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Participate in the imaginal scene from within, as an actor playing the part, feeling oneself performing the action (climbing the ladder), rather than watching oneself as on a motion-picture screen; that difference is 'the difference between success and failure'.

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The difference between FEELING yourself in action, here and now, and visualizing yourself in action, as though you were on a motion-picture screen, is the difference between success and failure
You must participate in the imaginary action, not merely stand back and look on
FEEL YOURSELF ACTUALLY CLIMBING IT
enter into the action as though you were an actor playing the part
You are always an actor in a dream, and never the audience
You do not sit back and visualize yourself doing it. You do it
Do not see yourself walk, FEEL that you are walking
You must always participate in the imaginary action; not merely stand back and look on
imagine that a ladder is right in front of you and FEEL yourself actually climbing it

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If you are going to walk, you imagine that you are walking. Do not see yourself walk, FEEL that you are walking.
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you enter into the action as though you were an actor in the part. You do not sit back and visualize yourself doing it. You do it.
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Instead of sitting back and looking at yourself as though you were on the screen, you be the actor in the drama.
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The difference between FEELING yourself in action, here and now, and visualizing yourself in action, as though you were on a motion-picture screen, is the difference between success and failure.
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You must always participate in the imaginary action; not merely stand back and look on
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he puts himself through the paces by simply inwardly enacting the drama that he himself has constructed
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imagine that a ladder is right in front of you and FEEL YOURSELF ACTUALLY CLIMBING IT
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enter into the action as though you were an actor playing the part
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The difference between FEELING yourself in action, here and now, and visualizing yourself in action, as though you were on a motion-picture screen, is the difference between success and failure.
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You must participate in the imaginary action, not merely stand back and look on, but FEEL that you are actually performing the action, so that the imaginary sensation is real to you.
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You are always an actor in a dream, and never the audience.
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So he sat in his easy chair, and he took this imaginary ladder, and up he climbed the ladder.
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Always use your imagination masterfully, as a participant, not an onlooker.
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