REVISION
Revision of Past Events
The art of revision involves mentally re-experiencing past events or reactions as they *should* have happened, rather than as they did. This means changing…
Step by step
- Identify a past event, conversation, or reaction that was undesirable.
- Go into your imagination and mentally re-enter that scene.
- Change the details of the scene to reflect what you wished had happened or what you would have preferred to experience.
- Experience this revised scene with feeling and emotion, as if it is the true memory.
- Persist in remembering the revised version, letting go of the original negative memory.
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How To Manifest Your Desires
The art of revision involves mentally re-experiencing past events or reactions as they *should* have happened, rather than as they did. This means changing negative memories, conversations, or outcomes in imagination to conform to a desired, positive version. This imaginal act, charged with feeling, literally changes the past in consciousness, thereby altering its effects on future events.
You can use the art of revision to change the effects of prior thoughts and beliefs. If, for instance, you had gone to an interview for a job you truly wanted but later learned that someone else was hired, you can revise that news to make it conform to what you wish you had heard. If you react by feeling depressed or assume any other negative attitude, you will then experience the same type of rejection in the future. Your reactions, whether positive or negative, are creative of future circumstances. In your imagination, you can hear words congratulating you on getting a wonderful new job. That imaginal act now goes forward and you will encounter this pleasant experience in the future. As you review your day, it is important to revise each negative reaction so that you can remember it as what you wished had happened rather than storing that memory as it did occur. What you think of with feeling or emotion is an actual fact. That which you experience in the physical world is merely a shadow, reflecting the reality of your imaginal activity. Therefore, when you revise a conversation, an unhappy experience, or a quality about yourself, you are literally experiencing it in reality (your consciousness). The outer world is a delayed reflection of the inner and is confined to a dimension of space where events occur in a time sequence. Revision, then, literally changes the past. It replaces what occurred in the outer world with the revised version. The revised scene then gives off its effect by going forth to change future events. Dwelling on past irritations or hurts perpetuates them and creates a vicious circle that serves to confirm these negative emotions. The circle can be broken by starting now to revise anything that you no longer wish to sustain in your world. By revising the past, you rid yourself of any effect it may have on your future. Revision is truly the key, which can be used to unlock the doors that have kept you trapped in a particular state. “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
Revision is a powerful tool for 'renewing the mind' and breaking cycles of negative experiences. Since the outer world is a delayed reflection of inner imaginal activity, revising the past in consciousness changes the inner reality, which then projects a different future. It frees one from the perpetuating effects of past hurts and undesirable states.