u/Feeling_Free39

I'm currently finding great confidence and reinforcement in reading the "case histories" present in Neville's works, "The Power of Awareness," and especially, "The Law and the Promise," which is, basically, a series of short teachings followed by supportive case studies.

I know a lot of us find inspiration in reading success stories in this sub, and I do too, but I have to tell you, Neville's short case histories are astounding. The practices are simple, and the people who practiced them, "common," but the results are incredible. I think it's important, since your confidence in yourself to create your desires can be greatly increased by immersing yourself in these real life stories.

I've only just started digging deeply into the case histories, as I spent a number of years only slightly influenced by Neville. I just recently found inner cause to truly put his teachings to the test. I'm enjoying a paperback copy of Neville's works, but I know you can at least find PDF's of both "The Power of Awareness" and "The Law and the Promise" linked on the sub's homepage. Have a read for yourself. It's a treasure trove hidden in plain site.

Is anyone else enjoying the "case histories?" I'm curious how it's affecting your confidence, mindset, and results in imagining, creating, and revising your reality.

I witnessed and participated in a wild and entertaining manifestation during my college days. I've never really shared it publicly, and it just struck me, today, that it would be fun to share it here.

I refer to the manifestation, fondly, as "Snow Finals Friday."

Here's the story:

I made friends with a guy who was quite different from me, during one of my last semesters in college. He was into heavy metal and had a semi "goth" vibe to him. I didn't have a problem with this, but it was definitely different from my personal style. I just remember being in a phase where I was playfully curious and open to the flow. I was having fun meeting interesting people, with the expectation that some kind of fun magic would unfold...

Anyway, during that particular semester, my new friend and I had been curiously exploring my then mindset of, in essence, not caring or worrying too much about things most people were desperately worried about (studying, graduating, employment, success, failure, etc.). I was contented to just let the universe sort it out for me as I went along my way. I knew nothing of Neville Goddard or "The Law" at the time, but was, nonetheless, remarkably in tune with certain aspects of it.

I remember that my friend thought I was a bit nuts at first; however, over time, the mindset started to rub off on him. He started applying it to his advanced physics courses, in spite of himself, probably out of sheer curiosity.

Apparently, the approach worked, as I remember him telling me that he eventually stopped studying, altogether, and would just show up for class, calmly take notes, and take the tests, with surprising success.

Anyway, as the end of the semester in question approached, and we kept playfully discussing the strangeness of the whole thing, I distinctly remember my friend telling me that he had decided not to study for a single minute for his toughest upcoming semester Final (I don't recall the class title). I do recall, at that time, backpedaling a little bit, and suggesting that he shouldn't take the idea too far. I think I felt like I had shared a bit of, perhaps, unhinged philosophy, or that it had gone too far. Whatever the reason, I felt a bit responsible for him now. My friend, on the other hand, was completely resolved to see the philosophy through. Maybe he wanted to fully prove or disprove the viability of the approach, or something.

Anyway, when the day finally came for the end of semester Finals, I remember waking up to a message from my friend which blew my mind. In short: He was laughing and telling me that the mindset had worked, after all, as we had the only snow day we'd ever enjoyed (to my recollection) on the day of the Final itself! All students were given the option to either schedule to retake any missed Finals, if we so desired, or to just take the score we already had in the class! You can imagine what choice my friend made! ;-)

I never forgot this, as I always felt it hinted at some kind of magic in the universe, even if I didn't understand "The Law" at the time.