Brief Summary
This video summarises Neville Goddard's book, "The Feeling is the Secret," focusing on how our feelings, rather than just thoughts, shape our reality. It explains the interplay between the conscious and subconscious mind, the importance of controlling our feelings, and techniques like using sleep and prayer to impress desired states onto the subconscious. The key takeaway is that by assuming the feeling of our wish fulfilled, we can manifest our desires into reality.
- The feeling is the key to creation.
- Subconscious mind is like a lover, not a servant.
- Sleep and prayer are gateways to the subconscious.
- Gratitude is a powerful tool to access desired feelings.
Introduction
Brian Scott introduces Neville Goddard's "The Feeling is the Secret" as a foundational work for understanding reality creation. He highlights that while the idea of creating reality with thoughts is common, Neville's emphasis on feeling is what truly unlocks the process. The book is described as a masterpiece that resonates deeply, explaining how feeling is the key to manifesting desires.
Overview of "The Feeling is the Secret"
The book contains four chapters: "The Law and Its Operation," "Sleep," "Prayer," and "Spirit and Feeling." It focuses on the art of realising desires by understanding the mechanism behind the visible world's production. The author avoids arguments and testimonials, challenging readers to practice the revealed law of consciousness. Personal success through practice is presented as the most convincing evidence.
The Law and Its Operation
The world is man's conditioned consciousness objectified. Consciousness is both the cause and substance of the world. Understanding the law of consciousness allows one to achieve any desire. Consciousness is divided into the conscious (male, selective) and subconscious (female, non-selective). The conscious mind generates ideas and impresses them on the subconscious, which then gives them form and expression. Control of the subconscious is achieved by controlling one's ideas and feelings. Feeling is the medium through which ideas are conveyed to the subconscious. Disciplining oneself to entertain only feelings that contribute to happiness is crucial. Suppressed emotions cause diseases. Changes in feeling lead to changes in destiny. The subconscious accepts what you feel to be true and objectifies those ideas.
Sleep
Sleep is a natural gateway to the subconscious. The understanding of sleep and what it has to bestow will cause us to set out for it as though we were keeping an appointment with a lover. The conditions and events of your life are your children formed from the molds of your subconscious impressions. Whatever you have in consciousness as you go to sleep is the measure of your expression in the waking two-thirds of your life on earth. Always feel the wish fulfilled before sleeping. The subconscious gives form to desires only when you feel your wish fulfilled. The last waking concept of self dominates slumber. Assume the feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction before sleep. Your mood prior to sleep defines your state of consciousness. The subconscious sees you exactly as you feel yourself to be. Sleep conceals the creative act, while the objective world reveals it. Feel yourself into the state of the answered wish and then relax into unconsciousness.
Prayer
Prayer, like sleep, is an entrance into the subconscious. It diminishes the impression of the outer world and renders the mind more receptive to suggestion from within. Prayer is not so much what you ask for as how you prepare for its reception. Believe that you have already received what you desire. The only condition required is that you believe that your prayers are already realised. Yield to the wish and feel the wish fulfilled. The perfectly disciplined man is always in tune with the wish as an accomplished fact. Shut out the senses before starting to pray. Prayer is the art of yielding to the wish, not forcing it. Create a passive state, a kind of reverie or meditative reflection similar to the feeling which precedes sleep. Imagine that you have realised your wish, not how it was realised, but simply the wish fulfilled.
Spirit and Feeling
Get into the spirit of the state desired by assuming the feeling that would be yours were you already the one you want to be. As you capture the feeling of the state sought, you are relieved of all effort to make it so, for it is already so. There is a definite feeling associated with every idea in the mind of man. Capture the feeling associated with your realised wish by assuming the feeling that would be yours were you already in possession of the thing you desire, and your wish will objectify itself. Faith is feeling. Assume the feeling that would be yours were you already in possession of your wish, and your wish must be realised. Live in the feeling of being the one you want to be, and that you shall be.
Brian Scott's Insights and Applications
Brian shares his personal insights, emphasising the subconscious as a "lover" that reflects feelings. He connects Neville's teachings to neurological studies, noting that profound kinesthetic experiences are most memorable and sink into the subconscious. He highlights that suppressed emotions can lead to sickness, recommending the movie "The Emotion Code 2.0". He also discusses capturing the state of the wish fulfilled before sleep and using affirmations during sleep.
The Power of Feeling and Gratitude
Brian reiterates that thoughts combined with feelings create reality. He stresses the importance of controlling feelings and using them to move towards desires. For those struggling to create the desired feeling, he suggests focusing on gratitude. Gratitude is described as an emotional signature of the wish fulfilled. He encourages viewers to share their experiences and emphasises that anyone can achieve their desires by identifying the feeling of that desire and believing they already have it.
