Curious about Neville Goddard’s manifesting techniques? In this article, you’ll learn how to use Neville Goddard’s Congratulations Technique to manifest anything you want.
First, Who Was Neville Goddard, and What Was His Main Philosophy?
If you’re new to Neville Goddard, let’s briefly go over who he was and his philosophy.
Neville was a beloved spiritual teacher who taught people how to change their lives with the Law of Assumption. The Law of Assumption states that your assumptions create your reality, and what you internally assume to be true manifests in your external reality.
Neville wholeheartedly believed that a person could manifest a new reality through the power of imagination.
He advocated that to change your life, you must fully turn your attention away from the external world and focus completely on changing your inner world (your assumptions).
Neville’s manifesting techniques will teach you how to do just that: use your imagination to change your assumptions.
When working with Neville’s manifesting techniques, you should know one key concept his techniques aim to help you achieve—the state of the wish fulfilled.
Living in the state of the wish fulfilled means using your imagination to persuade yourself that the external desire you want is already here. You assume it’s done.
As you persist in the state of the wish fulfilled, Neville says the world will have no choice but to conform to your assumptions. That’s how powerful you are—as within, so without.
Okay, let’s go over how to live in the state of the wish fulfilled with the Congratulations Technique.
What is the Congratulations Technique?
The Congratulations Technique is a Law of Assumption manifesting technique in which you use your imagination to construct a scene of people congratulating you on achieving your desire.
The Congratulations Technique is flexible and works well for any desire you wish to manifest. It is similar to the Eavesdropping Technique but slightly different.
With the Eavesdropping Technique, you are a third party witnessing a conversation. Meanwhile, with the Congratulations Technique, you participate in the conversation.
How to Use the Congratulations Technique in 3 Steps
Step 1: Claim Your Desire
The first step is to claim your desire and decide it’s yours. Claim your desire by writing it down in your manifestation journal.
I recommend keeping a separate manifestation journal for your manifestations and visualizations. Writing your desires down begins the process of physicalizing them in the material world.
For example, let’s say you want to manifest an engagement with your specific person (SP). Write down your desire as if you already have it: I am happily engaged to my SP (insert name).
If this is your first time manifesting with the Law of Assumption, work on one desire at a time for the best results.
Once you get the hang of manifesting, people sometimes venture out and manifest multiple desires simultaneously. But starting slow will help you build a strong manifestation practice and develop a complete focus on your goal.
Step 2: Use the Congratulations Technique to Imagine Your Outcome
Next, set aside quiet time to relax your mind and body to visualize your desire.
Back to our example, manifesting an engagement with your specific person (SP).
Visualize a scene of people congratulating you for getting engaged. Maybe you imagine your parents inviting you and your new fiance for a congratulatory dinner.
The key here is that you are already engaged, past tense. Or you can go to the very end and visualize already being married.
Evoke your five senses. What do you see, hear, smell, taste, and touch?
What does their cadence, tone of voice, and way of speaking sound like? Did your parents hug you or shake your hands? What does their embrace feel like? Can you smell their cologne and perfume?
What does it feel like to be engaged? What are the actions of an engaged person? Are you planning the wedding party and looking for venues?
But most importantly, how do you feel?
According to Neville, feelings are the secret sauce to manifesting, so it is vital to internalize the feelings of your scene. Make your visualization feel so real that you are already engaged.
The best time to reprogram the subconscious mind is when you are in a drowsy meditative state and your brain waves are in theta. Neville calls this the state akin to sleep (SATS).
Powerful times to impress the subconscious mind are before you fall asleep, right after you wake up, and after meditations.
However, the most potent time to access the SATS is the 10 to 15-minute window before you doze off at night when your conscious awareness drifts from awake to falling asleep.
Your subconscious mind will work to impress your visualization into your memory while you sleep.
Step 3: Assume Your Desire is Fulfilled
The last step is to assume that it’s done. Repeat your visualization every night until you feel that you have your desire.
Over time, your visualizations will become so deeply ingrained in your subconscious that they become like memories and your natural state of being. This is the goal.
Live in the state of the wish fulfilled day in and day out. Call upon the visualization during the day when you feel you have left this state.
You’ll know when your subconscious has impressed your new assumption when you feel that you already have your desire. Along with the end state, you’ll likely experience calm, peace, and gratitude.
Neville says, in the beginning, the state of the wish fulfilled will feel false, but as you persist, the external world will have no choice but to conform to your assumptions.
How Long Should You Do the Congratulations Technique For?
According to a University College London Study, building a habit takes 18 to 254 days, an average of 66 days for most people.
However, your level of belief plays a crucial role; if you believe 18 days, then 18 days.
So, how long it takes to impress your subconscious mind will depend on your ability to persuade yourself and let go of any limiting beliefs.
Ideally, you should use all of Neville’s techniques until your subconscious mind accepts the visualization, and it becomes like a memory.
Be flexible with your limiting beliefs and let them dissolve and disintegrate. But shift your stubborn energy toward assuming you already have your desire. Once you unlock this, you’ll see significant shifts in your life.
Related: How to Use a Habit Tracker To Transform Your Life
Congratulations Technique Manifestation Examples
- Manifest SP (specific person)
- Manifest a job promotion
- Manifest a new job
- Manifest winning the lottery
- Manifesting a raise
- Manifest money
- Manifest marriage
- Manifest a vacation
- Manifest pregnancy
List of Neville Goddard’s Concepts to Be a Powerful Manifestor
- The State of the Wish Fulfilled
- Think From the End State
- Self-concept
- No One to Change But Self
- First Principle – I am
- Everyone is You Pushed Out
- Feeling is the Secret (also Neville’s best-selling book)
- State Akin to Sleep (SATS)
- Mental Diet
Goddard mastered the human psyche. He studied the human mind from all angles and discovered numerous entry points into the imagination.
I’ve compiled a list of his best manifestation techniques. Read my blog post, 17 Best Neville Goddard’s Manifesting Techniques List, to help you attract your desires.
Closing Thoughts on Neville Goddard’s Congratulations Technique
There you have it. Now you know how to use Neville Goddard’s Congratulations Technique. I would love to hear how it goes, and please let me know if you have any questions. I’d be happy to help.
Wishing you many blessings, so much love, and joy!
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