Title: How Your Imagination Creates Reality The Definitive Guide
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**How Your Imagination Creates Reality The Definitive Guide**
**(Intro)**
What if I told you that everything in your life right now—your money, your relationships, your health—isn’t happening *to* you, but *through* you? This isn’t just some motivational slogan; it’s a fundamental law of consciousness. In this video, we’re breaking down the definitive guide to how your imagination is the one and only creator of your reality, and how you can start using this power to build the life you actually want.
Forget everything you’ve been told about having to struggle, work hard, and fight against your circumstances. Forget the idea that you’re just a small person at the mercy of a chaotic world. That entire way of thinking is based on a misunderstanding of who you are and the power you use every single moment.
The man who explained this with incredible clarity was a 20th-century mystic named Neville Goddard. He didn’t teach you how to ask the universe for favors. He taught that your own wonderful human imagination *is* God. It’s the creative power that gives birth to worlds, and it’s operating inside of you, as you, right now.
This is the ultimate breakdown of that teaching. We’re not just scratching the surface here. We’re going deep into the core principles and the practical steps that can set you free. By the end of this guide, you won’t just understand that your imagination creates reality—you’ll have the exact blueprint to start consciously building the life you’ve only dreamed of. This isn’t about wishful thinking. This is about the mechanics of creation itself. So, if you’re ready to stop being a victim of your life and start being its creator, stay with me. Your new world begins now.
**(Section 1: The Foundation – Consciousness is the Only Reality)**
Before we get into any techniques, we have to establish the single most important principle of Neville’s work. It’s a statement so simple, yet so profound, it can shatter a lifetime of limiting beliefs in a heartbeat: Consciousness is the only reality.
What does that mean? It means the world you see with your five senses—the “out there” world of people and events—isn’t the cause of your experience. It’s the effect. It’s a mirror, reflecting back to you whatever you are conscious of being.
Think about that for a second. Everything you believe is solid, objective, and separate from you is actually just a projection of your inner state. The person who gets the promotion, and the person who gets overlooked. The one who finds love, and the one who feels lonely. The person who’s always struggling, and the person who seems to have all the luck. These aren’t different people with different fates. These are all the same creative power, just expressing itself through different states of consciousness.
This brings us to the two most powerful words you will ever claim for yourself: “I AM.”
Before you are a man or a woman, rich or poor, healthy or sick, you are simply aware. You exist. You can say, “I AM.” Neville taught that “I AM” is the name of God. It’s the raw, unconditioned awareness that is the foundation of everything. It’s pure potential, just waiting for you to give it a direction.
And how does it get that direction? By what you attach to it.
When you say, “I am…” and you finish that sentence with “struggling,” “unlucky,” or “not good enough,” you’ve just commanded the infinite power of creation to take on that exact form. You’ve clothed your awareness in the feeling of struggle, and your world, being a perfect mirror, has no choice but to show you a reality filled with evidence of that struggle.
But when you say, “I am…” and you attach “secure,” “loved,” “successful,” or “abundant” to it, you are consciously directing that same power to build a reality that matches. You’re not trying to convince some outside force to give you these things; you’re embodying the state of consciousness where these things are already your natural reality.
This is the most critical shift you have to make. You are not a victim of your world; you are its author. The “circumstances” of your life aren’t external forces; they are the physical proof of your past and present assumptions. If you want to change your circumstances, you don’t fight with the reflection in the mirror. You don’t try to rearrange the shadows on the wall. You go within and change the state of consciousness that’s casting the shadow.
Neville called this freedom from “second causes.” A second cause is anything outside of ourselves that we blame for our problems—the economy, our boss, our family, our past. Neville said these are all false idols. They have no real power. The one and only cause is your own state of consciousness.
This can be a tough pill to swallow, especially if your current life is filled with pain. But it’s not meant to make you feel guilty. It’s meant to empower you. If you unconsciously created hardship through your old assumptions, you can just as easily, with the exact same power, consciously create joy, success, and fulfillment. The power was never outside of you. It was, is, and always will be your own wonderful human imagination. Your “I AM-ness” is the beginning and the end of your entire world. Once you truly get that, deep in your bones, you’ve taken the most important step toward becoming the master of your reality.
**(Section 2: The Mechanism – The Law of Assumption)**
So, we’ve established the foundation: consciousness is the only reality, and your “I AM” awareness is the creative power. The next question is, how do we actually use this? How do we go from a state of “I am poor” to a state of “I am wealthy”?
The mechanism for this is what Neville called The Law of Assumption.
The law states that an assumption, even if it seems false, if you persist in it, will harden into fact. Simply put: whatever you assume and feel to be true will eventually show up in your external world.
This isn’t the same as “positive thinking” or just repeating empty affirmations. This isn’t about chanting “I am rich” while your insides are screaming, “No, you’re not!” An assumption isn’t a wish. It’s an embodied belief. It’s the quiet, confident feeling of *already being* the person you want to be.
