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The principles of manifestation in one book: "You Are The Way" takes you step-by-step to your wish fulfillment with the Law of Assumption according to Neville Goddard. I'm glad you found your way here, because something inside you wants MORE out of life - more love, more happiness, more fulfillment. But as long as these things remain just a wish, you'll be chasing your dreams forever. What you need in order to make your wish come true are proven techniques for manifesting. Have you ever wondered why there are people with a "golden touch", while others are constantly haunted by bad luck? If you count yourself in the first category, congratulations! You're already pretty good at creating conscious manifestations. In this case, the techniques in this Manifestation Book will help you fulfill (even) greater desires. Often, however, reality looks more like this: You struggle and put in such incredible effort to achieve your goals. But whenever things seem to be going uphill, the next defeat, the next obstacle, the next setback comes your way. You've walked two steps and been thrown back three. The problem? Without the right guidance, manifesting remains a fluke! Author & Master of Manifestation Neville Goddard has broken down the Law of Assumption (the proper Law of Attraction) and Hermetic Laws to its most important components, thereby achieving the greatest successes in manifesting. Personally, but also for thousands and thousands of students who learned to manifest properly through him. One of his apprentices was Elmer O. Locker Jr. His grandson David has enriched this Manifestation Book with many of his experiences in manifestation. If you, too, want to use your consciousness, the power of your mind & the power of your subconscious mind to fulfill your desires, then wait no longer and use the techniques & instructions in this book. You want to achieve financial independence? In this Manifest Book you will find a manifesting guide to getting rich! Are you longing for your specific person or soul mate? With the techniques in this Manifestation Book you will find love and happiness! Do you want to become fit and healthy? The instructions in this Manifesting Book will teach you how to manifest it! Let your heart's desires come true and start living the Dream Life you deserve!
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When man begins to discover this power within him, he never plays the part that he formerly played. He doesn't turn back and become just a reflector of life; from here on in he is the affector of life.
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Neville Lancelot Goddard
Copyright © 2023Fabio Mantegna & Elmer O. Locker Jr
All rights reserved.
First release: March 19, 2023
Fabio MantegnaElmer O. Locker Jr
You are the Way,the Truth & the Life
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Manifest your Dream Life withNeville Goddard’s Law of Assumption
Authors: Fabio Mantegna, Elmer O. Locker Jr and Neville Goddard
Editing & Proofreading: Florian Kastner
Translation: Florian Kastner
Other contributors: Dr. Joseph Murphy, Mitch Horowitz, Daniel Daddeh, Dr. Ulrich Warnke and the rest of all mankind.
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Fabio Mantegna, Südend 7, 76571 Gaggenau, Germany
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - The Way So Far
Chapter 2 - Neville Goddard And The Law Of Assumption
Chapter 2.1 - A Bridge of Incidents Leading Up to the Mystery
Chapter 2.2 – Abdullah, the Spiritual Mentor
Chapter 2.3 – The Feeling is the Secret
Chapter 2.4 - The 7 Hermetic Principles of the Kybalion
Chapter 3 - The Scientific and Spiritual Aspects of the Law of Assumption
Chapter 3.1 - The Scientific Aspects of Manifesting with the Law of Assumption
Chapter 3.2 - The Double-slit Experiment and The Astonishment of Science
Chapter 3.3 - Nikola Tesla's I³
Chapter 3.4 - How are Electromagnetic Fields Related to the Law of Assumption?
Chapter 3.5 - Time is an Illusion! But We Discover Cycles Everywhere!
Chapter 3.6 - The Spiritual Aspects to Manifestation with the Law of Assumption
Chapter 3.7 - What does Consciousness Mean, and What are States of Consciousness?
Chapter 3.8 - Is there a Reason for Everything? Does God expect Something from Us?
Chapter 3.9 - Long Story Short
Chapter 4 - Use Your Imagination to Fulfill All Your Desires
Chapter 4.1 - The Ladder-Climbing Manifestation
Chapter 4.2 - Neville Goddard's VIP Group
Chapter 4.3 – About the Frauds
Chapter 4.4 - What Exactly was Neville Trying to Prove with the Ladder-Climbing Manifestation?
Chapter 4.5 - Take an Unusual Position to Fall Asleep
Chapter 4.6 - A few More Quibbles for the Road
Chapter 4.7 - Neville's Lecture - How to Use Your Imagination
Chapter 5 - The Guide to Manifesting All Your Desires
Chapter 5.1 - The Most Important Tips & Tricks When Manifesting
Chapter 5.2 - The Guide to Manifesting Wealth
Chapter 5.3 - The Guide to Manifesting Love
Chapter 5.4 - The Guide to Manifesting Health
Chapter 6 - Use Your Subconscious Mind to Manifest Consciously
Chapter 6.1 - Positive Affirmations For Your Subconscious Mind
Chapter 6.2 - Neville's Book - Feeling is the Secret
Chapter 7 – One of the Most Wonderful Manifestation Techniques Ever: Isn’t It Wonderful?!
Chapter 7.1 - The Wonderful Testimonial of T. K.
Chapter 7.2 - Elmer O. Locker Jr on the Effects of Feeling When Falling Asleep
Chapter 8 - The Symbolic Language of the Sacred Scriptures
Chapter 8.1 - The Twelve Qualities of the Mind
Chapter 8.2 - Neville's Lecture – Mental Diets, Your Self-Talk Creates Manifestations
Chapter 9 - Use Prayer To Enter The State Of Your Desire
Chapter 9.1 - Neville's Lecture: How To Really Pray
Chapter 9.2 - The Prayer - A Purposeful Imaginative Scene Perceived as True
Chapter 10 - Correct Your Life Events with the Revision Technique
Chapter 10.1 – Elmer O. Locker Jr’s Success with the Revision Technique
Chapter 10.2 - Neville's Lecture - The Pruning Shears of Revision
Chapter 11 - Enrich Your Inner World with the Information of Your Outer World
Chapter 11.1 - The I-Am-Happy-List
Chapter 11.2 - Everything Has Its Correspondences
Chapter 12 - Where Do We Go From Here?
