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Course Syllabus
Week One
How Field Training Began:
Summer Storms
Who Creates?
A Matter of Life and Death
A Lesson From the New Physics
Where Are You?
Intention and Correspondence
Radical Responsibility and
Unwitting Choice
The Four Noble Truths
of Field Training
Experiencing
Expanded Awareness
Week Two
Intending Consciously
I Am That I Am
Intentions As Seeds
We Are All Creative
Counterintending
Beginning At the End
and Staying There
Level-2 Intentions
Week Three
Beyond It Is Done.
Simplicity and Ease of Practice
The Decisive Question
Dreamwalking and Themewalking
Week Four
Persistence of Vision
The Problem and Solution
Are the Same Thing
Staying Poised
Everything Happens Backwards
Week Five
The Many-Worlds Model
The Magic Eye
Week Six
Uncertainty and Time
Who Knows Whats Good Or Bad?
Remembering the Field
Something Small
Moves Something Great
The Field is Left-Handed
Week Seven
Revising The Past and Present
Shifting As Initiation
Release And Co-Creation: Implications
Co-Creation and The Fields Will
Calling On the Future
Week Eight
Radical Self-Trust
When It Doesnt Seem to Work
Closing Comments
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Introductory Comments
Field training involves shifting from being the effect of our experience to
being the con scious cause. This is a profound change. We have to approach
this material in stages, and whats relatively true at one stage may be relatively
less true at another. Well start the painting with broad strokes, then fill in
the details as we go. Do your best to relax, breathe, and set willfulness aside.
The Particle lives by the maxim, My reality creates me. Were turning this
around, and the willful self may fight to pre serve its sense of jurisdiction. It
will help greatly if you remember to stay receptive, be still and let the material
work on you without giving in to the typical urge to draw conclusions.

Begin noticing your convictions, and instead of reacting to them emotion-
ally, consider that theyre creating a corresponding reality even in this very
moment, and that what youre really reacting to is whether this reality pleases
you or not. In other words, begin considering consciousness as cause rather
than effect. So, for example, feeling lonely doesnt produce the conviction, I
am lonelyits the other way around. The conviction produces the emo-
tion (and the reality that then proves the conviction!). If you find yourself
feeling something you dont want to be feeling, shift your attention to the
vision of the reality you want to see manifested and in a while, note whats
happened to the feeling.
We urge you to bring a beginners mind to the study. Set aside anything
you know or think you know for now, and most of all, do your best to avoid
comparing this material with other models that you may have studied. Its the
minds nature to contrast and compare, and to try to connect the dots be-
tween something new and something known. In this process, however, much
can get lost in translation. And putting new wine in old skins leaves you
with the same old taste in your mouth.
If you have any questions or concerns during or after your study, please feel
free to get in touch with us through the convenient form on the Support page
of our web site at www.fieldcenter.org.
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Curriculum Review
Heres a review of the main principles presented in the Course:
All things arise within consciousness. Nothing exists independently of
con sciousness.
Consciousness has two aspects: Particle and Field.
Particle consciousness is human consciousness in local form. Its the I
am followed by some object of identification, e.g., I am a man, I am a
teacher, and more subtly, I am happy, I am tired, I am alive, even
I am in this body, and so on. Particle consciousness identifies itself with
manifestations, and is extremely limited in presence, vision, resources,
knowledge, and efficiency. Its form of will is willfulness.
Field consciousness is pure I-AM, not identified with a particular mani-
festation, not bound by space and time. Field consciousness is unlimited
in presence, vision, resources, knowledge, and efficiency. Its form of will
is willingness.
The Field responds to deep structures of Particle consciousness called
intentions. These are the structures that incarnate as events. Intentions
comprise what were willing to take to be real (how things are), and
more fundamentally, those things with which were willing to identify
(the things we believe to be true about how I am).
Much reality-creating goes on below awareness through unwitting
counterintentions, which are typically fear- and avoidance-based and in-
formed by payoffs directly tied to survival (or imag ined survival) of the
separate, Particle self. To make better, more fulfilling and self-expressive
choices, we must release these unwitting counterintentions and bring our
beliefs into alignment with our desires. We clear counterintentions by
simply witnessing them, practicing deep stillness, recasting our history,
Dreamwalking and Themewalking, and so on.
We are radically responsible for whatever manifests in our life, regardless
of how much it appears to be the result of the will of others. You are the
only experiencer in your world.
