Get out of your mind. Live in creation, not reaction.
Learnings from Conversations with God (Part 1): you came here to create and remember, not to learn or suffer.
To say this book has been life-changing would be an understatement. It’s up there (for me) with Neville Goddard’s complete collection, as well as Anatomy of an Epidemic and Hard-Boiled Wonderland (I know, that’s a range). Sharing a few particularly glaring insights in my first run-through of notes from Book 1 (of 3) here:
Life is a process of creation, not discovery (nor learning/suffering).
In Conversations with God, “God” speaks about how our entire experience as humans in this 3D is for the purpose of experiencing the self; the self of which is actually God.
Every day, every hour, every minute, and every situation is an opportunity to create who we are in response to the experience.
There should be only 1 consideration when making a decision: is this an accurate statement of who I am? — is this a statement of who I choose to be?
All of life is a statement (of who you are/who you wish to be). It’s up to you if it’s by CHANCE or by CHOICE.
A life lived by choice = a life of conscious action, which is creation.
A life lived by chance = a life of unconscious reaction.
On this note, nothing is ever wrong; no choice you’ve ever made is wrong. If you’re in a bad place, it’s not because you’ve made “bad choices,” but simply because you’ve made choices that at that time reflected who you are —but now they no longer do, and that is fine! To change anything, you must know and accept that you have chosen it to be as it is, and thus seek to create change not because it’s wrong, but because it’s no longer an accurate statement of who you are (or wish to be).
You did not come here to suffer.
You did not even come here to learn.
You came here to remember that you are part of one universal goodness — God, if you would like to call it such.
On prayer, gratitude, and wanting…
If you’re a Neville Goddard fan, these concepts will feel familiar.
Prayer is a fervent statement of what is so. To the degree to which prayer is held as truth is the degree to which it will be made manifest in your experience.
Neville Goddard writes: praying is recognizing yourself to be what you now desire, rather than petitioning God for that which does not exist.
In order for a prayer to work, meaning for you to receive that which you desire, you must be in the feeling — the faithful knowing — that that which you desire is fulfilled. It is only to the degree that it’s “held as truth,” that this will occur.
And why is this?
Because to want is to be in a state of wanting - which surely the universe will deliver to you.
To get out of wanting, you have to, well, get out of wanting. You must have the unwavering faith and understanding that that which you desire is already on its way to you.
But if you’re in a state of prayer for something on its way, doesn’t that mean you don’t have that thing, and thus want it?
There is a difference between want in the sense of petitioning for (as Goddard puts it) - and want in the sense of a desire based on the creation of experience.
There’s a difference between “wanting” as in pleading or petitioning (think Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka) and “wanting” as in excitedly creating a chosen experience (Cher choosing outfits from her closet in Clueless)
In faithful “knowing” of receiving your desire, you know that you are a powerful creator, and that anything you can think to experience will come to life in your outside world. You know your wardrobe has endless options and can comb through options that don’t serve as an accurate representation of you in this moment (the first few outfits the computer gives Cher) until you reach one that does (the final yellow plaid outfit).
In “wanting,” you’re demanding — petitioning and nearly whining. If you’re feeling like you must demand or prove your worth, then of course you will not get things easily, because you are in a state of lack. The outward experience will simply reflect that.
Have faithful knowing. You create your reality; life shows up no other way than the way in which you think it will.
Be mindful of anything you put after the word “I.”
Whatever you put after the word “I” becomes your creative command.
“All you see in your world is the outcome of your idea about it.”
I never have enough time to do what I want in my schedule.
I have the time to do the things I enjoy as part of my schedule.
You choose what to feel and think — the outer world is the expression of your thoughts and feelings.
In Conversations with God, “God” speaks of 3 levels of creation: thought, word, and action.
Thoughts are ideas formed. Ideas are energies that have come together from your soul’s/higher self’s/godself’s knowing.
Words are thoughts expressed.
Actions are words moving.
The soul conceives, the mind creates, and the body experiences. If you want to change our world, change your thought about it. Call your new world forth. What would you be as your highest thought of yourself? What would you think, do, and say? Is there a difference between the projection of this higher, better world of you and what you see now? Change your thoughts, and your faithful feeling, to match this “new world,” and watch your external expression change…
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Thought-provoking!