualizing a scene, not repeating affirmations.
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Simply be. Let yourself feel the
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naturalness of having. Let the relief of fulfilment
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wash over you. No words, no effort, just being.
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And if the mind wanders, gently return, not to trying, but to
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resting, to the sense of already being like a king or queen who
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sits on the throne, not to command, but because it is their
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place. This practice is not glamorous,
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it is not thrilling, but it is potent.
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It anchors you in truth, and truth, when held long enough,
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must harden into fact. Many ask Neville, how long must
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I assume? How many times must I repeat it?
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And I answer until it becomes unnecessary, until it becomes
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you. Not a state you enter, but a
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self you inhabit. Resting in identity is the final
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step, the last surrender. It is the moment you no longer
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chase results because you already are the one who has.
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It is not laziness, it is supreme authority.
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The one who rests knows the law, knows that the outer world
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cannot contradict the inner state for long.
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And so he walks through life with calm dominion.
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Now let us touch on one final truth.
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Rest is magnetic. The world flows to the one who
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no longer reaches. This is the mystery behind
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grace. When you rest in your highest
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identity, the world conforms, not because you demanded it, but
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because you remembered who you are.
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You are not here to force change.
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You are here to remember truth. You are not here to make
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something happen. You are here to let what is
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already true express itself through you.
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This is the effortless becoming. This is the rest that follows
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identity. So tonight, be still.
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Let striving fall away, let try and dissolve and simply be who
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you truly are. We move deeper still, not into
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what to do, but into who to be. You've heard me say live in the
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end. You've heard me say assume the
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wish fulfilled. But now I tell you, go beyond
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the desire and into the being behind it.
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Let us now explore the divine alchemy of self concept.
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For that is the true soil from which your world grows.
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Desire is never random, it is always a revelation of your
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potential self. It shows you what you are meant
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to become, not what you must chase, but what you must awaken
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with it. Every longing is a seed, and
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that seed contains a version of you who already is what you see.
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So tonight I ask you to shift your gaze.
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Do not stare longingly at the object of desire.
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Turn your attention to the self that has it.
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Who is he? Who is she?
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How do they feel? How do they move through the
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world? You see, the world responds not
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to what you want, but to who you are, and who you are is
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determined by your concept of self.
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Concept is the master key. The law operates automatically
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according to the assumptions you hold about.
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If you believe you are always striving, you will always
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strive. If you believe things take time,
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time will be your master. But if you shift yourself
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concept to the one who already has, already is, already knows,
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then your world must reflect. Now here this You are not
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changing the world, you are changing yourself.
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And as your concept of self evolves, the world adjusts.
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It has no choice. It is a mirror, a faithful
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witness of your inner state. Let me offer you something
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radical. Stop trying to manifest.
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Start becoming the version of you who doesn't need to.
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What does that look like? It looks like alignment.
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When your inner conversations, your choices, your reactions,
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your posture all agree with your new identity, manifestation
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becomes effort. Not because it is forced, but
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because it is natural. Let's say your desire is for
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love. Most try to attract love, but
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the one who is love does not attract it.
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They emanate it, they live it, and the world reflecting that
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radiance brings more of the same.
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So begin where it matters within.
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Reconstruct your identity not by affirming what you want to be,
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but by surrendering what you're not.
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Drop the roles of victim, struggler, seeker.
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Assume the role of the one who already knows it is done.
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This is not performance, this is essence.
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Now let us examine how self concept is formed.
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It is built through repetition of thought, of emotion, of
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imagination. You are always affirming
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something. You are always declaring what is
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true of you, even if unconsciously.
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The law simply takes those declarations and gives them
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flesh. So tonight become deliberate.
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Ask yourself what am I declaring about myself today?
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Do your reactions reflect someone who is secure or someone
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still doubt? Do your conversations reveal a
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self who lives in fulfilment or one still yearning?