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Intending consciously involves being still, envisioning and entering the
point of view of the desired version of self, experiencing the reality and joy of
fulfillment in wardly, and releasing the rest to the Field.
After entering the intention, our part is simply to rest in the new iden-
tity and refrain from counterintending (reverting to believing what we
dont want). We dont use will to make the desired condition manifest
outwardly, because we are living in the body-sense that corresponds to the
desired state already having manifested in consciousness, and we allow it
to express itself further in its own time and manner.
Any involvement of personal willfulness interferes with, postpones, or
aborts the process through which the Field takes the consciously chosen
intention and brings it into actuality.
An abiding sense of gratitude, feeling good about ourselves and joy in
being alive, and experiencing being in the flow are the best indications
that we are intending in alignment.
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Points for Practice
Week One
Practice begins with knowing what you want and accepting things as they
are. If you dont know what you want and want to know, you can be still and
intend that you do know!
Spend some time each day being still. Stillness is the doorway to deliberate
intending. Being still isnt just physical. Inner stillness is required, and easily
experienced through returning to the Witness, the pure observer aware of
itself as I-AM. The stillness is always available within. We dont have to get
still; we simply have to become aware of the stillness thats always with us as a
backdrop behind all thought and feeling.
Week Two
Conscious creating always begins with being still, tuning out the world of
fact, and tuning in to I-AM. Our aim is to change channels from the outer
world of sense to the inner world of imagination, and to do this so deeply
that were aware only of the imaginal experience. Turn off the phone, sit in a
comfortable chair, and assume a natural position so your body wont distract
you. Relax. Take a few slow, deep breaths. Let the outer world slip away as
you give yourself to the inner one. When youre deeply still, gently become
aware of the observing self. Observe the observer. Feel the I-AM of your be-
ing. Intend the desired version of self. See this in detail. Let it become vivid
and natural until you smile with joy, relief, or fulfillment.
Dont worry or speculate about how or when the newly intended reality will
take form. Simply refuse to let facts, sensory evidence, the opinions of others,
or anything else count against your new belief. Do whats before you. Live in
the living present. Let the Field handle the rest.
Week Three
As much as possible, take responsibility to stay clear, aligned, and out of the
way. If you find your mind drifting to judgment, doubt, or criticism, if you be-
gin noticing that no factual manifestation has happened yet, and so on, gen-
tly bring yourself back to the sweet reality that you are deliberately intending
until you again feel yourself enter its presence. Allow attention to shift from
the counterintention back to the deliberately chosen intention, and stay with
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this until a smile comes. Then release the project to the great expansiveness
of the Field. Do this as many times as you like, or if you prefer, simply let it
go and forget about it. When you least expect it, and as a rule in a surprising
way, further fulfillment will find you.
Week Four
Try going through one day with the idea in mind that whatever is happening
is serving you in some way. A so-called problem always solves something at an-
other, usually hidden level of context and awareness. People often look back
at the tough things they lived through and find that it brought them some
gift they couldnt see at the time. What is your problem solving or serving
that you hadnt seen?
Cultivate an attitude of detachment from the timing and the ways and means
of the factual manifestation of whatever youve consciously intended. Get
into the spirit of what youve envisioned and let the Field handle how the
manifestation in fact comes about.
Every reaction to the world is rooted in an identity choice. The choice may
be unwitting, but were responsible for it nonetheless. If you want to put
rocket boosters under your practice, regard whatever happens to you as flow-
ing spontaneously from your choices about who you are.
Dont go on a witch hunt for unwitting counterintentions. Stop looking for
the correspondence to the problem and start corresponding to the solution.
Week Five
Be open and stay open. The choice for a new way of being is always at hand.
Try having an inner conversation with the version of you whos already en-
joying whatever you want to be or have. Ask what its like, and how you got
there. The answers may surprise you! We can call on future selves for guid-
ance and direction.
Shifting into a desired reality requires letting go of the old one. We cant have
it both ways. If youre not willing to let go of the old belief, thats fine. We shift
when were ready. If you lose your poise, or find yourself counterintending,
simply be still and go within to the Witness, the observer, which is the I-AM
thats aware of itself. This will free you from entanglement and unwanted
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identification with the world. From this calm place of recalling your Field
identity, you can again intend that you are who you want to be, that the de-
sired reality already has been fulfilled.
Look for ways that the intended reality is already manifest. If you want to
be rich, for example, recognize the ways that you already enjoy abundance.
