ASSUMPTION
Identifying with Your Ideal
Define your ideal, then concentrate on identifying with it by assuming the feeling of already being its embodiment. Live and act from this conviction. Test…
Step by step
- Define your ideal.
- Concentrate on identifying yourself with your ideal.
- Assume the feeling of being the embodiment of your ideal.
- Live and act upon this conviction, persisting despite sensory denial.
- Mentally observe how people you know perceive you; if their perception aligns with your new ideal, you have succeeded.
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Out Of This World
Define your ideal, then concentrate on identifying with it by assuming the feeling of already being its embodiment. Live and act from this conviction. Test your success by mentally observing how people you know perceive you; if they still see the old you, your self-concept hasn't fully changed.
Define your ideal and concentrate your attention upon the idea of identifying yourself with your ideal. Assume the feeling of being it, the feeling that would be yours were you already the embodiment of your ideal. Then live and act upon this conviction. This assumption, though denied by the senses, if persisted in, will become fact. You will know when you have succeeded in fixing the desired state in consciousness by simply looking mentally at the people you know. In dialogues with yourself you are less inhibited and more sincere than in actual conversations with others, therefore the opportunity for self-analysis arises when you are surprised by your mental conversations with others. If you see them as you formerly saw them, you have not changed your concept of self, for all changes of concepts of self result in a changed relationship to your world.
This technique emphasizes the power of self-identification and persistent assumption to transform one's reality. The internal change in self-concept will be reflected in how others perceive you.