Feeling Twisty

 “You are now in the garden of Eden and you think you are shut out or banished. You are in it, and the garden is your mind, but you need, like every gardener, pruning shears.  For you have slept and weeds have appeared in the garden and the weeds are revealing themselves by the conditions and the circumstances of life.  For your garden is always projecting itself on the screen of space, and you ca...

When I just believed what Neville taught, that imagining creates reality. My thoughts would go something like this: “Yeah yeah, imagining creates reality, but why is this so hard? Why am I not seeing any changes in my life?” Because I was a hearer of the word and not a doer. I didn’t know from experience the truth of the statement: "Imagining creates reality." I didn’t trust God - I didn’t trust i...

In Neville's lecture, "Free or Slave," he shares a wonderful story of a man who first, imagined doubling his income and got it within two weeks, then, imagined having enough money to spend his days on the beach. He got that too! "Imagining creates reality in the most determined, definite manner man could ever imagine. Whether or not he believes it, he can’t avoid this principle that imagining crea...

What do a sugar daddy, bubble baths, birds, and trees have in common? Well, they're all in this episode.  Neville has at least two different lectures titled, "Our Real Beliefs." This one is from 1966. In this lecture, he shares a story about a woman who through two simple imaginal acts, ends up going from 87 dollars a month to 1200. That's about 10 thousand in today's dollars! 

"Your Imagination is the light of the world.  It takes the light to illuminate the state, the object; and then the world outside is only a reflector, it’s an echo, bearing witness of the state into which I have moved.  So I move into a state, I remain in that state, and cast my shadow on the screen of space."  Quit fighting the shadows that seem to be caused by a someone other than your Self. Chan...

"The same I Amness that occupies a state of poverty is the same I Amness that occupies a state of wealth. The state is the thing and God is the occupant." From Neville's lecture, "Facts Overflow the World" You are not your name, body, ethnicity. You are God / Awareness, imagining this character you've created. You are infinitely greater than any of those things with which you identify yourself. 

When I first heard Neville say, "May I tell you, I do not worry," I knew I wanted THAT. I wanted to be that kind of person. But I imagined breaking the habit of worry was a struggle and that's what I experienced. Once you really know that I Am the cause and no one else, then you do stop worrying or worrying less and less. Knowing who you are, you now know how you got into the unlovely state and ex...

"Always looking for physical causation, man cannot believe he imagined anything that could have produced such a physical effect; yet I tell you: as you sit alone and imagine you are setting a cause in motion, and when you see its effects you may deny the imaginal state, but your 'NOW' is alive and real to you because of an imaginal act on your part and for no other reason." From the lecture, "Powe...

"I see what I want to see and then I let it be true.  I do not lift a finger to make it true, for how can I discuss it when it is already so." From the lecture, "Esau and Jacob," by Neville Goddard I'd love to hear from you. Share you stories with me. Ask me about a particular topic you'd like to hear on a future episode.  Email me at feelingtwisty@gmail.com  or contact me through Facebook and Ins...

"Thoughts call forth a thing that is not seen, as though it were happening.  This is accomplished by an imaginal concept touched by feeling." Neville Goddard, "There is No Fiction" I share a little story about how I brought about a new roof AND an awful hail storm.  Experiencing the life you want does not take years of study or following specific rules. Quit making your human experience so damned...

"Called upon to look for the cause of creation, what are you doing losing yourself in the phenomena of life? When something happens, search your thoughts and you will discover your own wonderful human imagination to be the cause of your experience, because God is a person. You are the mask God is now wearing, for God became you that you may become God." Neville Goddard, "Yours For The Taking" I wa...

"This disciplined quality (Thomas) doubts or denies every rumor and suggestion that are not in harmony with that which Simon Peter has been commanded to let enter." I love that quote from chapter 18 of Neville's book Your Faith is Your Fortune. This is part three of my look at that wonderful book.  Deny the "facts" that say you are not the person you want to be and experience the wonders of your i...

The master you're looking for is within is. It IS YOU!

"Let all desires become impressions of qualities that are, not of qualities that will be.  I'm (your awareness) is God and God is the fullness of all, the Eternal NOW, I AM." Your Faith Is Your Fortune, Neville Goddard I am using Neville's wonderful book as a reference for the next few episodes. If you haven't read it I highly recommend it. 

"There is only God in this world. So, when you say, 'I Am,' and I say, 'I Am,' it's the same God, but we have arranged the structure of our mind differently. We have different concepts of Self, that's all." Neville Goddard, "The Perfect Law of Liberty"

Dan asked me to talk about Neville's lecture, "The New Christology." It reminds me of "The Pearl of Great Price," because Neville is encouraging us to toss reliance on an outside power and rely on our own imagination.  Another listener asked me how to get a new bike, new wardrobe, and healthy skin. I answer those questions in today's episode, as well.   

 A listener told me he feels frustrated because he doesn't see any movement on the outside. He's doing what I did for a while - looking for signs.  I answer a couple of his questions in this episode and I share a cool story that happened to me today. 

I had a wonderful conversation with a friend of mine today. We talked about the importance of being a doer and not just a hearer. Neville quoted that passage in the Bible frequently. He shared stories of how friends of his would attend his lectures for years, but never actually apply what he was teaching.  Our chat today reminded me of a very early podcast of mine, so I thought I'd revisit the top...

I take a look at Neville's lecture, "Occupant or Inmate." Which are you? Do you feel trapped by tradition and society or do you remember who you really are, an occupant, able to freely move from state to state?

Take a look around you and you will see the evidence of your imagination in action.  And I was wrong about the lecture title, but here it is:  Neville Goddard, "The Dreamer"  

Neville taught us to reach find that "inner conviction" that our wish is fulfilled, telling us, "believe in yourself and trust that inner feeling."  A listener asked me, "How do you get to that feeling of absolute knowing it is done?"  I decided to break up my answer into multiple bite-size episodes. Today is the first.  One of the things that worked for me is practice. Twenty Twenty calls it putt...

"One day you will turn within and discover that you are the light of the world. Then you will know you are God, the light of infinite love, infinite power, and infinite wisdom." Neville Goddard Why not fall asleep tonight in the assumption that you do remember who you really are? 

"What is your answer to the eternal question, "Who am I?" Your answer determines the part YOU play in the world's drama." - Neville Goddard I answer Ophir's questions about emotions, like sadness and anger, personality traits, like a hot temper, and about why there is so much tragedy in the world.   

Regardless of what technique you use to move into the state of your wish fulfilled, it is an inner conviction that is key.  "...so the truth of any concept is known by that feeling of a peculiar certainty. It's just you know it and I can't explain it other than you know that it's true." Neville Goddard

What do vegetable juice, curry, and a green planter have in common? No compromise. This episode has three stories about seemingly small things, but the principle used, without compromise, works for every desire you might have.