There are 2 aspects of the conscious mind.
- Thinking, which comes out of a state of consciousness.
- And the Imagination which is has the power to change the state of consciousness.
Self-talk is self prophecy
because the mind, through the Imagination, is a creative device that is always ON.
The following transcribed lecture from 1953, we have edited for a more contemporary translation. Neville makes this VERY clear and uses the example of a black man in the '50s who overcame the self-imposed limitation of his race, with astonishing results!
SOUND INVESTMENTS
Neville Goddard 1953
On Sunday morning, April 12th, my wife woke from what was really a deep, profound sleep and as she was waking a voice distinctly spoke to her and speaking with great authority it said to her:
"You must stop spending your thoughts, your time and your money; everything in life must be an investment."
So she quickly wrote it down and went straight to the dictionary to look up the two important words in the sentence, 'spending' and 'investing'. The dictionary defines 'spending' as "to waste, to squander, to layout without return." To 'invest' is to "layout for a purpose, for which a profit is expected" .
Then I began to analyze the sentence - "You must stop spending your thoughts, your time and your money, for everything in life must be an investment". As I dwelt upon it, I saw where everything is NOW;
That through the portals of the present all time must pass,
and this psychological NOW, the state of mind in which I find myself now, does not recede into the past. It advances into my future.
So, what I do NOW is the all important thing
and thought is the coin of heaven;
it is the money of heaven. And so the thought I entertain now, the thought to which I give my consent to, is either my investment, or
it is the money of heaven. And so the thought I entertain now, the thought to which I give my consent to, is either my investment, or