Literature List
Explanation of Terms
Chapter 1 - The Way So Far
T
he book that you’re holding in your hands right now came to you in a variety of ways. You can decide for yourself at the end of the book whether it is predetermined or just a coincidence that you found this book. I made the experience that there are no coincidences, and we were given the gift to determine our destiny ourselves.
Still, at the beginning of 2022, I was in a so-called life crisis. I had financial problems, was unhappy in my job, and love seemed miles away. I was a prisoner in my nightmare, lost in outer circumstances, until an inconspicuous experience significantly influenced my life and put me back on the right track. I was visiting a good friend. At the time, he had turned over nearly €1,000,000 when I had wagered almost €50,000 through cryptocurrencies myself. I assure you, I read extensively on this type of investment. The difference between us wasn’t in knowledge or application. But in feeling. To be precise, it was the attitude towards life!
It wasn’t the first time that I had encountered this. And as soon as it popped back into my consciousness, my renewed, deepened journey into manifesting began. I came across the Law of Assumption. In addition, my research led me to Elmer O. Locker Jr who was a so-called VIP member of Neville Goddard. His grandson David runs a YouTube channel1 that provides insights into these VIP meetings and has actively helped with the production of this book. I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his immense contribution to this project. Without his help, you wouldn’t be reading these lines right now.
During puberty, I often unconsciously manifested things that outsiders would dismiss as a big coincidence. A vital experience was the manifestation of a lost love whom I had neither seen nor heard of for months. I was deadly unhappy about it, and due to this despair, one evening, I prayed to God – so sincerely, so intensely, and so soulfully as I had never prayed before. I begged God to bring back my love, unaware that I was praying to no one other than myself. I can't remember exactly how long I stayed in this state. My Italian background possibly helped me to allow this intense feeling, this temperament within me, as there is nothing more important to us than love. After at least an hour I felt so exhausted that I fell into bed and deeply asleep right after. Not even an hour later, the incoming call of my lost love woke me up.
Since 2016, Neville had tried to bring his teachings on the Law of Assumption closer to me. However, I wasn’t in the right state of consciousness to accept them at that point. When I read his name, I didn’t feel any resonance with him, and so I never thought about him nor his lessons. But that changed completely. Fortunately. The topic of manifestation reoccurred most recently and very practically in 2019. At that time, I came across a group that was just starting up and teaching excellent, deep information about life and manifestation. Today, I know that most of the information taught was based on Neville Goddard's theories.
“Possessed of a self-educated and uncommonly sharp intellect, Neville espoused a spiritual vision that was bold and total: Everything you see and experience, including other people, is the result of your own thoughts and emotional states. Each of us dreams into existence an infinitude of realities and outcomes. When you realize this, Neville taught, you will discover yourself to be a slumbering branch of the Creator clothed in human form, and at the helm of limitless possibilities.“2
I have been dealing with the subject of spirituality since my childhood, be it religions like Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism or profound spiritual insights from the most different non-religious teachers of our and past times. I always had a deep relation to inner spiritual truths and theories since the beginning of my existence. This was one of the reasons why I was able to comprehend Neville’s teachings deeply and quickly. It’s important to know that he was interested in more than just manifesting. He wanted these profound mechanisms of our existence to be understood and applied consciously again.
That was over 80 years ago, and a lot has happened since from a scientific point of view. Especially quantum physics explains a lot of Neville's expositions and why they work. I realized quickly that Neville completed me, and that I could add my experience and knowledge to his lessons. That's why this book starts with an introduction on scientific and spiritual facts that will help you understand the workings of Neville's theories.
Thanks to my experiences and affinity for spirituality, I was able to get into his teachings very quickly once I accepted them. And since his techniques are very simple, I implemented them immediately – with fabulous results. In short: He basically saved my life. He got me out of my life crisis and brought me back to myself. I am deeply grateful for that, which is why I dedicate this book primarily to him.
However, I wrote this book only for one reason: to pass Neville’s gift to as many people as possible. The highest possible good for the highest possible number of people! That's why I wrote this book; so that everyone would get what they are looking for. It doesn’t matter whether you’re only starting or whether you’re already advanced in the topic of manifesting. You will find everything you need to create the life you dream of in this book. You will find all basics as well as more in-depth information on manifestation. Simple step-by-step instructions, hints, and shortcuts, but also profound scientific and spiritual facts that complement the topic. All of this, of course, in reference to Neville Goddard and his lessons, which have been in this world for over 80 years and now hopefully get the attention they deserve.
With this in mind, David and I wish you much joy while learning, understanding and, of course, applying the information, insights and instructions written on the following pages.
Chapter 2 - Neville Goddard And The Law Of Assumption
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short historical excursion into the life of Neville Goddard brings us to the foundations of the Law of Assumption – right into the heart of manifesting itself.
The backstory is important to be able to understand and classify the information that you’re about to receive. It is a preparation for the techniques that enable you to learn manifesting properly and in the most effective way. For the backstory, among other things, I use parts of one of the most well-known articles about Neville, “A Cosmic Philosopher“3 by Mitch Horowitz4.
Maybe you were already enthusiastic about history in school – if so, you can look forward to the upcoming! And if not, trust me, it's still worth it! In case you don't immediately understand the meaning of a term I used; you’ll find some explanations at the end of the book.
