Any individual who is reading manifestation or the Law of Assumption sooner or later encounters a question that is very basic and yet
very strong. Why will certain wants appear smooth and others appear to last and
last longer or even never materialize? What distinguishes desire and doubt is
the answer to the question given by Neville Goddard. Your creative impulse is
desire, the seed of all the manifestations.
The impediment, however, is doubt which postpones or
destroys it. This requires learning to know the subtle balance between these
two forces in order to create consciously. This paper will discuss the actual
meaning of desire, the way doubt comes in between desire and, most importantly,
how to get over doubt to bring your desires into reality with comfort and
confidence.
What Is Desire?
Lust is not covetousness or daydreaming. It is a heavenly
message of your higher self - the part of the self that comprehends what you
are supposed to have.
Neville Goddard said:
Desire is the consciousness of something you are deprived of
and in it is the blueprint towards its achievement.
This implies that you did not get whatever you wanted
accidentally. The very desire that comes to your heart is calling you to grow
up. It is not an object of pursuit--it is an object of consciousness and is
already present in imagination. Desire is the seed. The soil and sunlight which
enable it to be transformed into physical reality are faith and assumption.
The Nature of True Desire
It is always thrilling, lively, and significant when one
truly desires something. It also brings elevation, and it does not sound
unnatural.
When your desire is heavy, desperate, or exhausting, it is
probably intertwined with fear, that is, doubt has already come in.
Desire says:
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“I know this is meant for me.”
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This is right, although I do not know how.
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Something in me tells me I know I am.
When the desire is pure, there is no anxiety in it, but some
certainty and peace.
What Is Doubt?
Doubt is the shadow of desire.
It comes into view when your conscious mind doubts the
essence or even the desirability of your desire. It is not its enemy, but it
may turn into a serious impediment when uncontrolled.
Doubt whispers things like:
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“What if it doesn’t happen?”
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“Maybe I’m doing it wrong.”
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“I don’t deserve this.”
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“It’s too late for me.”
These thoughts separate you from the sense of the wish
accomplished.
They hold you in the old state of mind -the state where what
you want has not yet appeared.
How Doubt Destroys Manifestations
When you envision the fulfillment of your desire but in the
back of your mind you think it is too difficult, you are sending mixed messages
to your subconscious. You are sowing the seed (desire) as well as the poison
(doubt). The subconscious is not judgmental. It just reflects whatever you
continue to be.
Therefore, if you
continue to switch between faith and doubt, you will get more mixed outcomes:
some gains and then falls or losses. According to Neville, endurance is
important. You have to continue the guess of the wish fulfilled even in the
absence of evidence. Only by repetition and belief in imagination, doubt can be
put away.
Why Desire Alone Is Not Enough
Lust provides direction, yet religion provides bringing into
existence. Desire is a dream without faith.
Neville said:
Religion is devotion to the invisible world. It is believing
and experiencing that you want it and then seeing it.
You do not wait till you have evidence of it. You make the
feeling. When such emotion comes to be natural, the exterior world has to
match.
Desire opens the door. Faith walks through it. Skepticism,
conversely, leaves you outside there cogitating about what is inside rather
than taking a step.
The Psychological Origin of Doubt
Conditioning is the cause of the majority of the doubt. We
had been conditioned to trust in logic, work and tangible outcomes. We were
taught to gauge possibility using experience rather than imagination. So when
you think about something new, wealth, love, health, your logical mind will put
that against your present reality and tell you that that is impossible.
It is not true, it is programming. In order to get out of
doubt, you have to redefine your subconscious with new assumptions. The more
you say it and the more you picture that your desire will be fulfilled, the
less doubtful you will be.
How to Recognize Hidden Doubt
Sometimes doubt is subtle. It does not necessarily sound
bad. It hides in thoughts like:
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“I’ll be happy when it happens.”
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“I’m waiting for the right sign.”
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Probably, it is not high time yet.
These ideas sound naive but prove that you still consider
that the desire is not a reality. The conviction postpones realization. You cannot
wait out your way into what you want--you must make it now in your mind.
How to Fix the Desire–Doubt Conflict
Now we will look at some practical measures that can be used
to dispel doubt and fortify your determination up to the point of faith.
1. Accept Desire as Guidance
The wish you have is not arbitrary or egotistical. It is a
divine message of your higher self, telling what you are to experience. Rather
than being skeptical about it, respect it.
Say to yourself:
When I want it, then it is already with me. This attitude
eliminates guilt or hesitation, and it takes the place of confidence.
2. Feel It Real
Suppose the emotion of the desire accomplished. Shut your
eyes and get into the picture which suggests that what you want is already
present.
The basic technique of Neville Goddard consists in the following
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Don’t just see it — feel it.
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What does your body feel like?
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How do you feel in your heart?
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The less imaginary it is, the faster reality
becomes.
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Doubt is substituted with a feeling.
3. Stop Seeking Proof
Seeking indicators or consistent proof will only serve to
confirm that it has not occurred yet. Religion implies believing in invisible
work. When you cease to seek evidence. It sends the signal to the subconscious
that the phenomenon is already achieved.
