leaningagainsthemast

[leaningagainsthemast]

Do you need to "act as if" to manifest your desires? 🦋

The internet is filled with people saying all kinds of confusing stuff in an effort to sound smart, well-read, sorted! 🤷🏻‍♀️

🐳 Afterall, the topic of manifestation is so fucking open ended that, given that you use a few core words here and there, more than half of the population willl end up believing it as true.

It's a curse, really!

🪄 But, don't worry. I'm here to keep y'all focused and away from all the shit advise you probably here or read about day in, day out!

🐳 One such piece of advice is this sentence someone had written SO FUCKING PROUDLY on one of the subs on Reddit. Here it goes ~

"You’re not manifesting money because you’re still acting like someone who doesn’t have it. READ THAT AGAIN."

That made me crack up! 😂

He also added a fucking "read that again" at the end for emphasis! Bro really thought he cooked with this shit! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

Well, time to get down to business and pick this half-assed useless quote apart bit by bit.

So let's disassemble this shit advice, shall we?

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🐳 What is the quote trying to convey?

Let's first establish the clear meaning of the quote, yeah?

We'll keep it as literal as possible so there's no grounds for misunderstanding later.

It says,

"You’re not manifesting money because you’re still acting like someone who doesn’t have it. READ THAT AGAIN."

🐳 What this means, essentially, is that the ONLY reason you are still in a state of poverty or lack of money is because you act and/or behave in certain ways that align more with a person who is poor, rather than someone who is rich.

Fair enough.

🐳 But what does it mean by "acting" here?

🪄 Is the quote referring to the actions you take on a day to day basis when you are wide awake

🪄 Or is it pointing to something deeper than that say, how you react to certain situations during the day when presented with the proof of poverty in your life?

🪄 Does it mean that you should just go all out and start spending your heart out brcause hey, that's what you'll be doing when you get a shit ton of money, yeah?

🪄 OR does it mean that you should walk with your head high, feelin like a BOSSS because hey, that's what symbolises wealth apparently! 😂

So, which is it? It's like trying to pull out a needle from a haystack!

See, THIS is my problem with people throwing random words like this, and that too so fucking confidently. 🙄

This quote is open to so many interpretations that mostly lead to misunderstandings in the minds of newbies, ultimately fucking their practice up and setting them up for failure and frustration.

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The truth is, you are NOT supposed to "act like you are wealthy" in your 3D to manifest money.

NO!

That's not the way to go about it. Let's explore this in detail, yeah?

🐳 Why is "acting as if" during the day a bad idea?

There's a VERY simple explanation for this.

You see during the day, your mind is HYPER ACTIVE. It is busy with processing FACTUAL data. Data that's solidly backed up by proof.

🪄 For example:

It's Sunday today. My conscious mind ACCEPTS that fact when I say it.

You wanna know why?

Because it knows that there's PROOF that it's Sunday today. If I were to open the calendar and see what day it is today? It'll say - Sunday, 25th May, 2025!!

THERE'S my fucking proof. And my conscious mind NEEDS proof.

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But hey, now let's apply that quote here for a second and see how that fares with an example.

So, according to that quote cited above, if my desire is to jump into Friday, the ONLY reason it's NOT Friday for me right now is because I am not acting like someone for whom it's Friday today, instead of Sunday, correct?

Alrighty, then.

😒 Let me "act as if" it's Friday now, yeah?

🦋 I open the calendar and see clearly that the proof is pointing towards Sunday. But for me, riding high on cool-aid 😂, it's Friday so I go ahead and declare ~

"Nah, i don't care what the proof says. It's Friday for me!" 🤷🏻‍♀️

🐳 Now, this illicits an IMMEDIATE response from my conscious mind.

My mind is fucking concerned about me right now.

Because I am not going AGAINST the only fact that makes sense currently i.e.It's Sunday, NOT FRIDAY!

But I am adamant.

I keep declaring it's Friday.

🐳 The more I push it onto my conscious mind, the MORE IT RETALIATES.

Because you see, my conscious mind's duty is to keep me sharp and grounded in reality of WHAT IS. This is so I can function properly in this 3-D world.

Me blatantly disregardaing the truth and getting stuck on a statement that's not serving the conscious mind's purpose to help me function peoperly in the 3D creates a lot of inner conflict.

And, instead of helping me manifest my desire, this fucks my inner environment up and leads to a lot of "fear" that stems from my conscious mind because now it's afraid that I am not really sane enough to function properly in the 3D!

🤷🏻‍♀️ You see what happens when, instead of accepting the outer reality as it is, you try to CHANGE IT FORCEFULLY?

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🐳 So how CAN you safely assume that it's Friday, wrt this example?

Easy.

You don't try to convince your conscious mind of it. You accept that CURRENTLY it's SUNDAY in this reality.

BUT, you simply close your eyes and conjure up the FEELING of it being Friday.

