From the Success Manual of Moses: YOU MUST BE HAPPY: Neville Goddard, the Bible, and Faith
"What shall I do while awaiting my manifestation?" Rejoice! And again I say, and Neville says, and the Bible says, REJOICE!! Incorporate the Great, Great Grandson of Adam: Mahalalail, the Praise of God. Celebrate! Rejoice! Thank! Exult!
If we really subjectively appropriated our desired objective experience as real and true, then it is REAL and TRUE. That is the thing about being "there." It might not be manifest yet, but it is real and true in the future conglomeration of time, and we are on our way to it. It is subject to the Standing Orders of God -- it must be being done -- and it WILL come to pass in the future, but it is also real now. Our present, no matter how bad it may seem, is now the beginning of the path to that future. Bless God for it (!), for without this present we cannot have that specific future! It is time to rejoice and exult and praise and adore God and thank for it!!
Said Jacob to his dread brother Esau after becoming Israel, God ruling as man, "'If I have found mercy in your eyes, please accept these offerings from my hands, because now I have seen that your face is the face of the angle in my vison. And you can depend on me. Accept my blessings (worship, praise, thanks) as endowments that I have brought you because God HAD mercy on me and because I HAVE everything,' and he pressed him (in spite of the circumstances) until he accepted (and what Jacob desired manifested)" (Genesis 33:10 Alexander; parentheses and emphasis mine).
Said Neville:
"Now, you have an instrument infinitely greater than any radio or television, but it must be turned on and fine tuned. Think of a friend who would truly rejoice in your good fortune. Tune him in until his is the only voice you can hear. Let him tell you of his thrill because of your good fortune. Listen carefully until his voice is crystal clear and you can hear the sentence you put upon that voice. Now, believe in its reality. If you will, you are living by this principle and not merely accepting the Christian faith as a substitute for living by it." – Neville Goddard – Christ in You.
"He gave you . . . the power to create every desire of your heart . . . if you put yourself in the end by rejoicing in the objective’s fulfillment . . . whatever you are beholding in your mind’s eye (let it be rejoicing!), you will produce in your outer world. It is just as simple as that." – Neville Goddard – Christ is your life (parenthesis mine).
"In the 10th chapter of Luke, the story is told of seventy disciples, who - having been sent out into the world - returned thrilled beyond measure, and said: 'Lord, even the demons were subject to us in your name.' Then he said: 'I saw Satan (ignorance/doubt) fall from heaven. Nevertheless, rejoice not that the spirits are subject to you, but that your names are written in heaven (i.e., that your nature has found Christ!).'" – Neville Goddard – The Secret of Causation (parenthesis mine).
"When you imagined you were the person you wanted to be and heard your friends rejoice at your good fortune, you entered that state and prepared a place in which to dwell; for at that moment Christ in you was speaking to the outer, rational you. As your own wonderful human imagination Christ is telling you that he knows you are afraid, that you have obligations in life which must be met, but to not be afraid for 'I will go and prepare a place for you.' Knowing this, close your physical eyes upon the world round about you and let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid, for all things are possible to Christ in you! Let him prepare the state, for he is the way to its fulfillment." – Neville Goddard – Christ in You.
"Give yourself a new concept of self for the old concept. Give up the old concept completely. A prayer granted implies that something is done in consequence of the prayer which otherwise would not have been done. Therefore, I myself am the spring of action, the directing mind and the one who grants the prayer. Anyone who prays successfully turns within, and appropriates the state sought. You have no sacrifice to offer. Do not let anyone tell you that you must struggle and suffer. You need not struggle for the realization of your desire. Read what it says in the Bible:
"Ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel." Isaiah 30:29. "Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth." Isaiah 42: 10. "Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel." Isaiah 44:23. "Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head. They shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away." Isaiah 51:11:
"The only acceptable gift is a joyful heart. Come with singing and praise. That is the way to come before the Lord -- your own consciousness. Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled, and you have brought the only acceptable gift. All states of mind other than that of the wish fulfilled are an abomination; they are superstition and mean nothing.
