"The Game of Life" (text, audio) is a really good lecture that discusses the use of the law. I really like it because it is a good explanation of how this Law is at use every moment of our lives, which I think is important to realize and understand when we are first learning about these teachings. We might think we can "turn off" our creative abilities, but we never do – we are always creating.
The game of life, like every game, is played within the framework of certain rules, and any violation of those rules carries a penalty. You and I are playing this game from morning to night, and should therefore learn its rules in order to play it well.
Ecclesiastes gives us this rule: "Even in your thought do not curse the king, or in your bed chamber curse the rich, for a bird will carry your voice or some winged creature tell the matter." And Mark gives us another, as: "Whatever you desire, believe that you have received it and you will." If you must believe you have received your desire in order to attain it, then you must start your game by believing it is finished. You must feel yourself into and partaking of your goal. And you must persist in that feeling in order to achieve it.
This is the simplest explanation of the law, in my opinion: believe you have received it in imagination and you will experience it in the physical.
This is one of the rules for the game of life, according to Neville. The next is that you must persist in the imaginal act and not concern yourself with how it comes to pass in the physical world.
Now, another rule is said in this manner: "Cast your bread upon the water and you will find it after many days." In other words, do not be concerned as to how it is going to happen - just do it. This statement hasn't a thing to do with doing good as the world defines the word. Jesus was a carpenter. The word means one who produces from seed - as a flower, a tree, the earth. The word, 'bread' in the statement: "Cast your bread upon the waters," means to devour; to consume. Water is a euphemism for semen, that living water which carries the sperm of man. The creative act is psychological, not physical; yet the intentions are the same. You must cast your bread upon the waters with passion! You must be consumed with the desire and literally on fire with love for its possession, for an intense imaginal act will always draw unto itself its own affinity.
Winston Churchill departed this world a very successful man; however, during his life he had many failures. Then one day he made this discovery, which changed his life. These are his words: "The mood decides the fortunes of people, rather than the fortunes decide the mood." ... The game of life is won by those who compare their thoughts and feelings within to what appears on the outside. And the game is lost by those who do not recognize this law. Being consumed by anger, they see no change in their world. But if they would change their mood, their circumstances would change. Then they would recognize the law behind their world.
Neville goes on to share how there were some people he knew who he would avoid meeting up with because of how negative their stories were; these people fail to recognize how their inner conversations and beliefs are being expressed in their physical world. In understanding and knowing this link, however, we can actively apply it and change our lives.
But if you apply this law you can predict your future. Feel a new mood rise within you. Sustain it and soon you will meet people who embody this new state. Even inanimate objects are under the sway of these affinities. In a certain mood I have gone to my library and removed a book I have not touched in years. And when I casually open it, I find confirmation of my mood. A table, though remaining the same, will be seen differently based upon your momentary mood, for everything reflects it. It is your mood which decides your fortune, not your fortune that decides your mood. People feeling poor attract poverty, not knowing that if they felt rich they would attract wealth.
I like this above quote because I think it's very similar to a lot of sentiments expressed by people who have seen success. I've read countless success stories where the poster has stated that they changed a concept of themselves inwardly first and then their outer experience reflected that. Take for example people who want to attract money; they change their inner thoughts and feelings to be in accordance with having a lot of wealth, and then in their outer world, they experience an increase wealth: maybe they get a raise at their job, maybe they win a scholarship or the lottery, maybe they receive very expensive gifts. Regardless, their outer world is reflecting their inner state.
Become aware of what you are thinking, and you will recognize a law between your mood and your surrounding circumstances. Then you will predict with certainty, because you know certain events - being in harmony with your mood - must appear. Everything - whether a living being or an inanimate object such as a book - must appear to bear witness to your mood.
(I)n order to play the game of life, you must know what you want to replace what you have. When you know what it is, you must assume the feeling that you have it. Although your reason and senses will deny its existence, persistence will cause your assumption to harden into fact and objectify itself upon your screen of space. Play the game this way. You may think it doesn't work, but that's because you have not tried it. You may believe the idea is stupid, but I tell you: the mood decides your fortune. Believe me, for I have proved this principle over and over again in my life.
By simply catching the mood I have changed the circumstances of my life. Now I teach others how to do it. I invite you to ask yourself how you would feel if your desire was now fulfilled. Toy with the thought. Play with it a while and the mood will come upon you. Keep that mood by playing with the senses it evokes, and watch your world change to match your new mood.
Neville provides the testimony of a woman who was in her mid-60s when she first learned and applied this principle. He states that she would say to herself every morning "Something wonderful is happening to me now" and conjured the feeling of something great happening to her in that very moment.
