THE RADIO LECTURES

BE WHAT YOU WISH; BE WHAT YOU BELIEVE

Radio Talk, Station KECA, Los Angeles July, 1951

Provided by Jan McKee

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A newspaperman related to me that our great scientist, Robert Millikan, once told him that he had set a goal for himself at an early age when he was still very poor and unproven in the great work he was to do in the future. He condensed his dream of greatness and security into a simple statement, which statement, implied that his dream of greatness and security was already realized. Then he repeated the statement over and over again to himself until the idea of greatness and security filled his mind and crowded all other ideas out of his consciousness. These may not have been the words of Dr. Millikan but they are those given to me and I quote, "I have a lavish, steady, dependable income, consistent with integrity and mutual benefit." As I have said repeatedly, everything depends upon our attitude towards ourselves. That which we will not affirm as true of ourselves cannot develop in our life. Dr. Millikan wrote his dream of greatness and security in the first person, present tense. He did not say, "I will be great; I will be secure," for that would have implied that he was not great and secure. Instead, he made his future dream a present fact. "I have," said he, "a lavish, steady, dependable income, consistent with integrity and mutual benefit."

The future dream must become a present fact in the mind of him who seeks to realize it. We must experience in imagination what we would experience in reality in the event we achieved our goal, for the soul imagining itself into a situation takes on the results of that imaginary act. If it does not imagine itself into a situation, it is ever free of the result.

It is the purpose of this teaching to lift us to a higher state of consciousness, to stir the highest in us to confidence and self-assertion, for that which stirs the highest in us is our teacher and healer. The very first word of correction or cure is always, "Arise." If we are to understand the reason for this constant command of the Bible to "arise," we must recognize that the universe understood internally is an infinite series of levels and man is what he is according to where he is in that series. As we are lifted up in consciousness, our world reshapes itself in harmony with the level to which we are lifted. He who rises from his prayer a better man, his prayer has been granted.

To change the present state we, like Dr. Millikan, must rise to a higher level of consciousness. This rise is accomplished by affirming that we are already that which we want to be; by assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled. The drama of life is a psychological one which we bring to pass by our attitudes rather than by our acts. There is no escape from our present predicament except by a radical psychological transformation. Everything depends upon our attitude towards ourselves. That which we will not affirm as true of ourselves will not develop in our lives.

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Lecture #424   STEP INTO THE PICTURE   05/10/1971:

We are told: "With God, all things are possible." I think any one who believes in God would say, "Yes" to that. But then we are told that, "God is Spirit, and the Spirit of God dwells in us." I think any man who believes that should make every effort to find out who God really is who "dwells in us." He is Spirit, and "the Spirit of God dwells in us." This God creates all things. "By Him all things were made, and without Him was not anything made that was made."

So, everything in the world, regardless of what it is - for we are told, "I form the light, and I create darkness"; "I make the weal, and I create the woe." "I am the LORD who do all these things." Well, surely, we should make every effort to find out who He is!

I firmly believe, from my own experiences, that this God of whom the Bible speaks is our own wonderful human imagination, that God and the human imagination are one, that all natural effects in the world, though they are created by the Spirit of God, are caused by Spirit. So, "every natural effect has a spiritual cause, and not a natural. A natural cause only seems; it is a delusion of our -fading, I would say, memory. [Blake, from "Milton"] For, here in this world I can't quite remember when I imagined that which is now taking place in my world. I do not recall it. I can't quite remember when I set it in motion.....

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Nevilles teaches, that you could imagine, how it would feel if you would were an engagement ring. But that did not work for me. Because I do not often wear jewelry - especially not rings - it isn't really possible to get this feeling of wearing a ring. (See other story below - btw the silver/blue ring, I don't wear often, so maybe it's why I didn't get an engagement ring...)

So I had to think about what would be a strong feeling after being married? And it was the congratulating of our guests. This was my feeling which I could vividly imagine. I imagined every night how I would be hugged from family members and how we would laugh and which happy feeling and ambiance there would be. I really smiled while the whole imagination and enjoyed it so much, that I really didn't want to stop. It was so great.

And some months later it happened. It was really great! I'm so happy now, and I'm absolutely convinced, that I can create everything in my reality if the desire is enough strong. In the beginning it was strange to wear this wedding ring daily - but now I'm customized to it, it fits very well, so it's no problem.

I'm already imagining some new things. :-) Just don't tell anybody before you manifest your imagination, in some kind you will have lesser energy and it will take much longer I think.

Just wanted to tell everyone, how I imagined my wedding to come true! We are now married for about 3 months. :-)

Happy Greetings, the newly wed Tan

Tan from Switzerland