Neville’s teaching here is pretty radical. He said that creation is already finished. Every possible reality you could ever desire already exists, right now, like an infinite library of worlds. Your desire for a better life is the signal that this reality is available to you. You aren’t creating a new house or a new relationship from scratch. You are simply selecting a pre-existing version of reality where you already have these things, and you make that selection with your assumption.
How do you do it? By “assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled.”
This is the golden key. You have to stop thinking *of* your desire and start thinking *from* it. This is the difference between wanting something and actually having it.
Thinking *of* your desire keeps it in the future. It creates a feeling of separation and lack. When you think *of* being wealthy, you feel the absence of wealth. You’re on the outside looking in. Your dominant feeling is “wanting,” so your reality keeps giving you the experience of “wanting.”
Thinking *from* your desire means you mentally and emotionally move into the state of its fulfillment. You close your eyes to the so-called “facts” of your current situation and dare to ask yourself, “How would I feel if this were already true?” What would that inner state be like? You wouldn’t be anxious or desperate. You’d feel relief. Gratitude. Security. You would feel the calm, quiet certainty of someone who already possesses what they want.
This feeling, this inner conviction, is the language that your subconscious mind understands. Your subconscious is the builder. It’s the loyal servant that takes the blueprints you give it and works tirelessly to make them real in your world. It doesn’t argue or judge if your assumption is “realistic.” It just accepts what you *feel* as true and begins to rearrange the physical world to match it.
This brings up a point that trips a lot of people up: you don’t have to figure out the “how.” You don’t need a 10-step plan. You don’t have to manipulate people or force things to happen. Your only job is to successfully assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled. The subconscious will then figure out the means. It will inspire the right actions, arrange the “coincidences,” and build what Neville called the “bridge of incidents” that leads you, naturally, to the fulfillment of your assumption.
Someone assuming wealth doesn’t need to obsess over which stocks to pick. By living in the feeling of being wealthy, they’ll find themselves inspired with the right ideas and meeting the right people. Maybe they get an unexpected promotion, receive an inheritance, or come up with a brilliant idea that seems to fall from the sky. The “how” is the job of the subconscious. Your job is the “what” and the “feeling.”
And here’s the thing: we’re using this law all the time, usually against ourselves. We hear bad news and assume the worst. We have a setback and assume it’s a permanent failure. We worry about money, and by doing so, we are assuming the state of lack. We are constantly impressing our subconscious with negative feelings, and it faithfully builds a world that proves us right.
The great work, then, is to become a conscious master of your assumptions. It’s about deliberately choosing what you will accept as true for yourself, no matter what your senses are telling you. It is knowing that your assumption, backed by feeling and persisted in, is the creative act that changes everything from the inside out.
**(Section 3: The Practical Toolkit – How to Assume)**
Understanding the theory is great, but knowledge without action is useless. Neville provided a practical, spiritual toolkit for consciously impressing the subconscious mind. His two most powerful techniques are the “State Akin to Sleep” (or SATS) and “Revision.”
**Technique 1: State Akin to Sleep (SATS)**
SATS is the practice of using that drowsy, relaxed state just before you fall asleep to plant your assumption. Neville called this the gateway to the subconscious because in this state, our conscious, analytical mind—the part that’s full of doubt—is quiet. The wall between the conscious and subconscious gets thin, making the subconscious extremely open to suggestion.
Here’s how you do it, step-by-step:
**Step One: Define Your Goal and Create a Scene.**
First, know exactly what you want. Then, create a short, simple scene that *implies* your desire is already a done deal. This is key. Don’t imagine *getting* it; imagine a moment *after* it has been fulfilled.
For example, if you want to be married, don’t imagine the wedding. Imagine a simple moment like feeling the wedding ring on your finger while you’re washing your hands. If you want a promotion, don’t imagine your boss offering it to you. Imagine a friend shaking your hand and saying, “Congratulations on the new job!” If you want to be healed, imagine your doctor looking at you in shock and saying you’re perfectly healthy. The scene should be short, just a few seconds, so you can loop it easily.
**Step Two: Get Still and Enter the Drowsy State.**
Every night, when you get into bed, lie down and get comfortable. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, and just let go of the day. Let your body feel heavy and still. You’re aiming for that sweet spot just before sleep, where you’re not quite awake but not yet asleep. You feel drowsy and your mind is passive. That’s the State Akin to Sleep.
**Step Three: Experience Your Scene in First-Person.**
Now, in your imagination, bring up that scene you created. But don’t just watch it like a movie. You have to be *in* it. You’re not a spectator; you’re the star. Experience it from a first-person view. If you’re imagining shaking a friend’s hand, feel the texture of their skin. If you’re imagining their voice, hear the specific tone. Use as many of your imaginary senses as you can. Neville called this “spiritual sensation.” The more real and vivid you make your imaginal act, the faster your subconscious will accept it as fact.