Well then, let's get started with the history lesson.
Chapter 2.1 - A Bridge of Incidents Leading Up to the Mystery
Neville Lancelot Goddard was born on February 19, 1905, in the British protectorate of Barbados in the town of St. Michael and into an Anglican family with nine sons and one daughter. A gossip column from the 1950s described young Neville as enormously wealthy. His family owned an entire island in the West Indies, it said. The truth, however, was much more modest: Neville described his own English home as happy but ordinary. Among his brothers, as in many families, there was a constant scramble for clothes and seconds at the dinner table.
At the age of 17, Neville came to New York City to study theater – a move that led to a successful career as a variety dancer and Broadway actor. He toured America and England with dance troupes, but lived from hand to mouth in the theater, supplementing his income with jobs as an elevator operator and shipping clerk. When the young actor Neville met a tantalizing assortment of spiritual ideas, his ambition for the stage seemed to fade – beginning with self-proclaimed spiritual groups that sparked his interest in the power of the mind and metaphysics, and later with the help of a life-changing mentor. Neville talks about this very same mentor and his experiences studying with him in his books and lectures. He was said to be a rabbi who called himself Abdullah – also known as Arnold Josiah Ford. Neville stated there was something fateful about their first meeting around 1931.
From this point, his interest in esoteric interpretations of the Bible deepened, and he delved even more into spirituality and the legislations of our so-called reality. Abdullah, who was of Ethiopian descent and Jewish faith, lectured on esoteric Christianity and taught both Neville and Joseph Murphy. Neville initially went to see him only to a friend's constant urging, under protest, saying, “I remember the first night I met Abdullah. I had deliberately delayed attending one of his meetings because a man whose judgment I didn’t trust had insisted on my presence.“ At the end of the meeting, Abdullah approached Neville and said, “Neville, you are six months late!“ Startled, Neville wondered how he knew his name when Abdullah said, “The brothers told me that you were coming and you are six months late.“ Then he added, “I will stay until you have received everything that I must give you. Then I will leave. “
From this acquaintance, Neville studied Hebrew, the Kabbalah, and the hidden symbolic meaning of the Scripture with Abdullah for about 5 years.5
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The study of the symbolic meaning of the Scripture is also the reason why you’ll find some Bible quotations throughout the book. Neville himself has often used them to support his explanations and make them more understandable. He has studied a wide variety of scriptures, but especially the Bible. And there is also an essential reason why Abdullah had him study these scriptures; they are basically nothing more than a manual on how to manifest and how life works - however, only if you don’t take them literally. The Bible authors thought, wrote and spoke differently than we do nowadays. For them, it was about analogies or symbols. Every sentence had its meaning, which was perfectly understandable at that time. Thus, the Bible should never be understood literally.
This is one of the secrets that Abdullah taught Neville about the Scripture.
It is also the reason why Neville could fluently quote the Bible and many other books, e.g., by William Blake or William Shakespeare, which carried the same knowledge, in his public lectures. This came about after Neville finished his studies with Abdullah and mastered the techniques he had learned.
From then on, his path took him across the United States. He worked over a period of 34 years, from 1938 to 1972. In the 1950s he settled in Los Angeles, where he gave a series of public lectures on manifesting with the Law of Assumption, which were also broadcasted on television and radio.
In addition, Neville gave regular lectures on the Law of Assumption to large audiences at the famous Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles for many years. He himself not only called it the Law of Assumption, but the law or the law of liberty.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, a decade after Neville had begun lecturing to live audiences, he focused on Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.
Neville Lancelot Goddard died at his home in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, on October 1, 1972, at the age of 67. He was buried in his hometown of Barbados, at Westbury Cemetery, Saint Michael.6
Chapter 2.2 – Abdullah, the Spiritual Mentor
Unfortunately, very little is known about Neville's mentor Abdullah, though Neville mentioned him frequently. The information handed down looks as follows:
Abdullah, who is assigned to the name Arnold Josiah Ford, was born the son of an itinerant preacher in Barbados in 1877, exactly 28 years before Neville was born. In his early 30s, around 1910, Arnold Josiah Ford came to Harlem and established himself as a leading voice in the Ethiopian movement, a forerunner of Jamaican Rastafarianism.
Arnold Josiah Ford lived in New York City at the same time as Neville Goddard, Joseph Murphy, and many other well-known names. In his lectures, Goddard often spoke about the fact that the first meeting with Abdullah took place in 1931.
U.S. Census records show that Arnold Josiah Ford lived in Harlem, New York City, on West 131st Street in 1930. He lived there as early as 1920, shortly before Joseph Murphy came to New York.
To corroborate the information on Arnold Josiah Ford [Abdullah] and the Ethiopian movement of that time, we let the historians Howard Brotz and Jill Watts have their say.
“It is certain that Arnold Josiah Ford studied Hebrew with an immigrant teacher and was a key link in teaching Talmudic Judaism within the Ethiopian movement,“ said Howard Brotz in a study regarding the Black Jewish movement in Harlem. Historian Jill Watts described the movement by saying, “The philosophy of Ethiopianism possessed an element of spiritual power. For many adherents of Ethiopianism believed in spiritual healing and that material circumstances could be changed by God's power.“7
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To this day, the identity of Abdullah aka Arnold Josiah Ford has not been fully confirmed. However, the descriptions match those of Neville and how he describes his teacher of the Hebrew language, the Kabbalah, and further holy writings in his lectures.