"'When you come before me, rejoice,' because rejoicing implies that something has happened which you desired. 'Come before me singing, giving praise, and giving thanks,' for these states of mind imply acceptance of the state sought. – Neville Goddard – Remain Faithful to Your Idea.
"Well, first, as I assume that I am it, let me think of my friends – those who really would rejoice with me were it true. Let me imagine that I am seeing them in my mind’s eye. How do they see me? If what I am assuming is true, they should see me as I am seeing myself, and if they are friends, they should rejoice with me. So, let me now assume that I am seeing reflected on the face of a friend that which, if I saw it, would imply he sees in me that which I have assumed that I am. Will that work? Try it! I tell you, from my own personal experience, it works." – Neville Goddard – Live in the End.
Neville told us to rejoice and praise and give thanks because that is what the Bible says, and Neville lived and breathed the Bible. Below is a very slight sampling of imperatives from the Bible to rejoice. I could go on and on and on with litanies on faith and joy and praise and sing and exult, etc. Plug each into your browser's search engine under "Bible" . . . and enjoy!
Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord (imagination!) always; again I will say, rejoice!" (parenthesis mine).
Deuteronomy 12:7 "There also you and your households shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all your undertakings in which the LORD your God has blessed you."
Psalm 5:11 "But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; and may You shelter them, that those who love Your name (nature!) may exult in You." (parenthesis mine).
Psalm 119:162 "I rejoice at Your word, as one who finds great spoil."
James 1:2-4 "I wish you all possible joy, brethren, as you experience many trials and changes. For you know that holding on to the faith will result in you gaining hope. For that hope, then, shall represent wholesome works, so that you will be devoted and lacking in nothing."
Romans 5:3 "And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations."
Isaiah 29:19 "The afflicted also will increase their gladness in the LORD (imagination!), and the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel." (parenthesis mine).
And there is this take on the subject: "The graciousness of your childhood is recalled unto you, the kindness of your hopefulness, as you walked behind me in the wilderness in a land that cannot be cultivated" (Jeremiah 2:2 Alexander).
I cannot make a doctrine of this one, but I have to wonder if this is what we image: Genesis 1:2 "And the earth was for him and by him, and darkness was over the face of infinite space, and the Spirit of God was over the layers of the water" (Alexander).
Darkness is like our present world, full of ignorance and confusion. The Spirit of God, Its consciousness/imagination, is thinking God's thoughts -- praise, worship, everything good -- over the various conscious depths of that darkness. And God said, "Let there be Light." Paul said in 1 Corinthians 3:6, "I plant and Apollo irrigates, except it is Allaha who nurtures" (I substitute Alexander for KJV). Apollo is Light, the sun (the destroyer) in its withering; for praise, worship, and thanksgiving lays waste to the present dark situation to bring Life to our desire in its stead.
If we really subjectively appropriated our desired objective experience as real and true, then it is REAL and TRUE. That is the thing about being "there." It might not be manifest yet, but it is real and true in the future conglomeration of time, and we are on our way to it. It is subject to the Standing Orders of God -- it must be being done -- and it WILL come to pass in the future, but it is also real now. Our present, no matter how bad it may seem, is now the beginning of the path to that future. Bless God for it (!), for without this present we cannot have that specific future! It is time to rejoice and exult and praise and adore God and thank for it!!
Said Jacob to his dread brother Esau after becoming Israel, God ruling as man, "'If I have found mercy in your eyes, please accept these offerings from my hands, because now I have seen that your face is the face of the angle in my vison. And you can depend on me. Accept my blessings (worship, praise, thanks) as endowments that I have brought you because God HAD mercy on me and because I HAVE everything,' and he pressed him (in spite of the circumstances) until he accepted (and what Jacob desired manifested)" (Genesis 33:10 Alexander; parentheses and emphasis mine).
