Manifestation Basics (Neville Goddard): Conversation with a Friend about Shifting Realities, Law of Assumption, Affirmations, Living in the End
Hi! My name is Tanaya Amar and I am a “conscious manifester” (Instagram: @tanayaamar). I have been manifesting since late 2008 to early 2009, and currently only follow the teachings of Neville Goddard to realize my desires. I have experienced my spiritual awakening in several phases and it was during the latest phase when I stumbled upon Neville’s teachings after which my life changed completely. I am on Medium to share my epiphanies, interpretations of Neville’s work, and my success stories with you wonderful people!
For my first ever article on this topic, I decided to share a conversation I had with a friend of mine whom I had the honor of introducing to conscious manifesting not very long ago. The following is a two-way dialogue I had with them over a private messaging app and it is sure to open your eyes to a brand new world of manifesting and/or spirituality. My friend had several questions regarding manifesting and staying persistent in the ideal state. They reached out to me for my help in the matter and shared their story. In this article, I shall quote some of their messages word-to-word followed by my summarized response to them. My friend has graciously agreed to share this little tête-à-tête with the world and for that I shall be forever grateful to them. I intend that what you are about to read benefits you infinitely. Enjoy!
Friend: “But 2 weeks back it started going downhill. These are circumstances beyond my power. Entirely dependent on others. So regardless how much I am trying to stay positive, it’s just not working. And it’s not like I have been doubting during the imagining. I have been purely invested in the pretend future and yet I am not able to do it. Does it have to do with others trying to manifest the same thing… And hence mine isn’t working..??”
Tanaya: Let’s address this first by covering some basics. Circumstances don’t matter during manifesting. You can have ANYTHING you want! Why? Because EVERY possibility exists or, in Quantum Physics terms, a “parallel reality” exists within which you already have your desire. Now since there are infinite possibilities, there are infinite realities. No limits! So, logically, circumstances cannot matter when all possibilities already exist. Secondly, everything depends on YOU in your reality. You just told me that certain things depend entirely on others when in fact nothing could be further from the truth, because in your reality you are the God. You call the shots and you set the rules — and you do so with your assumptions. No one has any power in your reality unless you give them that power with your assumptions. And the reason that is so is because, as Neville says, everything and everyone is your imagination/assumptions pushed out!
Friend: “Yeah I guess I am more like… It is the other person’s decision, I can’t play a role in it”
Tanaya: Nope, that’s a lie. The reason it appears to be so is because you have this assumption that you have no role to play in another person’s decisions! It’s so simple, see? Change the assumption, change the person! Although, in truth, you don’t change anyone — you just move into a reality where the person is the version you want them to be. Like I said all possibilities exist, therefore, all versions of a person exist.
Friend: “Right!”
Tanaya: Right now you assume this person has all the power and, by law, you must experience that, i.e., them having the power in your reality. And that’s because right now you are in a reality where the seemingly “other” have the power. However, when you start assuming that YOU have the power and that this person or these people are acting as per YOUR thoughts, you will shift into a reality where it is so! Creation is finished — energy cannot be created nor destroyed. All possibilities have already been created, which means you don’t create a new reality where this person is “different”. You simply shift — like changing rooms!
Imagine being in a room with a difficult person. Trying to debate/argue/reason with this person won’t yield results because that is the particular nature of that room aka that reality. All you have to do is recognize you are in the wrong room and simply leave it and go to the room where the compliant version of this person exists. How? By using your wonderful human imagination! Or you can do so by affirming or by creating new assumptions/beliefs since both require imagination. In fact, you can start by imagining and affirming without necessarily having to believe the imaginary scenes or affirmed statements. The belief will develop over time. It is, however, important that you persist in the assumption and have faith that this is working regardless of what your physical senses show you. And before you know it, you’re in a new room where everything seems the same but this person is different. You can change anything in your life by following this exact process because, contrary to popular belief, everything is under YOUR control. You choose which reality you want to reside in, so always assume the best about things. You must have heard people and philosophers say things like “always think good thoughts” etc., but they don’t tell you WHY. Well, here’s the reasoning behind those statements.
Friend: “I am starting to believe it’s true… It’s just that at times when things take time to work out, you lose faith and question everything”
Tanaya: Faith is important. The truth is you are God and there is no external God. You are God having a human experience by dreaming this wonderful three-dimensional dream. The illusion of this dream is strong which, in a way, serves us because, if it weren’t so, what would even be the point of having a human experience? In reality, everything is possible but things appear difficult in order to keep the illusion intact. It’s like having the option to choose between various difficulty levels in a video game. The “Easy” level can get boring, so we chose to play the more difficult version of the game. It’s an adventure!