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Do your habits match the life you say you desire or the life
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you secretly expect? These are not judgments, they
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are invitation. Invitations to recalibrate, to
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step more fully into the embodiment of the self you truly
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are. Now let me give you a sacred
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practice, the mirror technique. Each day, stand before a mirror,
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not to judge your appearance, but to commune yourself.
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Look into your own eyes. Speak not as who you've been,
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but as who you choose to be. Declare your identity.
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I am loved, I am successful, I am radiant, I am free.
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Do not say these as if trying to convince.
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Say them because they are true. Not in the outer yet, but in the
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inner, and the inner always bursts the outer.
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Do this daily, not with effort but with devotion, not as a
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technique but as remembrance. You are not creating a new cell,
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you are remembering the eternal One.
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Let us also dismantle the notion of time, for time is the servant
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of the self concept. When you say it's on its way,
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you delay it. But when you say it is who I am,
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you collapse time. You bring the future into now.
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Creation is finished. The self you seek already exists
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in imagination. Your only task is to align with
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it. Now what about action?
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Many say Neville, should I still act?
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And I say of course, but let it be inspired, not initiated from
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lack. The self who knows does not act
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to make it happen. They act because it is already
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happening. Action then becomes expression,
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not effort. You're not climbing to your
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desire, you are living from it. Here's a paradox.
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The more you try to become, the more you delay being.
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The more you wait for evidence, the more you affirm absent.
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So stop looking for signs. You are the sign.
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Let every breath, every thought, every moment reflect your new
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self concept. Be ruthless in discarding what
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no longer matches. Be gentle in returning when you
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forget. You do not need to be perfect.
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You need only to be faithful. Faithful to the new state,
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faithful to the self who is already complete.
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And when the world tries to contradict you, when appearances
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suggest otherwise, do not react. Smile gently, return within.
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Speak again your truth and wait, not with anxiety, but with
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confident for what you have assumed you must become.
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And what you become the world must reveal.
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So tonight, don't ask for change.
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Become the change. Don't reach for the desire,
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become the one who has it. Don't fix the mirror, change the
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face it reflects. This is the true alchemy, not of
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gold, but of identity, the transmutation of self.
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You are the creator, the created and the creation.
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You are the cause and the fulfillment.
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You are the law. There is a space beyond
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assumption, beyond feeling it real, a sacred space where you
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no longer oscillate between faith and doubt.
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It is the realm of knowing. Tonight I will lead you into
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this deeper Chamber of consciousness where you do not
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wait, do not seek, do not question, but simply are.
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You see, when you truly live from the end, there comes a
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point when you no longer care whether it has appeared in form,
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not because you've stopped desiring it, but because you
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know that it is already done. This knowing is not arrogant, it
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is not delusion. It is the quiet confidence of
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one who understands the law. Knowing is the final seal of
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assumption. It is the moment you cease
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checking, cease measuring, cease needing.
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If you become like a mountain, unmoved by wind or weather, you
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stand still in your fulfilled state and let the world adjust
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itself around you. This, my friends, is not
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passivity. It is not indifferent.
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It is the supreme power of the One who creates by consciousness
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alone. Think of the farmer who plants
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his seed. He does not return every hour to
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ask, is it growing? He trusts the soil.
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He knows the seed must transform beneath the surface before it
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rises into form. So too must you trust the soil
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of your subconscious. When you assume the feeling of
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the wish fulfilled and rest in that assumption, the
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transformation begins invisibly. The law operates perfectly.
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Your only task is to maintain the inner reality.
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The world will catch up. This is the concept we now
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expand. How to live in such perfect
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certainty that the outer manifestation becomes
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irrelevant. It is inevitable, yes, but it no
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longer defines your peace. Let me now speak of the space
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between states. For some of you, the challenge
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lies in the transition from the state of wanting to the state of
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having. You feel the new identity for a
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time, but old habits whisper, old emotions rise.
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This is natural, but you must persist in your new self until
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it becomes your home. Here is where the power of
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stillness becomes your greatest ally.
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When you are still not merely in body but in consciousness, you
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create no resistance. The old self begins to fall
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away, not through force, but through disuse.
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You must become uninterested in the old man.
