4-7 “You are sure to have the experience of this wantingness”
4-7 “You are sure to have the experience of this wantingness”
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> Do you have a thought, “I want worldly success”?
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> And do you also sometimes have the thought, “I want more money”?
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> You can therefore neither have worldly success nor more money.
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> Because the universe has no choice but to bring you the direct manifestation of your thought about it.
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> Your thought is, “I want worldly success.” You understand, the creative power is like a genie in a bottle. Your words are its command.
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> The words “I am” are extremely powerful. They are statements to the universe. Commands.
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> Now, whatever follows the word “I” (which calls forth the Great I Am) tends to manifest in physical reality.
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> Therefore “I” + “want success” produces you wanting success. “I” + “want money”must produce you wanting money.
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> You are sure to have the experience of this wantingness.
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> (CWG 1:121)
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In *Conversations with God*, we are told that “what you want will not be realized.”
When you remain in a state of wanting, what is actually realized is *yourself as someone who wants*.
The object of desire itself never arrives, no matter how long you wait.
For this reason, the book teaches that instead of thinking “I want,” you must shift your awareness to “I already have.”
For example, if you think “I want money,” you are encouraged to move away from wanting and toward a sense of having.
Yet this presents a difficulty.
To believe that you already have something you clearly do not possess can feel dishonest, even self-deceptive, and is not easy to accept.
Neale, the author, voices this concern directly:
> “That would mean deceiving myself. It would feel like I’m making a fool of myself.
> My mind would scream, ‘Don’t be ridiculous!’”
To this, God responds:
> “Then choose a thought you *can* accept—such as,
> ‘I am now moving toward success,’ or
> ‘Everything is leading me to success.’”
This approach closely resembles what psychology calls *positive thinking*.
Rather than affirming something you cannot believe—“I have it”—positive thinking suggests saying,
“I am in the process of having it.”
In this way, your thoughts, words, and actions align without self-deception,
and you move out of the experience of *wanting* and into the experience of *becoming*.
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