The study of Hebrew, the mind power metaphysics, the Barbados connection, the time frame, the black rabbi, and the turban – they all indicate that Arnold Josiah Ford was indeed Abdullah, the spiritual mentor of Neville Goddard and several other well-known names. Despite existing contradictions and gaps in the backgrounds of Neville Goddard and Arnold Josiah Ford, the similarities are striking.
Apart from the confirmed information, there are also some rumors. As these usually contain a kernel of truth, it’s definitely worth taking a closer look at them.
It is known through Neville that Abdullah temporarily lived in New York on 72nd Street, which is said to have been a very nice home, owned by Morgenthau Senior. His son, Henry Morgenthau, was the U.S. Treasury Secretary at the time. Morgenthau Senior owned the house, but didn’t live there, and so rented the second floor to Abdullah.
We're talking about the 1930s, at the peak of the segregation era! And yet, this Ethiopian man whom Goddard described as “black as the ace of spades” could do whatever he wanted in the middle of the United States. Even though the Jim Crow laws8 were in effect! But Abdullah never felt unwanted. It wasn’t part of his consciousness. This is also the reason why he naturally sat in the front row when visiting the New York Opera, which he loved very much.
People from all social classes, doctors, scientists, bankers, businessmen, and many more sought an audience with him as they were tipped off by Morgenthau Senior. Among them were very famous names like Carnegie, JP Morgan, and Rockefeller, names that are still very well known today. This is because they realized the wildest dreams that one can have in a lifetime. Whether the fulfillment of these dreams is honorable or moral, is a different matter. However, my point here is the following:
Do you think all of this is coincidence?
Do you think it is a coincidence that the people mentioned above were able to fulfill their dreams after visiting Abdullah? As you can probably guess, the answer is NO!
It is still important to know some background in order for you to understand that manifestation isn’t a spiritual superstition, but a scientifically proven concept which actually works. This will strengthen your faith, knowledge and conviction andthereby accelerate conscious manifesting immensely.
So, Abdullah taught that you could create your own new reality regardless of the circumstances in your life. And that by changing one's own words and thoughts, which in turn change one's feelings and thus one's circumstances. This is also the reason why people like Morgenthau, Carnegie, JP Morgan, and Rockefeller, according to lore, were perceived as very nice by those around them. They thanked everyone for everything, be it employee, friend or stranger.
Chapter 2.3 – The Feeling is the Secret
Abdullah said to Neville, „ Live as though you are there, and that you shall be.“ So Neville did just that, and thereby he recognized the following, important fact: That it is essential to accept the feeling, thus, to feel that one has already achieved a goal to actually achieve it. In doing so, the feeling of the achieved goal can be reflected from the inside out.
Neville fully internalized this realization when he planned to visit his family in Barbados for Christmas. He described his experience at the time as follows:
“[…] My old friend [Abdullah] taught me that lesson vividly back in 1933. There was a deep depression in this land. Many of you are too young to remember it, but I am now almost 67 and I went through the deep depression back in New York City. I was a dancer, and who would pay a dancer when they couldn’t eat? All the theaters were closed. I don’t think more than 3 theaters out of 50 were open in Times Square. So, who wanted a dancer? I would have danced for anything for a meal, and no one wanted to pay a dancer.
So, what would I do? I wanted to go to my little island called Barbados, and I had no money. But when I say no money, I mean NO money. Not just a little bit, but none.
I said to my friend Abdullah: Ab, I would love to go to Barbados. He said to me: You are in Barbados! I said: I am in Barbados? He said: Yes, you are now in Barbados!
I didn't quite understand what he was telling me. I learned it afterwards. He was telling me that if I want something, I must assume that I have it.
I want to go to Barbados? - I AM in Barbados!
So, for this night, when I sleep, I sleep in Barbados. How? In my imagination! And how do I know I’m there? I think of New York City where I am physically sleeping, and see it to my north, 2000 miles northwest of where I am in Barbados. Well, the months went by, and I didn't see any evidence.
So, I said to him: You know, Ab, if I don't get the next boat, I can't go to Barbados. Because no planes will fly; no commercial planes are flying in those days. He said to me: Who said you are going to Barbados? You are in Barbados! You can’t discuss HOW you're going to Barbados when you are already IN Barbados! Then he walked straight to his room and slammed the door in my face which was not an invitation to follow him… If you knew him, that's how he taught me.
I have to fall asleep like I'm in Barbados. And when I went to bed, though in New York City, I had assumed that I am actually in Barbados, and see New York City not under me, but 2000 miles to the north of me. Within 48 hours after that, I found a letter under my door from my brother Victor. And in that letter, he enclosed a small little draft, 50 dollars, along with the message: I have told the steamship company, the Furness Withy Company, to issue you a ticket and charge it to me. The fifty dollars is simply if you want some little thing like a suit of clothes.
In those days you could buy a suit for twelve dollars, a fairly decent suit. You could buy a pair of shoes for 3,50 or 4 dollars, but he says: That fifty dollars are for anything you may need to get aboard the ship. But sign the bills and I'll meet the ship and pay all expenses and all the tips. So, it's not for tips above the ship.
I went down to the place and I told them what my letter said. I read my letter to them. They said: Mr. Goddard, we only have steerage from now on, but when we get to Saint Thomas, the Virgin Islands, you may have first-class because someone disembarks in Saint Thomas.
I accepted it. I went back to my friend Abdullah and I told him: Ab, it worked. I'm going on the 6th of December, but I have to go steerage until we hit Saint Thomas and then we go first-class to Barbados.
You know what he said to me? He said: Who is talking of going to Barbados? You have gone to Barbados, and you went first-class! Well, what are you going to do with a man like that?
