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The objective world is not acted on directly: it constantly molds itself in harmony with, and testifies to, the state one is conscious of being (the final HE of the divine name; the hills of Gilead as witnesses). Man sees only the contents of his own consciousness.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature | Man ever surrounds himself with the true image of himself
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature | Every spirit builds itself a house and beyond its house, a world, and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then the world exists for you, for you the phenomenon is perfect. What we are that only can we see
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature | Build, therefore, your own world, and as fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions
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the visible objective world which constantly bears witness of that which I am conscious of being
You do nothing about the objective world; it always molds itself in harmony with that which you are conscious of being
Man is incapable of seeing other than the contents of his own consciousness
When my world conforms to my assumption the prophecy is fulfilled
Circumstances alter, then remold themselves in harmony with my assumption
We are incapable of seeing other than the contents of our own consciousness
We radiate the world that surrounds us by the intensity of our imagination and feeling
We fashion the world that surrounds us by the intensity of our imagination and feeling
life molds the outer world to reflect the inner arrangement of our minds
As within, so without
in this third-dimensional world of ours time beats slowly
no two in this room live in the same world
Because of the slowness of the beat of time here you often fail to see the relationship between your inner nature and the outer world that bears witness to it
Your world is a grand mirror constantly telling you who you are
your world is forever bearing witness to your present concept of self
“As the world is, so is the individual,” should be changed to, “As the individual is so is the world.”
We know that all we meet is part of ourselves
this whole vast wonderful world is a response to the arrangement of man’s mind
For my world mirrors the being I am
I am forever surrounding myself with the true image of myself, and what I am in consciousness that only can I see
Inner state is equal to place, and where I stand within myself determines what I see when I look outside the self
Your description of the world is a confession of the self that you do not know
the state from which a man observes the world determines the world that man describes
the world that is described from observation must be, as thus described, relative to the describing observer

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Do you know that no two in this room live in the same world.
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We are incapable of seeing other than the contents of our own consciousness.
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There can be no outer change until there is first an inner change. As within, so without.
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for you are incapable of seeing other than the contents of your own consciousness
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the world will melt magically before our eyes and reshape itself in harmony with that which our transformation affirms
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becomes objectified within my world and bears witness to the power of my assumption
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Because of the slowness of the beat of time here you often fail to see the relationship between your inner nature and the outer world that bears witness to it.
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Your world is a grand mirror constantly telling you who you are.
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“As the world is, so is the individual,” should be changed to, “As the individual is so is the world.”
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she discovered for herself that her own attitude determined the scenery of her existence
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“Man ever surrounds himself with the true image of himself,” said Emerson.
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“Build, therefore, your own world, and as fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions.”
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Yet line for line, and point for point, your dominion is as great as theirs, though without such fine names.
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It is impossible for man to see other than the contents of his own consciousness, for nothing has existence for us save through the consciousness we have of it.
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We look upon the world as, I would say, a manifestation of consciousness; and the whole vast conditions of men but revelations of individual states of consciousness.
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for the state from which a man observes the world determines the world that man describes
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Well, I do not have to be an Einstein to tell you where you are
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the description that you offer of the world is revealing to me who listens - or to yourself if you are attentive - that particular state of consciousness from which you view the world
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For when someone would come into my world and describe their world to me, they revealed the being that they really are.
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For he will look out on a world and describe it relative to himself and he will not now see the unlovely things that formerly he saw.
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If I assume that I am the man I want to be, I cannot then encounter events that are in conflict with my assumption. For my world mirrors the being I am.
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the state with which you are identified must, by the very law of your being, objectify itself within your world
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for this whole vast wonderful world is a response to the arrangement of man’s mind
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know that conditions can only reflect what is within the one who observes that condition
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Knowing the outer world constantly bears witness of the inner arrangement of mind
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I am forever surrounding myself with the true image of myself, and what I am in consciousness that only can I see.
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For the world only bears witness of the use or misuse of imagination.
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For your garden is always projecting itself on the screen of space
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he will bear witness of that thing I plant now
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So when a world is described from observation, it is always, as described, revealing the level of consciousness of the describing being.
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The slightest change in my level of consciousness, the slightest change in the feeling of I am this, results in a corresponding change in that, which is the world round about me.
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for your earth will be anchored down and bearing witness of the man, the woman, that you have conceived yourself to be
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for what I see the world to be is a measure of my own level of consciousness
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Having assumed it, look at the world mentally and see that world reflect your assumption.
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for they only come bearing witness of this inner action of your mind
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could you see it you would see it projected as the conditions and circumstances of your life
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Man is incapable of seeing other than the contents of his own consciousness.
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You do nothing about the objective world; it always molds itself in harmony with that which you are conscious of being.
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for the hills of Gilead, meaning men, women, children, the whole vast world round about me, come bearing witness
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which means I objectify a world in harmony with that which I am conscious of being
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Then life strikes the tabernacle, strikes my environment and reassembles my environment across seas or over land and reassembles it in the likeness of my assumption.
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Circumstances alter, then remold themselves in harmony with my assumption.
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It is only your individual viewpoint, as your world is forever bearing witness to your present concept of self.
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meaning that what you are conscious of, and accept as true, you are going to realize
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He did not try to fool himself but built a crowd in his own consciousness, and crowds come.
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Catch the one sensation of the wonder of it all and things will happen to bear witness to the truth of this sensation.
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although time beats slowly in this dimension of your being, it will nevertheless bring you confirmation of your assumption
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The individual state of consciousness determines the conditions and the circumstances of his life.
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he is telling you of his own unwashed dishes within himself, but he doesn’t know it
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the outer world is only a projection of the work done within himself
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so I would describe the world relative to my assumption
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All the conditions that you will encounter will simply bear witness of the state you have accepted.
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it is only that state of consciousness made visible, coming to bear witness of the state in which I abided
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and as we repeal it it projects itself on the screen of space bearing witness to the power within us
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that the individual’s environment, circumstances and conditions of life were only the out picturing of the particular state of consciousness in which that individual abides
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Your description of the world is a confession of the self that you do not know.
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then things begin to unfold to bear witness to the truth of your assumption
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it must become crystallized in my world, bearing witness to the mood that possessed me at the moment that I touched it
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If you are observant, you will notice the swift echo or response to your every mood in this message and you will be able to key it to the circumstances of your daily life.
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As we are lifted up in consciousness, our world reshapes itself in harmony with the level to which we are lifted.
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Everything in the world bears witness of the use or misuse of man’s inner talking.
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Our inner conversations are perpetually out-pictured all around us in happenings.
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for what a man sees when he describes his world is, as he describes it, relative to himself
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