He explained that this woman had a friend for about thirty years who would take her out to concerts and operas and fancy dinners, but the friend was adamant with this woman that he would never give her any of his money. But then one day, this friend randomly decided to give this woman a $100,000 trust fund. Neville explains that this woman again applied the law to a greater degree, and her friend gave her another $100,000 trust fund. So because she applied the law consciously, she received a $200,000 trust fund from a friend of hers who was initially adamant that he wouldn't give her a single dime of his money.
The law has its positive as well as its negative side. I am not here to judge how you use the law, but leave you to practice it as you will. If you are in the habit of thinking negatively, you are not going to sustain the thought that you are all you want to be. You may hold it for a few seconds, and if it does not prove itself instantly you may deny it. But in order to play the game of life you must know the rules and apply them.
And remember: as in every game, there are rules whose violation causes failure. You cannot deceive yourself, for God is not mocked; as you sow, so shall you reap. In the world you may get away with a violation that the referee did not see; but you cannot get away from the observer in you, for he and you are one. If you know what you did, then he knows, for your awareness and the father of your world are one. You cannot deceive yourself. You cannot mock yourself. God is going to record your every violation and mold your world in harmony with your feelings.
I think this above quote is super important, particularly in regard to his statement about thinking negatively. I interpret the above quote to mean that the God within you is not fooled when you imagine and then immediately revert back to your old negative thought patterns or question how or when it comes to you. I think this is important when we think to ourselves "Well, I'm imagining and doing my mental diet but ..." That is violating the rules of the game of life because you are not persisting in the feeling of already having what you want or being who you desire to be.
Life itself is caused by the assemblage of mental states, which occurring creates that which the assemblage implies. ...
After you have assembled your mental state and allowed it to occur within you, you do not have to repeat the act. You cast your bread upon the water the moment you felt relief. Although you do not have a physical expression in a sexual manner, relief is possible; and of all the pleasures of the world, relief is the most keenly felt. When someone you dearly love is late, you anxiously await that key in the door. And when you hear their voice, your relief is keenly felt. That is the same kind of relief you will have when you have imagined correctly. If you find it necessary to recreate the act every day, you are not casting your bread upon the water. You may imagine over and over again, but you are only going to impregnate once; and if you reach the point of relief, your bread has been cast upon the water to return, perhaps in the matter of an hour. I have had the phone ring - minutes after I have imagined it - to hear confirmation that it has happened. Sometimes it has taken days, weeks, or months; but I do not repeat the action once I have done it and felt the feeling of relief, for I know there is nothing more I need to do.
Learn to consciously play this game of life, for you are unconsciously playing it every day.
I know there is often a question on this sub about how often someone needs to imagine, and I think the above quote answers it. You are asked to imagine until you have the feeling of relief, and when you reach that moment, that is when you have impregnated the concept inside yourself. You don't need to repeat the act more after that; personally, once I've felt the relief of something already being done, I don't even feel the need to repeat the imaginal act, and that's how I know I did it correctly and my scene has to come to pass.
Awareness seems to be scattered, as everyone on the outside is aware. But no one needs ask another to aid in the change of his world if he changes it on the inside. If another is necessary to bring about the change, he will - with or without his consent. You do not have to single out the individual to play the part in bringing about the change you have imagined. He will play his part if necessary because we all intermingle. All you have to do is stand at the end, from within. ...
In your desire to go anywhere you must first go there in your imagination, and even those who may deny your request will aid you when the time is right. I got out of the army that way. Knowing I wanted to be honorably discharged and in my apartment in New York City, I slept as though it had already happened and I was already there. Then my captain - who had previously disallowed my discharge - had a change of heart and aided in my release. Anyone can do it. This game is easy to play and can be lots of fun in the doing.
"This game is easy to play and can be lots of fun in the doing." What a great quote! I often times forget how easy this all is and over-complicate it myself for my own desires, but it is easy to imagine and can be lots of fun to manifest small, silly things. All is created within you, so play the game to create the life you want to live.
Try it just for fun. Take an object and thank the being within you for the gift. Then thank the one on the outside, for within and without are vicarious, as is life; for by observing an odor, a look, or a feeling within, you will discover you are life itself.
Yes, life is a game. Paul calls it a race, saying: "I have finished the race, I have fought the good fight and I have kept the faith." I call it a game. Both are competitive; but the opposition is with self and not with another, for there is no other. Do not try to get even with another. Grant him the right to use the same law to achieve his goal, even though it may be similar to yours. The knowledge you share will never rob you. Simply determine your goal. Feel you have achieved it and cast your bread upon the water. Then drop it and let the game of life be fulfilled in your world.
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