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Feeling Is The Secret by Neville Goddard is a concise book, though a lot of his work is not always so easy to understand. With just four chapters full of powerful messages, I took some of my favorite quotes and analyzed them to the best of my ability.

Chapter 1: Law and Its Operation

"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. So it is to consciousness that we must turn if we would discover the secret of creation."

You are manifesting everything in your 3d reality, so every thought has the potential to manifest into physicality. Neville is saying that your consciousness is creating everything, so everything you are conscious of is showing up in your world. Your consciousness is causing all the things in your 3d reality to occur. To understand creation and create what you desire, you must go within and understand what is going on in your consciousness, and more importantly your subconscious, because that is what is being mirrored back to you in your 3d reality.

Chapter 2: Sleep

"Your mood prior to sleep defines your state of consciousness as you enter into the presence of your everlasting lover, the subconscious. She sees you exactly as you feel yourself to be."

It is imperative to be cautious of the mood you are in before sleep. When you go to sleep, your dreams are a window into the subconscious mind. Since you are constantly manifesting, you don't want to manifest anything unfavorable in your sleep. So if you are in a good mood and going to sleep in the state of the wish fulfilled, you are more likely to dream of positive things, including your desired reality. Your subconscious mind will believe whatever you tell it, so whoever you say you are, you become. Whatever reality you say you are in, you will shift to.

"Never go to sleep feeling discouraged or dissatisfied. Never sleep in the consciousness of failure. Your subconscious, whose natural state is sleep, sees you as you believe yourself to be, and whether it be good, bad, or indifferent, the subconscious will faithfully embody your belief. "

If you go to sleep feeling discouraged or dissatisfied, you affirm that you are not who you desire to be or that you do not have what you desire to have. In your sleep, you will manifest more of this. If you are conscious of failure, especially before bedtime, you will create more failure. The subconscious does not know the difference between good, bad, or indifference; it simply creates whatever you are conscious of. 

Chapter 3: Prayer

"All you can possibly need or desire is already yours. You need no helper to give it to you; it is yours now. Call your desires into being by imagining and feeling your wish fulfilled. As the end is accepted you become totally indifferent as to possible failure, for acceptance of the end wills the means to that end." 

Creation is already done. There are infinite realities where all things are happening now. Therefore, there is a reality where you already have your desire. If you live in the state of the person who already has this desire, your desire will come to you by using your thoughts and imagination. As you live in the end, you begin to believe your desire is yours and as you feel like you already have it, you will no longer fear it not coming.

Chapter 4: Spirit Feeling

"You never attract that which you want but always that which you are. As a man is, so does he see."

You must align yourself with your desire by becoming the person who already has it. If you want something, but you are not aligned with that thing, it will not manifest. Alignment is not some complicated spiritual term; all it means is to match your desire. You do this by matching your thoughts to what you would think if you already had your desire.

"You are that which you believe yourself to be. Instead of believing in God or in Jesus, believe you are God or you are Jesus. 'He that believeth on me the works that I do shall he do also' should be 'He that believes as I believe the works that I do shall he do also.' Jesus found it not strange to do the works of God because he believed himself to be God." –"I am my father are one."

You will become whoever you believe you are. God, source, the universe, etc., is not a force that exists outside of you. It is not something deciding for you, and it is not something that you have to worship. You are an extension of it; you are it. When you step into this power, you can create whatever you desire. Do not feel guilty or egotistical about this concept; just accept that you are one with the source and embrace this truth.