Said Neville:
"Now, you have an instrument infinitely greater than any radio or television, but it must be turned on and fine tuned. Think of a friend who would truly rejoice in your good fortune. Tune him in until his is the only voice you can hear. Let him tell you of his thrill because of your good fortune. Listen carefully until his voice is crystal clear and you can hear the sentence you put upon that voice. Now, believe in its reality. If you will, you are living by this principle and not merely accepting the Christian faith as a substitute for living by it." – Neville Goddard – Christ in You.
"He gave you . . . the power to create every desire of your heart . . . if you put yourself in the end by rejoicing in the objective’s fulfillment . . . whatever you are beholding in your mind’s eye (let it be rejoicing!), you will produce in your outer world. It is just as simple as that." – Neville Goddard – Christ is your life (parenthesis mine).
"In the 10th chapter of Luke, the story is told of seventy disciples, who - having been sent out into the world - returned thrilled beyond measure, and said: 'Lord, even the demons were subject to us in your name.' Then he said: 'I saw Satan (ignorance/doubt) fall from heaven. Nevertheless, rejoice not that the spirits are subject to you, but that your names are written in heaven (i.e., that your nature has found Christ!).'" – Neville Goddard – The Secret of Causation (parenthesis mine).
"When you imagined you were the person you wanted to be and heard your friends rejoice at your good fortune, you entered that state and prepared a place in which to dwell; for at that moment Christ in you was speaking to the outer, rational you. As your own wonderful human imagination Christ is telling you that he knows you are afraid, that you have obligations in life which must be met, but to not be afraid for 'I will go and prepare a place for you.' Knowing this, close your physical eyes upon the world round about you and let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid, for all things are possible to Christ in you! Let him prepare the state, for he is the way to its fulfillment." – Neville Goddard – Christ in You.
"Give yourself a new concept of self for the old concept. Give up the old concept completely. A prayer granted implies that something is done in consequence of the prayer which otherwise would not have been done. Therefore, I myself am the spring of action, the directing mind and the one who grants the prayer. Anyone who prays successfully turns within, and appropriates the state sought. You have no sacrifice to offer. Do not let anyone tell you that you must struggle and suffer. You need not struggle for the realization of your desire. Read what it says in the Bible:
"Ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel." Isaiah 30:29. "Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth." Isaiah 42: 10. "Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel." Isaiah 44:23. "Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head. They shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away." Isaiah 51:11:
"The only acceptable gift is a joyful heart. Come with singing and praise. That is the way to come before the Lord -- your own consciousness. Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled, and you have brought the only acceptable gift. All states of mind other than that of the wish fulfilled are an abomination; they are superstition and mean nothing.
"'When you come before me, rejoice,' because rejoicing implies that something has happened which you desired. 'Come before me singing, giving praise, and giving thanks,' for these states of mind imply acceptance of the state sought. – Neville Goddard – Remain Faithful to Your Idea.
"Well, first, as I assume that I am it, let me think of my friends – those who really would rejoice with me were it true. Let me imagine that I am seeing them in my mind’s eye. How do they see me? If what I am assuming is true, they should see me as I am seeing myself, and if they are friends, they should rejoice with me. So, let me now assume that I am seeing reflected on the face of a friend that which, if I saw it, would imply he sees in me that which I have assumed that I am. Will that work? Try it! I tell you, from my own personal experience, it works." – Neville Goddard – Live in the End.
Neville told us to rejoice and praise and give thanks because that is what the Bible says, and Neville lived and breathed the Bible. Below is a very slight sampling of imperatives from the Bible to rejoice. I could go on and on and on with litanies on faith and joy and praise and sing and exult, etc. Plug each into your browser's search engine under "Bible" . . . and enjoy!
Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord (imagination!) always; again I will say, rejoice!" (parenthesis mine).
Deuteronomy 12:7 "There also you and your households shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all your undertakings in which the LORD your God has blessed you."
Psalm 5:11 "But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; and may You shelter them, that those who love Your name (nature!) may exult in You." (parenthesis mine).
