Chapter 15. Step Four: Nevillize Your Goal

One of my favorite spiritual authors is Neville Goddard. He wrote such classics as Out of This World and The Law and the Promise. He was a charming character who seemed to have access to a world most of us don't see. He taught people how to use their "imaginal" mind, add feeling, and create results. He once said in a lecture:

"I urge you to use your imagination lovingly on behalf of everyone, and believe in the reality of your imaginal acts. If you have a friend who would like to be gainfully employed, listen carefully until you hear his voice tell you of his new position. Feel his hand clasp yours. See the smile on his lips. Use every sense you can possibly bring to bear into the imaginal scene. Persist until you feel the thrill of reality, then drop it and let that scene fulfill itself on the outside."

You may have noticed that Neville didn't say just focus on the image of your friend getting a job. He also advised you to hear your friend's voice. And to feel your friend touch you. And to feel the thrill of reality of the scene having taken place.

Neville's great contribution to the science of attracting your own reality was the idea that you must first feel the thing you want as if you already had it. I call this Nevillizing your goal.

In one old book I have by Neville, he signed it with the phrase "Assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled." That's the key. That's the secret. You have to learn how to "Nevillize Your Goal" by assuming the ...

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