5 Reasons Law of Assumption May Not Be Working For You

When most people first learn about Neville Goddard and manifesting their dreams, they think, “Hey, that sounds easy! I can do that!” They focus on something they want, but then they get disappointed in a few days or weeks when their dreams haven’t become a reality. Why didn’t the imagination thing work for them? And why isn’t it working for you? Let’s look at the reasons why the Law of Assumption could fail.

Possible Reasons Why Neville’s Teachings Aren’t Working for You

1. You’re not focused.

When it comes to the Law, Neville asked the question: Where are you staying? In other words, what was your habitual state of consciousness? You get what you focus on. And for every goal you are trying to achieve, you can focus on how it feels to have it already, or you can focus on the fact that you do not have it. When your mind is consciously or subconsciously concentrated on the deficit (I don’t have it, yet), then you are not in the right state to manifest. Learning to let go of deficit thinking and focus only on the feeling of the wish fulfilled is crucial to making the Law of Assumption work for you.

2. You are worried about the wrong things.

When people first start the process of manifestation, they are asked to visualize what they want, to catch the feeling of the wish fulfilled. But many people focus too much on how their accomplishments will be realized. Their carnal mind kicks in and starts to ask those 6 destructive questions. You know… who, what, when, where when and how. They imagine a future where their dreams come true, but focus too much on how the process unfolds or worry about how the bridge of incidents will bring the desire into the 3D world. It does not matter how it will happen. It matters that it will, if you believe. Don’t worry about how it is coming; just know that it is.

3. You are not persistent.

When you want to manifest something and use the Law of Assumption, you must persist in your application. So many of my students try it for a while, don’t get instant results, then jump to the next LOA teacher or latest course. If you think itts that the law of assumption fails, thats the. wrong conclusiion. Remember, you are reversing a lifetime of negative conditioning. Be patient with yourself!

If you were trying to learn how to play a new musical instrument, would you just give yourself a few weeks to master it? No, of course not, that would be ridiculous. The mind, like that musical instrument, with practice and patience, can be mastered; you can cultivate a real proficiency and produce wondrous results. That means that whatever you are seeking must be aligned with your values and beliefs, and it requires persistence.

If Neville’s teachings resonate, then stick to just Neville. There are similarities in certain aspects, but the Law of Assumption has many differences from the Law of Attraction. It would be far too confusing to learn both at the same time.

Persist in one method and commit.

4. You have limiting beliefs that are preventing manifestations in your life.

If you do not believe that you are the Operant power, that you are capable, that you should change, that good things do not happen to you, then how can you manifest positive things in your life?

When your beliefs are negative or limiting, then your 3D life will reflect accordingly. That means that, as long as you are holding on to your “but” statements and telling yourself (deep down) that this really will not work, then guess what? It won’t! Your thoughts dictate what you create as well as how you behave. You must start here if you want to truly get results.

5. You aren’t actively moving towards your goals.

The idea of the Law of Assumption is that as you assume a state, all opportunities, people, resources, and possibilities come into your life to match that assumption. This is how the power of imagination works. But, ultimately, to get something done, you have to do something. That means that you need to act on those opportunities, engage with the possibilities, talk with the new people, all from the premise that you are or already possess your wish.

Neville, when he manifested theater tickets to the play Aida (lecture: The Duality of Man), acted on the assumption that he already had the tickets. He went to the theater in this state, despite the fact that every notice board for miles said the tickets were sold out.

In his imagination, Neville saw himself with the tickets and acted in line with this assumption by going to the theater despite all evidence to the contrary.

Your dreams will come when you persist in your assumption, but you must also be willing to act boldly when the time comes.

You can have everything you want and create the life you deserve if you learn to use the Law of Assumption well. If it is not yet working for you, ask yourself which of these reasons may be holding you back.

Michael Sutherland

Michael Sutherland is the founder of TrueCosmic and a devoted student and practitioner of Neville Goddard teachings. His path to this work was not academic — it was forged in crisis. Raised as a devout Jehovah Witness and Baptist, Michael walked away from the church at eighteen and spent the next 25 years in what scripture calls the far country — the prodigal son, wandering. He built a life by the world rules, searching without knowing what he was searching for. When the biggest crisis of his life arrived, he turned back — not to the church, but to scripture itself. Through Neville Goddard teachings he found what the church had never shown him: that the God of scripture is not an external being to be feared and appeased. God is your own awareness. Your own consciousness. Your own imagination. The I AM within. What he discovered was not a set of Neville Goddard principles — these are cosmic laws, written about not only in the Bible but across every ancient spiritual tradition the world over. The same truth, expressed in different language, in every age. The law of consciousness operates whether we are aware of it or not. We are manifesting constantly — the wanted and the unwanted alike. Understanding how this law works allows us to work with it consciously and intentionally, directing it toward the experiences we actually desire rather than the ones our unexamined assumptions are silently producing. In 2017, guided by two mentors — Dr Bruno R Cignacco and Roupa Jetto, a hypnotherapist and Buddhist practitioner — Michael had his first transcendent experience during deep meditation. In 2018 came something he could never have sought or engineered: what is described across traditions as a Kundalini awakening. A sound like rushing wind in both ears. An electrical current rising from the base of the spine, so intense it seemed impossible to survive. Every experience that followed — out of body states, movement along the spinal cord, sensations inside the skull — was documented in scripture, passage by passage, hidden in plain sight. This is not something that can be earned or manufactured. It is grace. According to scripture, it is every soul birthright — every one of us will experience this unfolding, in this lifetime or another. Michael does not share this to define himself above anyone else. He shares it because it confirmed, beyond any doubt, that what Neville Goddard taught is true — and because that confirmation is the foundation on which TrueCosmic was built. TrueCosmic today is home to the most comprehensive Neville Goddard library available online — 292 lectures — alongside an academy of courses, masterclasses and workshops, and 13 specialist coaches serving students across every continent. At its heart is a global community of over 92,000 members, all discovering what happens when you begin to work consciously with the law that was always operating anyway. The invitation is simple: become aware of the law. Understand how it works. And begin, deliberately, to use it.

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