I went straight to the boat on the morning of the 6th, expecting to go steerage to the Virgin Islands, when the man said to me: Mr. Goddard, we have a nice surprise for you. We had a cancellation and so now you're going to first-class.
He [Abdullah] wasn't surprised. I wouldn't even call him to tell him, because there was no other option for him anyway. He was trying to teach me a lesson. […]”9
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Abdullah taught Neville Goddard various manifestation techniques, but above all, the Kybalion: the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus! These principles are the basis of manifestation, the regularities of this so-called reality.
Chapter 2.4 - The 7 Hermetic Principles of the Kybalion
The teachings of Hermes Trismegistus10, who is the mediator of the Hermetic Principles, exist – according to tradition – already since the beginning of all existence, thus of mankind. They are the basic law to which the entire universe is subject.
The book Kybalion11contains these 7 principles. They are the cause of every manifestation and serve as orientation to understand some things better. Let’s take a closer look at all 7 Hermetic Principles and their modes of action:
The 7 Hermetic Principles:12
1. The Principle of Spirituality:
The universe is spirit, the human being is spirit. Everything is consciousness!
2. The Principle of Correspondence:
As above, so below. As in the microcosm, so in the macrocosm. As within, so without!
3. The Principle of Vibration:
Nothing is at rest, everything moves. Everything vibrates and can be modeled at any time!
4. The Principle of Polarity:
Everything has two sides. Right or wrong. Good or bad. It’s two sides of the same coin!
5. The Principle of Rhythm:
Everything flows, everything has its tides. Rhythms and cycles create balance and movement!
6. The Principle of Cause and Effect:
Every cause has its effect, every effect has its cause. There are no coincidences!
7. The Principle of Gender:
Everything has two poles. Everything carries male and female principles. Everything gives and receives!
The original translation wasn’t quite error-free, as the 4th principle should actually be called:
4. The Principle of Polarity Duality:Everything has two sides. Right or wrong. Good or bad. It’s two sides of the same coin!
Everything has two sides – however, only from the observer’s point of view. Truth is, it’s always the same coin. The perspective of observation is the variable.
Moreover, the 7th principle should actually be:
7. The principle of Gender Polarity:Everything has two poles. Everything carries male and female principles. Everything gives and receives! Everything carries two poles, even the coin.
The reason is: Polarity and duality are not synonymous. Polarity is complementary and interdependent.
Duality, on the other hand, exists only from the observer’s point of view and is therefore contradictory. The following examples clarify the thought.
Polarity: male and female, heart and mind, electric and magnetic, plus and minus
Duality: right or wrong, yes or no, good or evil, particles or waves
Polarity is objective and indispensable (plus and minus). Duality is subjective and allows only one side (right or wrong) depending on the state of consciousness.
The balance of two poles is also called coherence or zero-point. This is where EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE! The full potential can be unfolded. Such states can be reached by the coherence of heart and mind.13 That is, a balance or unified interplay of thinking and feeling. Mostly, this coherence comes about in moments of happiness.
For humans, the balance of duality means an expanded view of things; a state of consciousness that can clearly see the truth. Out of yes or no, right or wrong, good or evil. Everything that exists, is of equal weight and value, but we weight and value differently through our interpretation rather than seeing the coin as it is – neutral! For only in wholeness, we can discover the truth!
If this is all new to you, but makes perfect sense, you may wonder why you’ve never heard of the Hermetic Principles before. The good news is: It isn’t necessary to know the Hermetic Principles to manifest, since we manifest all the time; even now, at this very moment. However, many of us manifest mostly unconsciously. Mastering manifestation means to manifest consciously, to apply the Law of Assumption purposefully, and thus to fulfill our desires. Knowledge of the Hermetic Principles is needed to fully master the basics of manifesting. It is needed to manifest greater desires, and to maintain the desired state over a very long period - especially with periods across entire generations.
Now, what may surprise you: Such conscious manifestations have been made throughout history, some for several centuries and some for millennia. There are groups who try to maintain such manifestations and don’t want people to know about the powers that reside within us, let alone how to apply them. They believe that the less people know about it, the less their manifestations will be affected or influenced. Fortunately, many groups like priesthoods, brotherhoods or secret societies have this knowledge. Some of these want to keep it secret by all means, while others willingly spread it to common people.
Abdullah, for instance, received this knowledge from a group of Jewish rabbis, a priesthood. They have worked to make the knowledge of our inherent powers available again to mankind. Why again? Because there was a time when this was common knowledge for everyone. There was a time when all people knew about manifestation and how our reality was constructed. But for various reasons, this knowledge was forgotten and hidden! This circumstance was the reason for Abdullah's actions as well as for Neville Goddard's actions. It is also the reason why David and I are doing what we are doing right now. The reason for carrying this knowledge into the world is and has always been the same:
When man begins to discover this power within him, he never plays the part that he formerly played. He doesn't turn back and become just a reflector of life; from here on in he is the affector of life.
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Neville Lancelot Goddard
The faster we bring responsibility from the outer world back to ourselves in the inner world, the faster we create a world where we experience peace, happiness and miracles!
Chapter 3 - The Scientific and Spiritual Aspects of the Law of Assumption
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fter the historical insights, we will look at the scientific and spiritual aspects in the following section. These explain the Hermetic Principles at a deeper level and why manifesting works at all.
When it comes to the scientific aspects, things get pretty crazy. And with the spiritual topics, you may feel some resistance arise within you.
Nevertheless, my recommendation is to read on and let everything sink in for the time being. Further along into the course of the book, you’ll be able to clearly recognize the thread and meaning in the manifestation techniques.