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His worries, his strategies, his limitations.
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They are not yours anymore. You have moved houses.
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You do not redecorate the place you've left behind.
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You invest in the new. You dress it, furnish it, live
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in it. To live in the end means that
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you no longer speak from memory, but from identity.
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You do not say I will be healed. You say I am healed.
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You do not say I hope to be wealthy.
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You say wealth is my natural state, but this language is not
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for other, it is for you. It is the inner dialogue that
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reshapes your world. And so I ask you tonight, what
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is your dominant conversation with yourself?
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Is it affirming your new state or rehearsing the old?
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Let us now bring structure to this practice.
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Begin each morning not by planning what you'll do, but by
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establishing who you are. Let your first thoughts be
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saturated in your chosen identity.
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If you are living from success, then begin the day as the
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successful one. Feel into it before you rise
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from bed. Let that consciousness become
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the foundation of your actions throughout the day.
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When the old world calls through e-mail, bills, voices,
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conditions, do not argue with it.
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Do not fight. Instead, quietly return to your
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state. Remember, you are not here to
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fix appearances. You are here to remain faithful
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to the unseen. This faithfulness is the sign of
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mastery, not in results, but in residence.
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Where are you dwelling at night that you'll return to sleep?
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Be a return to the end. Reassume the fulfilled state.
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Don't revise the day with regret, revise it with truth.
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Rewrite every moment as a person you have claimed to be.
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Then fall asleep as that cell. This is not ritual.
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This is rhythm, the rhythm of creation.
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Let me now speak to those who say, but nothing has changed.
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I say to you, everything has changed the moment you assume
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you move dimensions. Your outer world may not have
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caught up yet, but the seed is already planted.
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It is becoming. Just as the sun continues to
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rise beyond the clouds, so your manifestation is already rising
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beyond the veil of time. Your only task is to not
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disbelieve what you've already accepted.
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Doubt reverts you. Certainty advances you not
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because certainty forces the outcome, but because certainty
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refuses to leave the state. You see, the law does not
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require effort, it requires fidelity.
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You must be loyal not to the facts but to the truth, the
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truth that what you have assumed is already yours.
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The world will test this, not to punish you, but to confirm your
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resolve. Will you remain in the new
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identity when your senses scream otherwise?
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Will you choose to believe your imagination over your eyesight?
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This is the Crucible of transformation.
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Now let us refine your practice further.
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Let the world become background noise.
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Withdraw the power of your attention from what is and
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reinvest it into what is true in imagination.
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Speak to yourself as the person you are becoming, not as the one
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you've been. Let your inner conversations
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become declarations of fact. No longer say I want, say I am.
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No longer say one day, say today in consciousness.
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No longer ask when will it come, say it is already done.
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You do not convince yourself, You reveal to yourself the truth
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has always been present. You have simply looked away.
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When you stop trying to make it happen, you allow it to happen.
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When you stop measuring results, you start magnifying identity
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and the world must bow to identity.
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So tonight I ask you, will you persist?
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Will you stop looking out and begin looking within again and
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again until it becomes natural? Because I tell you, the one who
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assumes and does not waver will see it, but more importantly, he
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will become it. And when you become it, the need
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to see it dissolves. Live there, dwell there, speak
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from there, and let the world catch up.
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Tonight let us move beyond conceptual understanding and
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into the lived experience of assumption, not merely thinking
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about having, not visualizing to get, but becoming the embodiment
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of what you desire. You see, my friends, the law of
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assumption only bears fruit when it becomes not something you do,
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but something you are. Most approach this teaching like
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a tool to fix life, as if the outer world were broken and must
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be mended by effortful thought. But that is not the law.
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The law is not here to help you fix the outer.
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It is here to reveal that the outer is the mirror.
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Change the inner and the mirror must change.
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So tonight, I urge you to step beyond the attempt to make
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manifestation happen. Step into the dimension where it
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is already done. Not done tomorrow, Not done in
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process. Done now within you.
