A friend, who’s been going through challenging times, told me that she got a nudge to open the book The Power of Awareness by Neville Goddard to receive inspiration and direction. She opened it to any page.
She landed on this quote, which she said was the cause of every problem she’s ever had:
“If your concept of yourself is that you are a failure, you would encounter in your imagination a whole series of incidents in conformance to that concept.
“Thus it is clearly seen how you, by your concept of yourself, determine your present, that is, the particular portion of creation which you now experience, and your future, that is, the particular portion of creation which you will experience.” page 43
How can you dissipate a negative self-concept? With your imagination.
Earlier in this chapter on “Creation,” he gives an example.
“What determines the events which you encounter? And the answer is your concept of yourself. Concepts determine the route that attention follows. Here is a good test to prove this fact. Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled and observe the route that your attention follows. You will observe that as long as you remain faithful to your assumption, so long will your attention be confronted with images clearly related to that assumption. For example; if you assume that you have a wonderful business, you will notice how in your imagination your attention is focused on incident after incident relating to that assumption. Friends congratulate you, tell you how lucky you are… From there your attention goes to larger offices, bigger bank balances, and many other similarly related events. Persistence in this assumption will results in actually experiencing in fact that which you assumed.”
So, dear friend, consider how you can improve your self-concept.
A low opinion of your self is simply a lie that got drilled into your head. Because you believed it, your energy attracted like experiences to you. Then you had visual proof that others or yourself were right.
Likewise, your success is a reflection of your self-concept.
No ideas can rent space in your thinking unless you let it.
Starting right now, think of one way you can change your self-concept, and live more fully the life you love.
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