After closing your eyes, you are no longer adhered to the laws and rules of the 3D world. You have now created a separation between these two worlds.

🐳 And now, for you, the only thing that matters is what you FEEL within your imagination.

You see, you couldn't lie about it being Friday while your conscious mind was hyper active.

🪄 But here, in your imagination, you can do whatever the fuck you want and there's no part of your conscious mind that's going to say, "But this isn't real at all!"

🪄 It's REAL TO YOU in your imagination and that's what matters IN THAT MOMENT.

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🐳 THIS is the ONLY way you can "act as if" you have what you want ~ IN YOUR IMAGINATION.

Do not listen to all these people who would rather you eent about your day acting like a delusional idiot! 🤷🏻‍♀️

No!

The point is to ACKNOWLEDGE the currwnt reality as it is. And then GO INTO YOUR IMAGINATION and experience the reality that OUGHT TO BE.

I know this topic has been explained a lot of times before too but it's important enough to warrant as much repetition as possible.

Until next time,

**R A I N** ���️

[leaningagainsthemast]

What is the Law of Assumption? How does it help you manifest your desires? 🦋

The Law of Assumption has been talked about a lot in all of Neville Goddard's lectures, records, and books.

It's very simple in theory, really.

🦋 The Law of Assumption states ~

If you assume something as true and persist in your assumption, then to the degree you are convinced of its truth, it will manifest in your reality.

Confused?

Don't worry, I'm here to help you understand this, in case you are new to Neville Goddard's teachings. ☁️

It's pretty straightforward and I'll explain this with an example, okay?

First let's talk about what we mean by the word "assumption" yeah?

By definition, assumption means 'something that you accept is true even though you have no proof.'

So suppose I want a sword that glows bright blue in presence of people who don't like me. (apparently there's growing congregation of em lmao 😂)

So, there's my desire.

✨️ Now, how do I convert it into an ASSUMPTION?

🦋 By rearranging my words, of course. Instead of saying "I WANT a sword....," I now say "I HAVE a sword that glows bright blue in presence of my haters!"

There.

This, now, is an assumption because I have essentially CLAIMED that sword in my mind, even though I don't have any proof of it's existence yet.

Okay so now I have my assumption ready to be worked with!

🦋 What's the next step, according to the Law of Assumption? 🪄

Well, after clearly defining my desire and converting it into an assumption, the next step is to PERSIST in this assumption.

🤔 Now the question arises, "Rain, how does one persist in an assumption?"

Well, this is where my imagination comes in!

✨️ You see, I have just now DECLARED that I ALREADY have the kind of sword I desire, yes?

But hey, in the absence of any REAL PROOF, the only way I can "persist" in my assumption is by IMAGINING that I already have the sword, you know?

Because although the "real world" pyts a lot of limitations on me in terms of what I can or cannot do, I AM FREE AS A BIRD IN MY IMAGINATION!

I can fucking do A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G!!! See anything, touch anything, say anything. And since my imagination isn't governed by the law of the "real world," my mind cannot protest either, can it?

✨️ I mean, sure, my mind can present it's doubts if I were to claim that I have a sword lying right in front of me on my bed RIGHT NOW.

BUT, it cannot say shit if I were to close my eyes and IMAGINE that there's a sword in front of me, can it? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Because I can actually SENSE the sword's presence in my imagination, right?

So there.

🦋 THIS is how you use your imagination to persist in your assumption.

But the process a little bit nuanced so let me help you with the EXACT steps, yeah? 🥳

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Aight, so, continuing with my example of the sword, this is how I'd use my imagination to persist in my assumption ~

🐳 First thing I will do is create a little imaginary act that IMPLIES fulfilment of my assumption.

What do I mean by that?

Well, since I was so bold in declaring that I already HAVE a sword that glows blue in presence of my enemies, I need my imaginal act to confirm that, don't I?

What I imagine needs to be in line with what I have assumed.

🐳 In this case, I will close my eyes and imagine myself holding a sword. I won't really go into too much details about what the hilt of the sword looks like exactly, how long the sword is etc etc.

The ONLY thing that concerns me is -

✨️ My imaginal act needs to have a sword.

✨️ I need to see the sword glowing bright blue, in my imagination.

These are the ONLY two factors that my imaginal act need in order to confirm the truth of my assumption.

🐳 One other thing that's important is that I need to INVOLVED in my scene. I cannot just look at myself holding a sword, like the audience watching an actor on a screen.

NO!

I need to INTERACT with the scene, just like an actor would. I am not the audience. I am the ACTOR in my imagination.

🐳✨️ I am the one HOLDING THE FUCKING SWORD.

I look down and see my hands wrapped around the sword. I see how the sword is emanating a bright blue glow, illuminating my whole hand.

