Feeling is the Secret

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When we wake up, we believe that we act freely. We do not perceive that every action and every event was already predetermined by our self-image when we fell asleep. When we are awake, we can only decide freely how we feel and how we react to the drama. But the drama itself was created beforehand. Chapter 3 — Prayer Although it is contradictory to our perception, in which we generally assign feelings to events, our lives reflect our feelings. As inside, so outside. Think feelingly only of the state you desire to realize. Feeling the reality of the state sought and living and acting on that conviction is the way of all seeming miracles. All changes of expression are brought about through a change of feeling. A change of feeling is a change of destiny. All creation occurs in the domain of the subconscious. What you must acquire, then, is a reflective control of the operation of the subconscious, that is, control of your ideas and feelings. Everything you could need or desire is already yours. You do not need a helper for it. If your subconscious accepts your wish completely, you become entirely indifferent to possible failure.

The actions and events of the day are effects; they are not causes. Free will is only freedom of choice.” The husband is head of the wife" [Ephesians 5:23] may not be true of man and woman in their earthly relationship, but it is true of the conscious and the subconscious — or the male and female aspects of consciousness . The mystery to which Paul referred when he wrote, "This is a great mystery [5:32]... He that loveth his wife loveth himself [5:28]... And they two shall be one flesh [5:31]" is simply the mystery of consciousness. Consciousness is really one and undivided, but for creation's sake it appears to be divided into two. Never entertain an undesirable feeling, nor think sympathetically about wrong in any shape or form. Do not dwell on the imperfection of yourself or others.” Although the subconscious faithfully serves man, it must not be inferred that the relation is that of a servant to a master as was anciently conceived. The ancient prophets called it the slave and servant of man. St. Paul personified it as a "woman" and said, "The woman should be subject to man in everything" [Ephesians 5:24; also, 1Corinthians 14:34, Ephesians 5:22, Colossians 3:18, 1Peter 3:1]. The subconscious does serve man and faithfully gives form to his feelings. However, the subconscious has a distinct distaste for compulsion and responds to persuasion rather than to command; consequently, it resembles the beloved wife more than the servant.Here is a simple formula for successful fishing. First decide what it is you want to express or possess. This is essential. You must definitely know what you want of life before you can fish for it. After your decision is made, turn from the world of sense, remove your attention from the problem and place it on just being by repeating quietly but with feeling, “I AM.” As your attention is removed from the world round about you and placed upon the I AM so that you are lost in the feeling of simply being, you will find yourself slipping the anchor that tied you to the shallows of your problem; and effortlessly you will find yourself moving out into the deep.” Consciousness is the only reality that exists. The world outside is Man’s consciousness objectified. It is the cause & effect of the world. The creative process is first imagining and then believing the state imagined. Always imagine and expect the best.”

Consciousness is really one and undivided but for creation's sake it appears to be divided into two.” To impress the subconscious with the desirable state, you must assume the feeling that would be yours had you already realized your wish. In defining your objective, you must be concerned only with the objective itself. The manner of expression or the difficulties involved are not to be considered by you. To think feelingly on any state impresses it on the subconscious. Therefore, if you dwell on difficulties, barriers, or delay, the subconscious — by its very non-selective nature — accepts the feeling of difficulties and obstacles as your request and proceeds to produce them in your outer world.

When you drop your desire in consciousness as a seed, confident that it shall appear in its full-blown potential, you have done all that is expected of you. To be worried or concerned about the manner of their unfoldment is to hold these fertile seeds in a mental grasp and, therefore, to prevent them from really maturing to full harvest.” I am healthy is a stronger feeling than I will be healthy… What you feel you are always dominates what you feel you would like to be; therefore, to be realized, the wish must be felt as a state that is rather than a state that is not.“ Realization of your wish is accomplished by assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled. You cannot fail unless you fail to convince yourself of the reality of your wish. A change of belief is confirmed by a change of expression. THE world and all within it is man’s conditioned consciousness objectified. Consciousness is the cause as well as the substance of the entire world. Your only freedom, then, is your freedom of reaction. You are free to choose how you feel and react to the day's drama, but the drama – the actions, events and circumstances of the day – have already been determined.”