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Hi /LoA/! I've been trying to put Neville Goddard into practice on and off for half a year, and to my disappoinment I haven't been that successful - As is usual for me, I can understand why I fail at something, although actually getting around to fixing my problem practically is a lot harder for me. I unfortunately, for LoA purposes, tend to be a very sceptical person. This also applies to /x/, and although I can rationalize how this would work from a philosophical standpoint, I have a hard time fully commiting myself to believing it actually works. Belief is from my understanding the actual foundation of putting any esoteric knowledge/magick (the teachings of Goddard in this case) into practice, and I unfortunately have difficulties truly convincing myself to take the leap of faith. This results in me putting in a lot of mental effort into practicing the Law of Attraction which, from my understanding, ironically makes it harder for me to actually manifest my desires as my desperation and tryharding only solidify the idea that I am not already in my desired state. Furthermore, I would also like to ask for some help regarding SATS - I know how to get in it when I'm about to go to sleep, but it's hard for me to stay in it all the way until I actually fall asleep. What usually happens during my SATS is that I eventually become hyperaware of external sensory distractions such as itching, and it eventually becomes too much to bare, resulting in me needing to quit so I can scratch myself. Although I have been SATSing successfully a few times now, I always lose the concentration before I can actually fall asleep. Any advice would be greatly appreciated especially today, as I have my exams tommorow, and it would be neat to manifest the best possible grade - maybe through actually falling asleep during SATS tonight successfully with some anons help. Thanks!
gpt
Sounds like you just need to learn how to meditate. Meditation isn't just staying with your eyes closed and almost sleeping as some people think, but the opposite: It is an training of focus, a training on the hability of keeping focused on one thing without letting other stuff bother you, because you can just ignore it and go back to what you are focused. Once you feel that those stuff are going to bother you, just ignore it and go back to whatever you were imaginating.