According to Neville Goddard in his work “Feeling is the Secret,” the best way to receive what we want when we pray is to feel as though we already have it. We are advised to immerse ourselves in the feeling quality of that desired thing (or condition) as we focus in prayer.
“Feeling the reality of the state sought and living and acting on that conviction is the way of all seeming miracles.”[1]
Example
Lanier was experiencing a blip in her health. First her foot mysteriously remained swollen for a month, then her health practitioner recommended she follow a strict detox diet of only fruit and vegetables for 28 days. Bravely L embarked on that food plan.
During that first week of the restricted eating, L also was taking a class on two works from Neville Goddard. As part of the class she was assigned to pray according to the teachings in the work. Lanier’s prayed for vibrant health.
Unfortunately, in that week as she began the food plan, she felt very uncomfortable. She intended to follow the direction to feel as though she already had her wish. However, at that time she could not muster feeling wonderfully healthy.
When she focused inside, this protagonist felt hungry, weird, and almost nauseous. In those moments she reached for feeling a bit better than that and felt some relief.
For a few days this was her story.
Hanging in There, then a Shift
In morning of day11 Lanier received a vivid dream as she woke. In the vision on this special occasion for about 12 hours she had been provided a series of healing treatments. At the end she realized she felt so much better. The dream enveloped her in a wonderful vibrant feeling of health and relief.
Even as she woke, she realized she had been granted a wish. She had wanted to feel vibrant health and had been unable to do so. Gratefully she was bathed in that sensation now.
Then in another few hours Lanier was delighted to find that she could fit into her shoe and close it—for the first time in many weeks. The swelling was dramatically reduced!
The healing came right along with the desired sensation.
Isn’t it wonderful to note that with heartfelt application prayers can be answered even when feeling it fully does not at first come! Lanier was provided assistance to “feeling it” and then granted the wish as well.
Do you have stories that relate to these events? Have you prayed and had prayers answered? Please share your accounts. We all benefit.
[1] Neville Goddard, Feeling is the Secret, ( Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2010), 19