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Having assumed the wished-for state, live and act on it: walk as though one already were what one wants to be, keep faith with the subjective reality whatever reason and the senses say, and do not retract the blessing once given; sustain the assumption until it expels its rivals and becomes the habitual centre of one's energy (William James's phrase), which is true transformation. The title of the fifth of the 1948 Five Lessons.

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remain faithful to your assumption, living and acting on your conviction
walk as though I were that which I now want to be
To walk as though you were what you want to be
I assume that I am what I want to be and walk in the assumption that it is done
you remain faithful to this subjective reality
by remaining faithful to your new concept of Self
you must remain faithful to the ideal
From this moment on you walk as though you were that which you formerly wanted to be
if he remains faithful to that idea he will see it manifested
sustain this assumption until it takes a central place and forms the habitual center of my energy
whenever our assumption grows so stable as to definitely expel its rivals, then that central habitual concept defines our character and is a true transformation
A fixed attitude of mind, a feeling that it is done will make it so
If we walk as though we were already the ideal we serve, we will rise to the level of our assumption
Abdullah taught me the importance of remaining faithful to an idea and not compromising
as I walk in this fixed attitude my assumption will harden into fact
We must live boldly!
We must go through life as though we possessed what we want to possess

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A fixed attitude of mind, a feeling that it is done will make it so.
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Do remain faithful to this instruction.
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If we walk as though we were already the ideal we serve, we will rise to the level of our assumption
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If I do not remain faithful to the mood the young colt throws me off.
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and remaining faithful to your assumption
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whenever our assumption grows so stable as to definitely expel its rivals, then that central habitual concept defines our character and is a true transformation
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Abdullah taught me the importance of remaining faithful to an idea and not compromising.
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if you remain faithful to the new diet, you will become the embodiment of the ideal to which you remain faithful
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It is so obvious to me that I am what I wanted to be that I walk as though I were.
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Walk in that assumption and remain faithful to it.
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Assume you are that which you wish to be; walk as though you were it; and as you remain faithful to your assumption — it will harden into fact.
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I would live and act as though it were already a fact, knowing that as I walk in this fixed attitude my assumption will harden into fact
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So, I acted upon the belief. What would I do if it were true? I would go up the gangplank.
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Now remain on it.
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If conditions remain the same, that is a sure, sure sign that you have not been faithful to righteousness.
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While he remains faithful to the state, the state will externalise and become the circumstances and the conditions of his life.
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and day after day, in spite of other things to the contrary, you persist in it
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Remain faithful to that association and see if that association will not result in a corresponding state in the outer world.
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We can bring about all the changes we desire in our world if we imagine we have it and persist in that state, for if I will persist I will win.
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But remain faithful and you will bring him out of the old state into the new state that you are seeing.
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Failure does not matter; you are learning. If you persist you will win.
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If we will persist in the image, live in it, sleep in it, breathe in it, it will crystallise into tangible form.
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The lady went home, but every day she saw those glasses on her table, eight of them.
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Go through these doors knowing it is so and then you will not be impatient, but you will let it be so, for God creates Reality.
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It always happens so naturally that you would think if you didn’t do what you did, it would have happened anyway. And so you’re misled to believe, well, maybe that isn’t causation after all.
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I had no reason in this world to believe I could ever become it; I simply assumed it. I believed it. Then I rested in my assumption just as though it were true.
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To walk as though you were what you want to be is to take your desire out of the imaginary world and put the VAU upon it.
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In other words, you remain faithful to this subjective reality and you do not take back from it the power of birth.
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As you walk, knowing that you are what you wanted to be, you objectify it without the assistance of another.
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You will so bury the past by remaining faithful to your new concept of Self
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I assume that I am what I want to be and walk in the assumption that it is done.
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I must become conscious of being noble and dignified and walk as though I were that which I now want to be.
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and remain faithful to your assumption, living and acting on your conviction
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If I now know what I want to be, and assume that I am it, and walk as though I were, I become it
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You walk in the consciousness of being that which you want to be.
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if he remains faithful to that idea he will see it manifested
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you must now become identified with the ideal that you would serve, and you must remain faithful to the ideal
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From this moment on you walk as though you were that which you formerly wanted to be. Remaining faithful to your new concept of yourself, you die or commit suicide.
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Knowing it is already a fact, walk as though it were, and things will happen to make it so.
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Do not think about getting in the mood to write, but live and act as though you are now the author you desire to be.
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We must live boldly! We must go through life as though we possessed what we want to possess.
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Your acceptance of this fact is proved by your complete adjustment to it as though it were true.
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Assume you are what you want to be. Walk in that assumption and it will harden into fact.
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You simply walk faithful to your image of the friend
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And when you remain faithful to your vision, the vision will make for itself that perfect body in which to abide.
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When I dared to assume that I am what at the moment reason denies and my senses deny it, and I remained faithful to it, then I invariably realized it.
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I will imagine they are as they ought to be, though at the moment reason denies it and my senses deny it, and everything denies it.
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knowing that even though it doesn’t confirm itself tonight or tomorrow, I will still live in the assumption that I am what I want to be
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So you and I can be anything in this world we desire to be if we will clearly define our aim in life and constantly occupy that aim. It must be habitual.
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If you remain faithful to the concept you will be led right into the fulfillment of that state.
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do not be impatient, but remain faithful to the one stone laid in Zion. What more can you do after you have imagined?
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It might take a week or a month, but that which you have imagined, if you remain faithful to the stone, will come.
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We must act on the assumption that we already possess that which we desire
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We are called upon to act on the assumption that we already are the man we would be.
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but if you remain faithful to your vision, this sustained mental attitude will give reality to your visions
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We must affirm that we are already that which we hope to be and live as though we were
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Conceive yourself to be one that you want to be and remain faithful to that conception
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and I remain faithful to that vision of you
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