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To live in the end is to live from the knowing that nothing
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needs to be added. The assumption is not the
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prelude to fulfillment, it is fulfillment itself.
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When you say I am, you are planting the sea, but when you
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feel I am, you are watering that seed with certainty.
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Let us consider what it means to fully embody the state of the
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wish fulfilled. It means becoming congruent.
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Your thoughts, your emotions, your imagination, your posture,
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your choices, everything aligns with the reality of already
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having. This is not pretend.
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It is not delusion. It is divine remembrance.
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You do not try to fake it until you make it.
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That is still effort. That is still the confession of
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absence. No, you enter the state with
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naturalness, with E. Like slipping into a warm bar,
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like returning to a home you've always known.
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Let me now give you something practical, because this law,
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though mystical, is always practical.
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Begin by choosing the state you wish to live from.
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Perhaps it is hell. Perhaps it is abundance, Perhaps
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it is love. Now don't think of having it.
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Ask instead, Who am I in that state?
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What does my day feel like? How do I carry myself?
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What assumptions do I hold without effort?
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Let us say your desire is abundance.
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You must now assume the self who lives in abundance, not just
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financially, but emotionally, relationally, spiritually.
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The abundant self doesn't wonder if there is enough.
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They live in the knowing of overflow.
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They don't seek, they share. They don't hustle, they flow.
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From this state, your choices begin to change.
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You no longer act to get something.
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You act as the expression of who you already are.
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If you are abundant, your decisions reflect security.
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If you are loved, your relationships reflect wholeness.
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This is embodiment. But the moment you slip into
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asking when will it come, you have exited the state.
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That is not a sin, it is not failure.
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It is simply your opportunity to return.
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You do not need to fight the question, you do not need to
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battle the doubt. Just re enter the state.
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You see, the great secret is this.
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The state of the wish fulfilled is always available.
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It exists now in the eternal present.
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It is not hidden, not distant. It only requires your
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willingness to let go of trying and to dwell in being.
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Let us speak now of permanence. Many of you touch the state.
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You feel the relief, the joy, the alignment.
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But then the old world speaks. Bills come in, conflicts arise,
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the census declare the opposite. And so you exit the state.
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You become the old man once more.
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But I tell you, you must not let the facts dictate your faith.
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You must let your faith dictate your fact.
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What you are conscious of being will out picture itself, but it
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must be held not rigidly, not with strain, but with the
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certainty of one who knows the seed is planted.
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Imagine a sculptor chiseling away at stone.
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He doesn't panic that the form is not yet visible, he knows it
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is there within. So true with you.
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You must chisel away every thought, every word, every act
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that does not reflect your assumed identity.
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This is why I say make no room for contradiction.
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Do not entertain doubt, not because it is evil, but because
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it is unproductive. The moment you make a case for
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why it hasn't happened yet, you return to the state of wanting.
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And wanting never manifests, only having does.
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Let me give you a powerful technique.
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I call it the identity recall. Throughout the day, pause and
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ask whom am I right now? Not who do I want to be, but who
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am I be? This question reveals the state
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you're in. If you're in worry, you are not
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in fulfilment. If you're in fear, you are not
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in love. And so rather than chastise
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yourself, gently, gently recall. Re Enter the end.
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Let this become your new habit to return to remember, to
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identify, not just once in meditation, but again and again
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until the state becomes permanent.
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Eventually the state stabilizes, it becomes your natural
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dwelling, and the world must bow to your new identity.
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People shift, circumstances rearrange, doors open.
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But more than that, you chain not because you force change,
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but because you stopped pretending to be someone you're
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not. You are not the one who wants.
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You are the one who has. And when you live from that
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inner truth, your outer world must conform.
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This, my dear friends, is not wishful thinking.
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It is the law. As we close tonight, remember
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you are not here to become. You are here to remember.
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You are not here to try. You are here to be.
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Live not from the hunger of desire, but from the
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satisfaction of its fulfillment. For what you accept within must
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be reflected without. So assume the feeling of the
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wish fulfilled not once, but until it becomes who you are,
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and God bless you.