As Neville Goddard eloquently explained, manifestation is not something you work toward in the traditional sense. To truly manifest your goals, it must come from a state of being, not from effort alone.

Normally, when we set a goal, we create a to-do list with tasks and milestones to tick off one by one. While this approach can be effective for everyday objectives, it often falls short when our goals seem far out of reach or even impossible. Logic and ordinary thinking can only take you so far.

If you desire something or wish to manifest a goal that feels beyond your current capabilities, the Law of Assumption, as taught by Neville Goddard, provides a solution.

The operation of “The Law” is profoundly different from the logical paradigm. By thinking and feeling from the state of already having achieved your goal, this shift in mindset and inner state aligns you with the power of the universe. It may feel counterintuitive, but when correctly applied, it can produce outcomes that seem miraculous.

Neville often emphasized:

“You must enter the image of your heart’s desire and think from it.”

By doing this, you create the inner condition – the feeling – that is then reflected in your external world.

Throughout my own journey of learning and applying this law, I discovered six recurring triggers that disrupted, delayed, or sabotaged my manifestations. With practice, I have learned to recognize these triggers immediately and realign my focus to maintain my desired state.

If you become aware of these triggers and know how to respond to them, you’ll be equipped to cancel them out and keep your manifestations on track. Let’s explore these common manifestation blockers and how to overcome them.

1) Who Is Going To Give It To Me?

The moment you ask this question, you are separating yourself from your power. Neville Goddard often spoke of faith and the importance of belief. The belief that IAM already in possession of that which I sought. To ask “who is going to give it to me? ” your focus immediately shifts to that of not possessing the thing sought. The means of how you manifest your goals has been handed over to the supreme power of the universe, your wonderful imagination. Do not concern yourself, NEVILLE quotes:

when you become lost in the reasoning world, your imagination is not fed with your desire, your reason negates its flow.

Do not obsess on this detail, as essentially this stops the flow of your desire to you.

2) When Is It Going To Happen?

I’m going to answer this question with another question. How can you be impatient for something that you already possess? You already have that which you seek. Your manifestation into this 3-dimensional world will be timed perfectly. In fact, Neville would often quote a scripture in Habakkuk, which says.

“The vision has its appointed hour, it ripens, and it will flower. If it be long wait, for it is sure it will not be late” .

So go to the end, go to the desired outcome, and think, act, and live from there. This state of mind compels the desire to objectify. Relax your mind and know that its unfolding will be perfectly timed.

3) How Is It Going To Happen?

The moment you begin to engage the logical part of your thinking, your carnal mind that has no faith, needs to see a way in order to believe. You are once again not in the desired state. Faith is the true abandonment of self. In the lesson “Assumptions Harden Into Fact,” we are instructed:

” You have within you the capacity to appropriate a state without knowing the means that will be employed to realise that end and you assume the feeling if the wish fulfilled without having any of the means that man claim you must possess in order to do so”

In imagination, we can go to and be anything we desire. When forged with the feeling of having that wish, we create that state within. By persisting and remaining in this state, the outer world is compelled to respond. So, you see, you don’t need to know how, you just need to be.

4) Where Is It?

Quantum mechanics simplified states that this external world, which we believe to be so real and solid, is in fact made up of electrons and photons, which are constantly shifting between wave and particle form. It’s the speed of their vibration which gives it its solid ‘feel’, and guess what influences and manipulates these electrons? OUR CONSCIOUSNESS.

The focus of your attention should be on already possessing the thing sought, the feeling of manifesting your goals. By engaging our mind on where it is? Our consciousness is influencing the electrons and photons to reflect that thought. A mindset of where it is will create a situation of where it is. The simple scripture of “take no thought and as within so without” is truly powerful when you understand its true meaning.

5) Why Is It Not Here Yet?

This should really be coupled with the previous question.

Once again, when the mind engages in this kind of thinking, you are effectively telling yourself that you do not yet possess your desire. Instead, your focus should shift beyond the limits of the five senses. Where is that? In your imagination. To break free from the self-perpetuating cycle, your attention must be firmly fixed on the desired goals that already exist within you. Remember this wise counsel:

” ignore the evidence of the five senses, persist in the assumption of the wish fulfilled”

If we follow Neville’s instruction, then our desire is inevitable.

6) What Am I Doing Wrong?

The answer is quite simple. You don’t have to do anything; you just have to be present with the desired state. Just be!

Now you may say, but that doesn’t make sense, it’s not like the thing desired will just fall from the sky. You’re right if you look at it logically. However,  Neville Goddard often spoke of a bridge of incidents that you will be compelled to take. The action or doing will be inspired; it will come from the state of being the thing you desired.

Let’s say your desire was to be a successful entrepreneur. Well, your thinking from that state of already being successful will engineer your actions. These actions would be in total contrast to someone who wants to be a successful entrepreneur(their desire confirms that they do not have). So, just by being, you cannot possibly be doing anything wrong

Conclusion

Let me say this: somewhere along this journey, human logic has convinced mankind that how you feel is not important and the words you speak are just words.

Truth be told, if you ignore and shift from the desired state, you lose your ability to activate the law that governs the whole universe. Never engage in the above questions whilst you patiently await your desire to manifest . If you do,  then immediately halt that train of thought. Within you, the power to manifest your goals resides. The question is, are you going to deny yourself?