Psalm 119:162 "I rejoice at Your word, as one who finds great spoil."
James 1:2-4 "I wish you all possible joy, brethren, as you experience many trials and changes. For you know that holding on to the faith will result in you gaining hope. For that hope, then, shall represent wholesome works, so that you will be devoted and lacking in nothing."
Romans 5:3 "And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations."
Isaiah 29:19 "The afflicted also will increase their gladness in the LORD (imagination!), and the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel." (parenthesis mine).
And there is this take on the subject: "The graciousness of your childhood is recalled unto you, the kindness of your hopefulness, as you walked behind me in the wilderness in a land that cannot be cultivated" (Jeremiah 2:2 Alexander).
I cannot make a doctrine of this one, but I have to wonder if this is what we image: Genesis 1:2 "And the earth was for him and by him, and darkness was over the face of infinite space, and the Spirit of God was over the layers of the water" (Alexander).
Darkness is like our present world, full of ignorance and confusion. The Spirit of God, Its consciousness/imagination, is thinking God's thoughts -- praise, worship, everything good -- over the various conscious depths of that darkness. And God said, "Let there be Light." Paul said in 1 Corinthians 3:6, "I plant and Apollo irrigates, except it is Allaha who nurtures" (I substitute Alexander for KJV). Apollo is Light, the sun (the destroyer) in its withering; for praise, worship, and thanksgiving lays waste to the present dark situation to bring Life to our desire in its stead.
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How do you know you've appropriated something as real and true? What are the requirements in list form for appropriating something? How does one differentiate between a conscious creation and a really vivid daydream? What is required?
Is it required that I:
* get so caught up in the vision that I forget where I physically am in the now? (what if there is no quiet time in one's life? how do you shut out traffic and barking dogs and noisy neighboring tenants etc?)
* incorporate all five senses? (can people blind or deaf from birth be conscious creators then?)
* believe it's happening NOW... in what way? in some unseen realm?
Also, if all of creation is finished how is conscious creation even possible? And why does it take so much "boot camp" effort in imagining something desirable, yet something undesired can be manifest as easily as a "passing thought"?
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Struggling
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Struggling, at 6:55 AM
I do not mean to put you off, Struggling, but I am a blogger. Just a blogger, but hey! no cost to you or to anyone else. No one is going to do all your heavy lifting for you. If you want a list, take pen and paper and read (YOU NEED THIS EXERCISE!). This isn't a voodoo pot or recipe of witchcraft. It has to do with attitudes of mind and mental perceptions -- it is biblical prayer (you are dealing with the Big Guy). You know when you feel it is real. You only need to imagine its realness. Where it happens is God's intentions.
"If all of creation is finished, how is conscious creation even possible?" I believe and teach that all of creation was completed in Genesis 1, in fact, in Genesis 1:1. The Ineffable Most High desired/intended Its full and mature, complete manifestation. It knew exactly what that is, and that was its creation . . . in the Ineffable's imagination. The End is determined, and how it is going to become fulfilled known to the Ineffable, but the course is our spiritual development. How THAT is going to be achieved is unlimited in possibilities. Every which way possible for everything possible can be imagined and can become. They are not actually important, our development is. The Ineffable, I believe, already knows all the course (else how could so much history/names/places/dates be in the bible codes?), but we don't, and the finding out is edumacational to us. It is bootcampish because it is now deliberate, purposeful. We are not blindly floundering around in the world in quiet desperation, but advancing toward a goal. A high and lofty goal. We are not just out to get our jollies.
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Daniel C. Branham-Steele, at 3:11 AM
PS to Struggling:
I said above that all of creation was completed in Genesis 1:1. That is true, but not according to any bible you might have. The bible is coded stories which evoke images of the truth. Read things like Cooper's GOD IS A VERB and other works on Jewish mysticism which may help develop your ability to see through the symbols.
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Daniel C. Branham-Steele, at 3:31 AM
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