Maybe you have a wealth of friendships, creativity, or experience. If theres
a health issue, consider how your body is operating beautifully despite your
symptoms. If you feel lonely, begin to appreciate how your body, the earth,
the air, even your very consciousness support and sustain you! Remember to
begin at the desired end, and stay there.
Week Six
In Field practice, uncertainty is a means, not an end. We let go of judgments
and conclusions in order to open ourselves to shifting, to releasing old inten-
tions, and to receiving nonlocal information and guidance. Try letting go of
all conclusions, even for a few days. See the difference it makes, not only in
your attitude, but also in the events and conditions around you. Its okay to
not know for a while. If you find yourself getting caught up in a conclusion or
judgment that doesnt please you, ask yourself, Do I really know this? The
knowing that we claim when we counterintend through judgments or con-
clusions is based invariably on emphasizing some truths and ignoring others.
Returning to the innocence of not-knowing, we are open to a better future, to
revising the past, to a new and more fulfilled version of self, and to the Fields
ingenious efficiency.
Field training advises us to let go of all concern about both the timing and
the ways and means of factual fulfillment. This requires that we make friends
with uncertainty, and refuse to accept as a conclusion any evidence that ap-
pears to count against the deliberately intended fulfillment, instead merely
noting it with indifference while remaining poised. In this way, we refrain
from exporting the authority of creatorship.
Our resolve includes the assumption that the further fulfillment of our iden-
tity is assured, no matter how much appearances may suggest otherwise. By
remaining true to our deliberate intention, we lay a claim on the Field that it
is the Fields job to honor in a manner and time we neither know nor need
to know. Stay released and unhurried. Let things go; let them come.
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At the beginning of the Course, we saw that correspondence is an ontological
law. To see what were intending, we look around at what keeps showing up
in our experience. At this point, we add another element: what happens to
us corresponds to intention and release. This means that our creating is re-
ally co-creating, and as the timing and the ways and means of fulfillment are
up to the Field, and not subject to our local knowing, things will surely come
into our experience that surprise us. As Field training students, were open to
these surprises, because we understand that they come into our experience to
fulfill our specific intentions as we envisioned them or in some recognizably
better way, and to reveal to us our next step. In other words, our relationship
as Particles with the Field isnt a one-way streetits a conversation. In this
way, our nonlocal Self becomes a living fact in our local experience.
Week Seven
The model of nonlinear time frees us from conclusions we no longer want.
Were always free to remain true to a chosen version of self, even if that self is
not supported by the facts yet. Theres no denial in this; we simply recognize
the fact without granting it the authority of a conclusion. Sometimes, the
factual fulfillment of what weve claimed inwardly requires that things get
worse before they get better, and its essential at such times that we remain
steadfast in our resolve. You may find it helpful to remember that theres
nothing about any fact that compels us to accept it as a conclusion rather
than as part of the unfolding of something that remains to be seen.
The conflict (thesis/antithesis) intensifies until it gives rise to an expanded level
of awareness (synthesis) and a new reality within which the observer sees that
the conflict never was real but only seemed to be.
HOW A SHIFT IN THE PRESENT CHANGES THE PAST
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The illustration below shows how Field training makes use of the principle of
the dialectic, put forth by F.W. Hegel, to revise the pastthe past being under-
stood as a construct of present intention projected onto a linear timeline.

The Field cannot support our conscious creating without our permission.
This permission means our agreement with the desired reality, and our will-
ingness to receive it in both the inner and outer realms of experience. We
withdraw this permission the moment we start believing anything that con-
tradicts what weve consciously claimed. If, after deliberately intending some-
thing, you find yourself in a situation that youre not sure is the intended ful-
fillment in fact, you can resolve the matter easily by asking yourself whether
the situation amounts to this, the equivalent, or something better. If it isnt
one of these, it isnt the outer fulfillment of the deliberate intention. When
outer correspondence occurs, its obvious, so even having to ask this question
suggests that one is working too hard.
Week Eight
Stillness is a lightning rod for manifestation. Being still isnt limited to sit-
ting in a chair with our eyes closed. We can take an element of stillness with
us when were out and about, driving, in a meeting, or doing anything else.
Simply being still clears counterintentions. Wherever you go, take the still-
ness with you. Stay mindful. It will bring harmony and what may seem like a
magical efficiency to every staging area of your life.