Chapter 3.1 - The Scientific Aspects of Manifesting with the Law of Assumption
Let’s lay the foundation of how reality is created and how we thereby adopt the state of our desired reality. This will show you why and how the Law of Assumption, as defined by Neville Goddard, works.
We mainly address three different scientific areas that complement each other:
If you have never heard of Nikola Tesla's I³ before, that is because it hasn’t been published in any known scientific writing yet.
If you want to know the secrets of the universe, think in terms of frequency, vibration, and energy.
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Nikola Tesla
You’ll learn the meaning of this quotation and the scientific aspect concerning the Law of Assumption in the further course. First, however, I would like to delve into the difference and the effects of objective reality and subjective reality, which leads us to the topic of constructivism. Nowadays, constructivism represents two main trends. One trend describes it as follows:
There is only ONE reality, which is objective, thus independent from every one of us, and scientifically measurable. But: The individual perception of this reality creates a subjective reality for each of us and varies accordingly.
The other trend describes constructivism as follows: Our subjective reality, that is, our perception, is responsible for creating our objective reality.
Basically, both trends are just two sides of the same coin. If we grasp the theory in its entirety, it looks like this:
This unification of constructivism is essential to understand the meaning of manifestation and how it works. It will also help you understand the quantum physical effects which we will examine in the next section.14
Chapter 3.2 - The Double-slit Experiment and The Astonishment of Science
The Double-slit experiment15 went as follows: First, scientists set up a plate with two parallel, vertical slits in the middle of a room. Then they set up a particle accelerator at one end of the room to shoot electrons through these slits to the other end of the room.
The result: After the shots, the wall showed two parallel, vertical stripes of electrons - over the entire duration of the measurement, i.e., the observation of the experiment.
In case you're wondering what's so special about it: The unbelievable thing is yet to come. The previous result was completely logical – if we replaced the particle accelerator with a water pistol, we would see two vertical stripes of water on the wall instead of two vertical stripes of electrons. The exciting part is the following:
The scientists repeated the experiment in many different ways. In one of these variations, the experiment was conducted unobserved. This means, there was no measuring equipment or person in the room to observe and confirm the result. When the scientists returned to the room after the electrons had been fired, they found several vertical stripes on the wall, even in the middle and outside the expected area.
For science, the result of this experiment was incredible. They did it repeatedly, but the result remained the same:
So, what happens here? Electrons are in a so-called superposition without observation - they have several different states at the same time. They are waves and particles at the same time. In a nutshell: Without observation, there is no dualistic stamp. With no measurement or observer in space, there is no consciousness that carries the reality that the electrons are particles. The result is thereby open and not predictable. We could also say: The ways of God are unfathomable!
The fact that this interpretation isn’t purely based on religion and faith will be relevant when we get to the manifestation techniques. The way a manifestation shows up on the outside cannot be observed. We don’t know HOW and WHY things suddenly arise, and that is precisely the trick! Because if we were able to observe the path toward manifestation, then the unfathomable could not perform its apparent magic. The electrons would remain particles instead of having all possible states, being particles and waves at the same time.
What science considered as unbelievable, confirmed the first and third principle of the Hermetic Principles.
1. The Principle of Spirituality: The universe is spiritual; the human being is spirit. Everything is consciousness!
Related to the double-slit experiment, this means: We are consciousness, as we observe, perceive, and interpret.
Our consciousness interacts with the outer world, which is nothing but a projection of our consciousness. We will go into this in more detail later.
3. The Principle of Vibration:Nothing is at rest; everything moves. Everything vibrates and can be modeled at any time!
Related to the double-slit experiment, this means: Even if it may seem impossible – everything is in vibration and can be modeled by our state of consciousness at any time. We influence the outside world with our perception. The way we perceive it makes all the difference. We influence the result through our state of consciousness. This means that we are able to determine our fate by our interpretation, thus our mood, thoughts, and feelings! If we change our perception, thus our thoughts and therefore our feelings, we change our destiny! The world is a place full of states and these states can be changed if we change our own states (of consciousness).
Why do you think even the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research pointed out the strong effect16 of the placebo effect17 as early as 2006? Every drug works stronger because we believe in it and supposedly know it works. Every placebo drug works if we are firmly convinced that it works. This even goes so far that in so-called sham surgery, where you only make a small incision and tell the patient after the anesthesia that the operation was successful, the success rate in studies was just as high as in actual operations.18
A similar example is the psychosomatic effect19. Here, too, it becomes clear how our consciousness influences the external world, in this case our body. We create the result through our state of consciousness, through our assumptions. Through everything we believe, supposedly know, are convinced of, and thereby think and feel.
Dr. Ulrich Warnke, an academic senior counselor at Saarland University in Germany, clarified the interaction between our consciousness and our external world from the viewpoint of quantum physics20. His main focus was the effect of electromagnetic oscillations and fields on organisms. Nowadays, he specializes in the interaction between consciousness and the quantum field.
In an interview with Werner Huemer, Warnke explains, among other things, how thoughts and feelings can influence physical well-being and how our consciousness draws information and energy from the quantum field.21
The theory is: Mind controls matter at every moment. For instance, we talk through muscle movement, which in turn is controlled by neuronal action potentials. These are triggered by voltage changes in transmembrane proteins, which are molecules. Seen from the starting point, you have to enter these molecules with spirit or will in order to set everything in motion.
We could also say: The mind controls the muscle movement, and feelings are the switches to change the molecular bonds and structures in the body. Molecules consist of atoms, which have an atomic shell of electrons. Electrons have an angular momentum or spin which can be altered through consciousness. An electron thereby becomes a positron.