**Step Four: Loop the Scene with Feeling Until You Sleep.**
Repeat this short scene over and over, like a GIF in your mind. With each loop, bring in more of the feeling of it being real. What’s the main feeling? Relief? Joy? Gratitude? Security? Flood your mind with that feeling of the wish fulfilled. Keep looping the scene and the feeling until you drift off to sleep.
The reason you fall asleep in the state is profound. You are carrying your assumption into the subconscious, where it will grow overnight. You’ve impressed it on your deeper mind without your conscious mind getting in the way, and it will now begin the work of making it real. Persistence is key. Do this every night until it feels so natural that you don’t even feel the need to do it anymore—because you feel you already have it.
**Technique 2: The Art of Revision**
The second master tool Neville gave us is Revision. He believed it was so powerful that if you only took one thing from his work, this should be it. Revision is the art of changing your past in your imagination to change your present and future.
This is based on the idea that the past isn’t really gone. An unpleasant conversation from yesterday can ruin your mood today. A past failure can create a fear that stops you from trying again.
Neville taught that since consciousness is the only reality, you can go back to any moment in your imagination and rewrite it. You’re not denying what happened; you’re changing its *effect* on you in the only world that matters—your consciousness.
The process is simple. At the end of your day, review the events that happened. If any moment was unpleasant or didn’t go the way you wanted, you don’t just accept it. You rewrite it.
For example, let’s say you had a job interview and it went badly. You fumbled your answers and left feeling defeated. If you accept that memory, you’re impressing your subconscious with the state of “I fail at interviews,” which will only create more of the same.
Instead, you revise. In a relaxed, SATS-like state, you replay the interview scene. But this time, you change the script. You imagine answering the questions with confidence. You see the interviewer smiling and nodding. You feel their firm handshake at the end and hear them say, “Welcome to the team. You’re exactly who we were looking for.” You play this revised scene over and over, feeling the thrill of success, until this new memory feels more real than the original one.
When you do this, you’ve replaced a memory of failure with a memory of success. And because your outer world is a reflection of your inner world, the future begins to reshape itself around this new past. Maybe you get an unexpected callback, or the same company offers you a different, better position. Or a more perfect job appears out of nowhere. By revising the past, you’ve changed the path of your future.
You can use Revision for anything. An argument with a loved one can be revised into a loving conversation. A bill you received can be revised into a check. By mastering SATS and Revision, you stop being a passive victim of your subconscious impressions. You become an active gardener of your mind, planting the seeds of your desires and pulling up the weeds of negativity.
**(Section 4: Stories That Prove the Power)**
Principles and techniques are one thing, but faith is really born from stories. Neville’s lectures and modern communities are filled with success stories from regular people who achieved extraordinary things just by using their imagination correctly. These aren’t just feel-good anecdotes; they’re proof that the law works.
Let’s look at a few classic examples.
One of Neville’s most famous personal stories was about his desire to travel from New York to his family in Barbados. He was a young, struggling dancer with no money. His mentor, Abdullah, gave him a simple instruction: “You are in Barbados.”
Abdullah didn’t tell him to get a loan. He told Neville to live, in his imagination, as if he were already in Barbados. Every night, in his tiny New York apartment, Neville would fall asleep *feeling* that he was in his family’s home in Barbados. He imagined the feel of his bed, the sound of the ocean, the familiar sights of his room. During the day, while walking the streets of New York, in his mind’s eye he was walking on a sunny beach. He kept this feeling of being *there*, even though his senses told him he wasn’t. For weeks, nothing happened. But Neville persisted.
Then, just before Christmas, a letter arrived from his brother with a steamship ticket and some money. The family had a sudden, strong urge for him to come home. The “bridge of incidents” had unfolded perfectly, not because Neville struggled, but because he was faithful to his assumption. He didn’t find the way; the way found him.
This story perfectly shows the power of assuming the end. Neville’s only “work” was to feel like he was already in Barbados. The subconscious mind took care of the rest.
Another powerful example comes from stories of healing. In one account, a person’s family member was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Instead of accepting the grim prognosis, this person decided to ignore it. Every day, they lived in the imaginal state of their loved one being perfectly healthy. They didn’t beg or plead. They simply assumed the end state, imagining conversations where their loved one was vibrant and full of life. They lived in the feeling of relief and joy.
Weeks later, the doctors were speechless. The scans were completely clear. They called it a miracle, a spontaneous remission. But for the student of this law, it was just the law in operation. The persistent assumption of health had been impressed upon the subconscious, and the body, being a reflection of consciousness, had no choice but to conform.