Friend: “Wow. Never thought of it that way”
Tanaya: Haha! The truth is being revealed to you! We forgot we are God so we could remember. Imagine always knowing you are God and can create anything at any time. It can get boring. So this human illusion is the fun part. We are going through the “Great Amnesia” phase (just coined that term).
Friend: “This is interesting”
Tanaya: Conscious manifesting is about remembering who you really are, that is, God of your Reality. Which brings me to your other question: Can others manifest for you? And the answer is “No”. Everyone is having their own experience from their point of consciousness, which means they are God in their reality having their own amazing experiences. Imagine parallel versions of the same game being played from the point of view of two different characters. The two stories can be mutually exclusive even though all characters could be exactly the same. In other words, everything appears to be the same yet when you play as the other character, the trajectory of the story is different. So in your quantum bubble only you can call the shots — that’s the beauty of it! In short, we can all have according to our assumptions.
Friend: “That’s good to hear. I need to keep affirming this”
Tanaya: Yes! Keep affirming, “I am the God of my Reality”. There’s a quote in the Bible that says, “Be still, and know that I am God” and that is what I do whenever I feel anxiety (which is kind of rare these days) — I become still, take a deep breath, and remind myself that I am God and that I can change my circumstances if I don’t like them. Claiming to be God here is not an attempt at being narcissistic — it’s the basic truth. Narcissism only comes when you see people and things as separate. But this is about Oneness and about the realization that everyone “is you pushed out”!
I like to draw parallels with dreams for better understanding: In a dream, everything seems so real. Things appear to be tangible and that person over there appears to be a separate person. But then you wake up and realize it was a dream. So where were those things and that person? In my imagination! So, in a way, there was no separation, that is, all those things and people, including my own body that I saw in my dream, were all within me. But the illusion of the dream world made it seem three-dimensional and “real”. Lucid Dreaming is a scientific phenomenon where you wake up within a dream, and are then able to do and create the things you want. And the truth is that this life is also a dream we are dreaming and when you learn to manifest, you are actually lucid dreaming within this dream of life. Some day you will wake up and be like, “What the heck was that!”
Friend: “But if my mind wanders… Is there any way to bring it back on track? This is my biggest roadblock”
Tanaya: Affirm, in the present tense.
Friend: “I tend to question back”
Tanaya: It’s important to keep a good “mental diet”. You see, our thoughts create images by default. It is hard to think or speak a sentence without creating a corresponding image in the mind. So when you think a thought, the associated images go ahead and manifest. In fact, that’s exactly what a “coincidence” is. Remember those times when you were like, “Oh my God, I was JUST thinking about it and it happened!”? Well, yeah, you manifested it. So it’s important to control the uncontrolled mental chatter. Humans have more than 6000 thoughts in a day and most of them are on auto-pilot. With a good mental diet, you don’t allow your mind to wander — you affirm thoughts as the person you aim to be by thinking as if you are that person NOW. Our life is a product of our thoughts, so the thoughts have to change in order for our lives to change.
Let’s say, you want to pass an exam and start feeling anxious. As soon as the anxiety hits, you should go, “Nope! I already took that exam and my results were amazing! I don’t know how but the exam went amazingly well. It was perfect!”. In other words, think about how the version of you, who has already passed the exam with flying colors, thinks all day. And then go ahead and start to think like that person! Keep replacing your current thoughts with these new thoughts as if you have already manifested success. “Oh my God, I can’t believe it already happened! How did everything go so smoothly?” — think thoughts along those lines. You’ve got to play pretend for a while. The good news, however, is you will start seeing movement here and there, and that will be confirmation that it’s working! For example, you’ll see a word about your desire somewhere, or hear a song about it, or someone will mention it in conversation. In certain cases, you’ll hear someone else get the same thing. Usually when the latter happens, people get discouraged or jealous when, in fact, you should celebrate it because it means your manifestation is coming since otherwise you would never hear someone else getting the same thing. This alone is an indicator that you have begun to impress your subconscious with the new program and that you have started shifting into the new reality. This is the reason why they tell you to be happy for others — it’s not to be a nice person but it is so that you can get more of the same.
Friend: “That makes sense”
Tanaya: If you were to get jealous, it would imply you are lacking that which you want. And, by Law, you get what you are and not what you want. So the jealous person will stay in lack and never manifest their desires.
Was that helpful? I think I answered everything.
Friend: “Yes very!! And so much more to learn. Thank you soooooo much for helping me. Fingers crossed, I will come back to you with a huge success story soon”
Tanaya: My pleasure! It is done! It has already happened. Just assume you are that person NOW and relax.