So, if there is certainty in the consciousness through feelings like confidence, it can retrieve a desired information or energy. The theory is therefore, that feelings can specifically support our health, as the placebo effect shows. In addition to medication, for example, belief in the doctor or physician can trigger healing. The important thing is to be confident and to not have any doubts.
The step into quantum physics also raises the question of what exactly takes place within the molecule. All matter consists of masses, electrons, and atomic nuclei – the primary substance of matter. Between atomic nucleus and electron exists a space that is – in relation – enormous; if the nucleus of a hydrogen atom had the size of a soccer ball, the next electron would be more than 6 miles away. Considering of how many molecules we consist, that is a lot of vacuum!
The German astrophysicist Harald Lesch22 described the relation of the nucleus of a helium atom as follows: “If the Allianz Arena in Munich were a helium atom, then a helium nucleus would be a tiny little grain of rice! That would be the scale of a helium atom’s nucleus.“
There is a model in quantum physics that deals precisely with this vacuum. The thought is that this space is full of energy and information – a sea of possibilities. Dr. Ulrich Warnke's abridged version of this says:
“If we fish out one possibility from this sea of all possibilities [quantum field] and have recognized this with sense and meaning[thus interpreted], then a particle arises. It becomes information once we recognize [accept] it. Information must be recognized, otherwise it wouldn’t be information.
We call these particles quanta, be it a photon or a gluon, there are many particles. And then, forces [energy] are transferred and reality arises. This doesn't only work with a single quantum, but also with patterns of quanta. Here’s one more essential thing: This vacuum in us, meaning the sea of all possibilities – if you took that out and leave nothing but our body, there would be about 20 micrometers left of us.
You would need a microscope to search for us. Yet we retain the excess weight because the masses are still inside. But this vacuum is now flowing over in this space, this space is flowing over into the atmosphere of the earth, into the cosmos, into the whole universe. And this whole space of the universe, including my inner space [inner world], is identical to the sea of all possibilities [quantum field]. When I shift something into reality, then this is registered by this so-called memory plate [the sea of all possibilities]. [...]
These patterns all remain. We call this model a pattern order of Higgs particles. We might think that Higgs particles represent this information. And whatever I save here, here and now, spreads immediately as there is no time; there are no masses in this space.
[It spreads] quasi-instantaneously into the whole universe. And at any place in the universe, I could bring out this information and run it back to forces again.“
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According to this theory, thought – or more precisely, its interpretation – is the trigger. So, for example, evolution is goal-directed in the sense that you think of a goal first [imagining the end], which then begins to construct the mechanisms towards it [the HOW develops].
The idea is stored. However, the storage medium, the sea of all possibilities, knows no time in our human sense; everything is available simultaneously. It is therefore the responsibility of mankind of WHAT is stored on the medium, that is, which thoughts and feelings we cherish. Our interpretations.
The Global Consciousness Project23 serves as an experiment in this context. Dr. Ulrich Warnke further speaks about the assumption that we are all part of a universal consciousness [the consciousness of God] which uses the same mechanisms as each individual. It is said to be beyond us and control us, but still, we are part of it.
Through the socially accepted technique of meditation, where the logical is blended out and the emotional world is activated, we get closer and closer to – in the theory of Dr. Ulrich Warnke – the imaginal act that is practiced by Neville Goddard. In a state of meditation, we get information that we cannot think of at this moment; and by using the imaginal act, according to Neville Goddard, we can shift the desired state into our reality.
Thus, we bring something from the sea of all possibilities into ourselves that is already stored in the collective consciousness, i.e., the memory disk, the quantum field.
The path towards manifestation:
Other aspects of quantum physics about these topics are:
From a scientific standpoint, everything that exists consists of these quantum particles, our selves included. This is the second Hermetic Principle.
2. The Principle of Correspondence: As above, so below. As in the microcosm, so in the macrocosm. As within, so without!
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In other words: We can perform all these magic states that the quantum particles perform. Especially through the last point, quantum entanglement, quantum physics shows us that we’re all connected with each other on the deepest level. This results in the fact that when our own (consciousness) state changes, all other states automatically change as well! This is the principle of correspondence: As within, so without!
Another aspect of quantum physics, which Stephen Hawking researched until shortly before his death, are parallel universes or space-time dimensions.25 Far from fiction, this aspect is very exciting as it explains manifestation better than you might suspect:
Stephen Hawking was quite aware of this. He realized that several Hawkings, several versions of him, existed parallel to him and that he continued to exist even after his death.
Isn’t it crazy? And I promise you, it gets even crazier!
Chapter 3.3 - Nikola Tesla's I³
Nikola Tesla believed that the universe – everything that exists – could be understood by thinking in terms of frequency, vibration, and energy. But what does this man, who is primarily responsible for our present-day alternating current26, have to do with Neville Goddard and the Law of Assumption?
The example of an FM radio serves this purpose. Compared to digital radios often used today, FM radios work via ultra-short waves, or in other words, electromagnetic waves with a defined wavelength. The frequency indicates the number of oscillations, that is, the measure of how quickly the transmissions follow one another. It determines the signal and thus transmits the information. The vibration is responsible for the quality of the information input, and thus, for the interpretation. The respective energy amplifies or diminishes the intensity of the signal. Related to Tesla's I³ and manifestation, we get the following:
Let's add a negative example: the song Last Christmas by Wham! Every year around Christmas, George Michael’s catchy tune runs up and down the radios - to the chagrin of some who have long since grown tired of it. In terms of Tesla’s I³, this means:
Information (I¹): When we hear the song, that is, when we focus on it, most of us shudder.
Interpretation (I²): With this, we interpret it in our thoughts and feelings. In this example, as something negative.