I can see it. I can feel it. I am holding it in my fucking hands and FEELING IT'S REALITY, all the while thinking to myself,

"FUCK YES! I HAVE IT! I HAVE THE SWORD!"

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And with this, our imaginal scene is sorted. The scene that I shared above qualifies as the perfect imaginal act because it all the necessary ingredients that a scene needs to have for it to be successful:

🪄 It's not complicated. It's short, sweet, and to the point.

🪄 It CLEARLY implies the fulfilment of my assumption.

🪄 It's self-predominant i.e. I am ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE SCENE. I am not the audience; I am the actor.

🪄 It doesn't have any unnecessary details like the background, or extra people and dialogues etc.

🐳 This is why it's the PERFECT imaginal act for me to start persisting in.

🦋 But hey, what does it mean by "persisting in your assumption/scene/imaginal act"?

Well, it's simple.

Persistence here means that, night after night, you go to sleep repeating your imaginal act with as much feelings as you can muster. You repeat it UNTIL YOU FALL ASLEEP.

✨️ And you do this EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT. UNTIL. YOU. GET. WHAT. YOU. FUCKING. WANT!

So, in this case, how I will persist is I will go to sleep imagining that I am holding the sword, feeling its reality, its glow, its solidity, feeling that it's hapepning RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW ~ I will do all of this TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.

I will repeat my imaginal act again and again until I fall asleep, every single night without fail.

This is the part of the Law of Assumption that most people find the hardest to follow through.

🐳 Y'all want the shit but when it comes to even a HINT of mental effort? All of a sudden you are fucking Courage the Cowardly Dog, aren't you? 😒

Well, that's not very hype. 🤷🏻‍♀️

THIS is the part that requires you to man tf up! Show some nerves of steel! Bruh, show some fucking LOYALTY to your fucking desire.

OR accept that this was just a passing fancy. That this thing you THOUGHT you desired? Isn't really something you waste your time on afterall! THAT'S OKAY TOO. Believe me, that kind of honesty will save you a LOOOOOOT of fucking time and effort.

✨️ More often than not, people have NO FUCKING CLUE whether or not they ACTUALLY desire something, you know? ✨️

It's only AFTER tehy start on this journey that the realization creeps in like,

"Holy fuck! I didn't even actually want this tho! I am prettttty happy right now and I don't REALLY want this at all. 🤷🏻‍♀️"

🐳 And you know what they do? They move on to things they ACTUALLY care about. And that saves them a lot of heartbreak and frustration.

So I would say DON'T BE AFRAID OF REACHING THIS PART IN YOUR MANIFESTATION JOURNEY.

Accept it graciously. You are lucky that you get to have this realisation really, because there are tons of people who just keep going through these confused motions, always conflicted whether they want the thing or not.

So, the point is - you either desire something or you don't.

If you don't desire it? Quit and move on. You'll be happier for it.

If you DO desire it? Fucking persizt then, you lil fucker!

What POSSIBLE excuse do you have for NOT persisting in your assumptions?

Sure, it's hard to keep repeating an imaginal act over and over and fucking over again until you fall asleep, day in and day out.

But honestly, isn't it equally (if not more) difficult to NOT have the thing that your heart desires so badly?

Well then, chop chop, spongebob! No time to fuck around. No time for whines. No time for that flaky atttitude!

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Well, now that the pep talk is over, let's come back to my example yeah?

🐳 So, I have created the perfect imaginal scene.

🐳 I persist in it by going to sleep imagining that I am holding the sword in my hand, and I keep that imaginal act up UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP.

🐳 I do this every day without fail, even when it sometimes takes me hours to fall asleep in it.

🐳 I repeat the scene to the best of my abilities, trying to feel the reality of the scene as best as I can.

So what's next? Is that it? Is that ALL I am supposrd to do now?

🪄✨️ Yeeeeep. That's ALL! THIS is literally IT.

Going to sleep imagining wht I want to experience in relaity is ALL that's the Law of Assumption asks me to do on my part.

HOW will the thing get manifested?

What equations will be formed to bring about the materialization of my desire?

Will it be an out-of-the-blue miracle thing or something more rational, easily justifiable?

That's not my concern. I leave that up to the Law of Assumption, to my imagination.

🐳 My work ends at this - go to sleep imagining that I am holding the fucking sword and sensing how it's glowing bright fucking blue and thinking to myself over and over again "WOW I ACTUALLY GOT IT! YAYY! 🥳"

🐳 This is the extent of effort that I am required to put in.

ISN'T THIS SO FUCKING COOL, THOUGH?

The fact that I can fucking get anything I want, ever, by simply following these few steps and making sure I am not slacking in it?

It truly does NOT get any simpler than this, guys! 🥳

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I truly hope that reading this post gave you guys a better understanding of the Law of Assumption and took you guys back to the basics of how to manifest your desires using your imagination.

Until next time,

R A I N ☔️