4. Disarm the Negative Thinking
When skepticism comes, do not struggle with it. Fighting
strengthens it. Rather, substitute it with a serene conviction.
For example:
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Doubt: What, in case it does not happen?
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Response: “It’s already done. I trust my
imagination.”
The repetition reprograms the subconscious and breaks down
old fears.
5. Persist in the New State
Desire and manifestation are connected through persistence.
Neville said:
You do not attract what you want but what you think you are.
Just remember to revert to the experience that you are
already the one that has what you want. The feeling becomes natural with time,
and the doubt is gone completely.
6. Detach from the Outcome
Being detached does not mean abandoning. It is like you are
not obsessed with when or how anymore. You feel that it is over, and it is free,
and you savor life like you have already gotten what you want. By giving
yourself not what you want, you make the desire to have one to manifest easily.
Bullet Summary: Quick Fixes for Doubt
- Accept
your desire as divine guidance.
- Feel
the end result vividly in imagination.
- Replace
doubt with faith-based affirmations.
- Stop
searching for signs or proof.
- Persist
daily in the feeling of fulfillment.
- Detach
from timing and methods.
These simple practices turn desire into faith — and faith
into reality.
The Bridge Between Desire and Fulfillment
The path between the need and the realization is not
straight. When you have taken the emotion of the wish coming true, life
realizes the situation by way of what was referred to as the Bridge of
Incidents by Neville. Everything good or bad is in that bridge.
Where there is uncertainty that things are messy, remember:
“This is my bridge unfolding.”
Religion transforms all his challenges into assurance that
what you want is coming your way.
When Desire becomes Desperation
There are occasions when a strong desire is mistaken to be
desperation. Desperation is no invention — it is the fear of masquerading. It
states, I must have this to be happy, this is to say you are still concerned
with lack. In desire, pure as it is, it says, I already have it in imagination,
and that suffices. When you are comfortable with your desire, you are a good
indication that doubt is eliminated, and manifestation is not far away.
The Perspective of Doubt in Neville
Neville stated frequently that all people have doubts- not
even people who are really well versed with the law. Persistence is the
distinction between masters and beginners.
He taught:
The change of mood is a change of fate. That is to say that
each time you change your mind to believe, you are rewriting your future. Physical
outcomes are the results of even minor acts of faith.
Exercise: Overcoming Skepticism
See what Neville in SATS (State Akin to Sleep) habit works
on at night:
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Go to sleep in a relaxed manner
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Think clearly of what you would like and create
a simple image that suggests that it will be satisfied.
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Plunge into such a scene with your imaginations.
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In case of doubt, it is best that it should be
substituted with a sense of happiness and fulfillment.
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Fall asleep in that state.
Do this regularly and your subconscious will become used to
the assumption and doubt will just be done away with.
Why Doubt Can Be Useful
The fact that one doubts is not entirely bad. It may act as
a mirror and reveal to you where your convictions still require reinforcement.
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When doubt sets in, do not panic, take note of
it.
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Question, what doubt uncovers this belief?
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Then set intentionally the thought on one that
would correspond to what you want.
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Each doubt is a chance to develop and get deeper
into faith.
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Real-Life Story: How to become a man of Faith
when one is in doubt.
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Think of how you are projecting a dream job.
You are dreaming of success, and weeks pass by without any
improvement. The uncertainty sets in: Well, maybe this is not working. You
reassert yourself and say, my success is already imaginary. It must appear.
“Not long after, opportunity knocks at the door, and you have an opportunity
that best suits your dream job. In retrospect, you can see that the delay was
not failure; it was just your bridge, it was just your bridge.
Living Beyond Doubt
It is not the aim to do away with doubt forever but to live
beyond it. You come to the stage where uncertainty might come in but it can do
nothing to influence you.
You know it is illusion, a repercussion of ancient ideas. Religion
becomes your habitual condition. At such a level of consciousness,
manifestation will be easy. You are not trying to make things happen, but they
happen through you.
Bullet Recap: Key Lessons
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Desire is divine guidance.
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Doubt: resistance of fear.
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Desire says, “It is done.” Doubt says, “It’s not
possible.”
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Faith is the solution to doubt which is solved
by constant assumption.
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Practice the final product until it is natural.
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Take off and believe the bridge to unravel.
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Live against tomorrow, as though it were
tomorrow- yours.
Conclusion
It is the gap between yearning and doubt that defines it all
in the manifestation process. Passion makes you parallel to creation; suspicion
postpones it. However, you can dispel doubt forever with faith, imagination and
persistence. The immortal message of Neville Goddard tells us. God is doing
what your imagination imagines.
When you make the assumption of your desire being fulfilled
and the persistence you make regardless of the outward appearance you cross the
boundary of unseen and seen. Desire starts the journey. Faith finishes it. So,
trust your desire. Release your doubt. And live today as though your will has
come to pass already-- because necessarily it has come to pass.