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Assuming the Feeling of the Wish Fulfilled (Dr. Millikan's Method)
To manifest a desire, condense it into a simple, first-person, present-tense statement that implies the dream is already realized. Repeat this statement to…
Step by step
- Condense your desire into a simple, first-person, present-tense statement.
- Ensure the statement implies the dream is already realized (e.g., 'I have' instead of 'I will have').
- Repeat the statement over and over to yourself.
- Continue until the idea of the wish fulfilled fills your mind and crowds out all other ideas.
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AffirmationPresent tenseWish fulfilledConsciousnessSelf-talk
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To manifest a desire, condense it into a simple, first-person, present-tense statement that implies the dream is already realized. Repeat this statement to oneself until the idea fills the mind and crowds out all other contradictory thoughts, thereby assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled.
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."
This technique leverages the principle that what one affirms as true of themselves in the present tense will develop in their life. By making the future dream a present fact in imagination, one shifts their consciousness to the state of fulfillment.