The law also works for changing who you are. There are countless modern stories from people who overcame social anxiety, low self-esteem, and lifelong feelings of not being good enough. One woman, who saw herself as an awkward “weird girl,” decided to stop accepting that identity. Using SATS and Revision, she began to assume the identity of a confident, well-liked woman. She revised embarrassing past memories and fell asleep each night feeling the confidence she wanted to have.
Over time, her outer world started to shift. She found it easier to speak up. People started responding to her more positively. She developed a new sense of style, attracted new friends, and eventually became a leader in her community. She didn’t just manifest a few good things; she manifested an entirely new self-concept, and her whole world rearranged itself around it.
These stories all point to the same truth. The creative power isn’t out there; it’s in your assumption. Whether you want a plane ticket, a healing, or a new identity, the method is the same: dare to assume you already have it, feel the reality of that state, and persist until the world of your senses catches up.
**(Section 5: Overcoming Doubts and The Feeling of “It Is Done”)**
So if this power is so real, why isn’t everyone living their dream life? Why do our manifestations sometimes fail?
The answer almost always comes down to doubt and a lack of persistence. It’s the inability to stay faithful to the unseen reality when the world you see seems to contradict it.
When you first start, your rational mind will fight you. It’s been trained its whole life to trust only what it can see and touch. When you assume “I am wealthy” but your bank account is empty, your logical mind will scream that you’re just fooling yourself. This inner battle is the one every conscious creator has to face.
Neville’s advice wasn’t to fight the doubt. Fighting doubt just gives it more energy. Instead, your job is to gently but persistently return to your assumption. When you catch yourself worrying, you just say, “Nope, that’s not the story I’m telling anymore,” and you go right back to the feeling of the wish fulfilled.
This is what Neville called a “mental diet.” Just like you choose what food you put in your body, you have to be vigilant about the thoughts and feelings you allow in your mind. You starve the doubts and you feed the faith. If you catch yourself thinking, “This is never going to work,” you immediately pivot to, “It is already done. It’s all working out.”
This leads to a beautiful state Neville called “the Sabbath.” The Sabbath is a mystical feeling of rest. It’s the feeling of “It is done.” After you’ve successfully impressed your subconscious, there comes a point where you feel a deep inner peace about your desire. The desperate wanting is gone. The anxiety is gone. You just *know*, on a gut level, that it’s taken care of. You’re no longer hungry for it because you feel like you’ve already eaten in your imagination.
This state of rest is the sign that the seed has been planted. Your work is finished. Now, you just have to wait in faith for it to sprout. Any attempt to force it or anxiously check for results would be like digging up a seed to see if it’s growing—it only kills the process.
“Living in the Sabbath” doesn’t mean you sit around and do nothing. It means you go about your life with a quiet confidence. You’re detached from the outcome because you already know what it is. You’re not looking for signs from the outside world because the validation comes from within.
This is the most misunderstood part of “letting go.” Letting go doesn’t mean giving up on your desire. It means letting go of the doubt and the anxiety. You let go of the old you who was defined by lack, and you rest in the conviction of being the new you who is defined by fulfillment.
Your journey is one of persistence—calmly returning to your assumption every time you get knocked off balance, until the feeling of the wish fulfilled becomes your dominant reality.
Let me know you’re claiming this power by commenting “It is done” below. Let this be your declaration that you’ve accepted your desire as a finished fact.
**(Conclusion)**
We’ve gone deep into a truly revolutionary idea: that your imagination is the one and only creative power. We’ve dismantled the belief that you’re a victim and replaced it with the liberating truth that you are the author of your life.
To recap: we established that Consciousness is the Only Reality—the world is just a mirror. We learned that your “I AM” is the creative power of God, waiting for your direction. We explored the Law of Assumption, which states that what you feel and persist in must become real. And we armed you with the practical tools of SATS and Revision to consciously create your life.
Neville’s teachings aren’t a gimmick. They are a call to a total transformation of self. They ask you to take full responsibility for your life—not as a burden, but as the ultimate form of empowerment. If your world is a reflection of you, then you hold all the power to change it by changing yourself.
Don’t let the simplicity of these ideas fool you. They are simple, but they require discipline. They require the faith to believe in your unseen imaginal act more than you believe in the “hard facts” of the world.
Your journey from here is about practice. Test this law. Start small if you need to. Revise a minor unpleasant part of your day. Assume a small, wonderful thing will happen. As you prove the law to yourself, your confidence will grow, and you’ll begin to take on bigger and bigger assumptions. You will come to know, not just believe, that you are the power in your own life.
As Neville himself said, “Dare to believe in the reality of your assumption and watch the world play its part relative to its fulfillment.”
You are not a passive observer. You are a creator. You are imagining every single moment. The only question is, are you doing it consciously or unconsciously? From this day forward, choose to be a conscious creator. Choose to imagine wisely and lovingly for yourself and for others. Your entire world is waiting for you to assume your throne.
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