Intensity (I³): Depending on how long we would listen to the song or carry it in our thoughts (and thereby in our feelings) and reject it, the more intensively we reinforce this negative interpretation and increase the intensity.
We hereby confirm the fourth Hermetic Principle:
4. The Principle of Duality: Everything has two sides. Right or wrong. Good or bad. They are two sides of the same coin!
The information is neutral and always remains the same. It is only our interpretation that varies and gives a dualistic stamp. The advantage is that we can choose the stamp anytime and thus change the quality of the information.
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If the intensity of our thoughts and especially our feelings is strong or long enough, our inner self forms according to it and reflects a situation in life that has the potential to generate similar thoughts and feelings.
However, it is ONLY a potential, for we are never subordinate to our external circumstances. We are not at the mercy of our thoughts and feelings, they don’t shape us. We can control and direct them. The moment we become aware of this, we free ourselves and decide on a desired (consciousness) state. You are the controller. At any time, you are free to decide of how long you’d like to stay in a particular state of consciousness. We can decide anew in every situation, and thereby interpret and create new circumstances, which manifest themselves in the external world.
To illustrate this, we can imagine the entire universe as a gigantic copy machine. Depending on how intensively or long we cherish specific thoughts and feelings (interpretation I²), sooner or later there is enough thought-feeling material (intensity I³) to receive a manifestation (information I¹) – or a printed page in this metaphor.
Moreover, this will be reflected in our life. When we interpret positively, then we also generate material to create positive circumstances externally; that is, we print a beautiful story.
We humans too often think of our mood as an effect and not enough as a cause.
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Neville Goddard
In short: If we think and feel positive, as if our wish has already been fulfilled, positive things will happen to us and truly fulfill our wishes. As written in the Bible: “For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away!”28
We never receive what we wish for, but what we ARE! We receive what we believe of ourselves, what we know and what we are convinced of! We reflect our self-image.
Do you have thoughts and feelings of lack and therefore avoid giving too much, because you’re afraid of not having enough yourself in the end? This thought-feeling material causes the copy machine to create circumstances in your life that express just that: that you have too little.
Do you have thoughts and feelings of abundance and are grateful to give and share, because you have enough? In this case, the copying machine will create circumstances in your life where you’ll always have enough.
If you feel fear because you assume that something bad is about to happen, and you can feel this fear throughout your body, then expect it to manifest. In fact, it will manifest very fast, because those moments create a tremendous amount of (negative) thought-feeling material for the copy machine. To avoid negative manifestations, do the following: Change your state of consciousness!
You do this by imagining the opposite state, thus using an imaginal act, and feeling this imagination as intensively as possible – as if it were already real! Perceive it with all your senses. You will thereby give the copy machine the required material for your opposite manifestation.
When thoughts compete with feelings, the latter always wins because every feeling carries a much higher intensity than a thought.
With the manifestation techniques described here and a little practice, you can stop unconscious, adverse manifestations and steer your life into desired paths.
This leads us to the sixth Hermetic Principle.
6. The Principle of Cause and Effect: Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause. There are no coincidences!
Once we fully internalize this principle, we finally take an active role in our lives. We take responsibility for our circumstances, but at the same time we have full control to reshape them. From this point on, we can consciously set causes. Weconsciously recreate instead of unconsciously react! Because every situation that we observe and experience in the outer world was caused by our state of consciousness! By our assumptions! By all the things that we believe, supposedly know, and are convinced of – by our thoughts and feelings.
With this knowledge, we can consciously set the desirable causes that show up as desired effects in our external world. Remember these three points for the following manifestation techniques:
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Tesla’s I³ represent the interplay of perception that creates our reality. They make us change into the desired reality by shifting our states of consciousness.
Chapter 3.4 - How are Electromagnetic Fields Related to the Law of Assumption?
Here the seventh Hermetic Principle comes into play:
7. The Principle of Polarity: Everything has two poles. Everything carries male and female principles. Everything gives and receives!
We humans also have two poles in the body, even several times. These poles generate electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields that constantly receive and transmit. This allows us to transmit information via the mind (electrical), the heart (magnetic) or both together (electromagnetic). Current research suggests that our brain generates a field up to 3 meters, while our heart generates a field up to 300 meters.30
Feeling is the secret!
There is no greater force that we can use as human beings than our feelings. Our mind, our mental focus, the imaginal act serves primarily to target and trigger the feeling – but we manifest through the strength of our heart, through the feeling of certainty.
The more intense our feelings are, the stronger and wider our field is formed. It is known that this field surrounding us also influences the people in our immediate environment. So, the information and energy about your state of consciousness also spill over into the field of your immediate surroundings. This is because all fields are interconnected and communicate with each other. Here is an example:
If a person got lost in the deepest ice, for example in Antarctica, he still wouldn’t be cut off from other people. His electromagnetic field, which transmits and receives information and energies, would still be connected with everything that is – not because his field reaches that far, but because he can transmit and receive his information through subordinate and superordinate fields. For us humans, one of these superior fields is the earth's magnetic field. Through this, it would be possible to call for help.
For example, the lost person could think of a close friend and call for help with an intense feeling. That friend will register it but may not respond. How often do we ignore our impulses, no matter where they come from? However, there are also thousands of experiences of people in dangerous situations where relatives felt and reacted to the calling.
These magnetic fields show a particularly high interaction in cases where people are strongly connected at the heart level, for instance, mothers and their children, family members or people who are very much in love.
All fields extend over the whole universe. The field of the sun envelops our entire planets in the solar system. The field of the black hole in the center of the Milky Way envelops it. Even space-time dimensions, thus parallel universes, contain these fields.
What we generally define as first intention is the transferred information from fields – practically the original version without our complementary thoughts.