Nothing is a conclusion unless we believe it to be. Life goes on. It unfolds,
and not randomly, but ever in line with what we believe about ourselves. Each
person in our world is holding up the mirror of our self-belief. Do you believe
youre unworthy, a victim, a failure, someone sullied by early experiences? Or
do you realize that who you are is a miracle, that youre unique, with unique
contributions to make, that life is a good deal? Its all a choice.
Theres no one up in the sky who can save us from the effects of our believ-
ing. Whatever we invest with faith takes form in our world. The only power
that can save us is within. Being saved is the same as being fulfilled. Every
spiritual tradition in the world teaches this ultimate identity of what we call
Particle and Field. Were here to grant our own wishes and answer our
own prayers. This is the truth that sets us free.
Student Questions
Week One
How is Field training different from other models that view consciousness as the cause
of our experience in the world? The most significant differences lie in Field trainings
recognition of the central role of identity, and the incorporation of paradox into
its method for deliberate creating. Other consciousness-as-cause models teach the
central idea of changing ones consciousness through various techniques (such
as affirmation and visualization) in order to change the world. Field training re-
jects this direct approach, because it implies a structural contradiction, which
is why these techniques rarely produce the desired results. Other methods also
presume that desire is the creative structure of consciousness, and that reality
can be changed through an engagement of the will, using one or more popular
inner techniques. Both of these ideas are fundamentally incorrect. By avoiding these
misconceptions, Field training can provide a method that operates at the level of
cause and success, following the axiom that the aim of practice is alignment,
not manifestation. On the theoretical side, Field training is based on two highly
specialized branches of philosophyontology, the study of being, and phenomenol-
ogy, the study of the essential features of experience. This lends to Field theory a
depth, thoroughness, and consistency not found in other models.
Week Two
Is it willful to be specific while deliberately intending? No. The specifics that show
up inwardly that represent fulfillment actually can help draw us into the reality
of what were imagining, and so are helpful. Usually these inner representations
are highly personal and specific. Willfulness involves trying to control or man-
age what comes to us, inwardly or outwardly. If our intention is a demand, for
example, or if were otherwise unwilling to take our minds hands (our will) off
the project and release it to the Field, then were being willful whether or not the
intention is specific. This question usually arises when a student is wondering
how specific to make the intention. We point out that we dont make the inten-
tion specific or general, because we dont make it at all. We let it come. Whatever
comes, comes. The degree of specificity is provided by the Field.
I find that intending works like a charm when it comes to little things, such as parking
spaces, but not so well with big things. Why is this? Many students have this experi-
ence. The problem lies in believing theres any such thing as little or big
things. Theres no scale in the Field. An electron exists every bit as much as a
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galaxy, and existence or Being is the operative factor. When students believe
some desired fulfillment is big or difficult, they get caught up in a Level-2
counterintention. There is nothing hard or easy or big or little in the
Field. The Law of Correspondence operates the same regardless of Particle
judgments. A further problem here involves the belief underlying what one
means by an intention working. Often this introduces a focus on manifes-
tation, which has no place in Field practice. Deliberate intention works
by giving us a way to enter a state of alignment. All else must be left to the
Field.
Do we have to become aware of an unwitting counterintention to clear it? No. The most
direct, fastest, and most efficient way to clear an unwitting counterintention
is simply to intend the desired version of self and reality, then stay true to the
intention by refusing to contradict it in consciousness. Some students seem
to need to know what theyre clearing, and in such cases, Field training offers
methods that are helpful.
Week Three
Can a shift happen all at once, or is it a gradual process? Shifts often happen
instantly, all at once. Sometimes its a process. If a student isnt completely
willing to release an old payoff, then shifting may take some time. Either way
is good practice.
When do I use Dreamwalking? Dreamwalking, or looking at certain waking experi-
ences the way one looks at dream events, is a powerful technique of Field prac-
tice. We use it when we want new clarity or guidance from our intuition about a
specific situation or our life in general. It can show us whats next. Dreamwalking
also often reveals what were really believing about who we are, in contrast with
what we think were believing, and so can help us clear counterintentions.
Is there a special way to release a Level-2 counterintention? If youve identified a
Level-2 counterintention, you can clear it by deliberately intending just as
you do with any other belief. Simply align in consciousness with the desired
version of self, settling on some detail that represents who you would be and
how you would show up in the world if your Level-2 belief were in agreement
with what you want to believe. For example, if you realize youve been believing
that the Field can fulfill your intention but wont, or will take a long time,
and this belief doesnt please you, then you can let something come inwardly
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that represents the Field eagerly and promptly fulfilling your intentions. You
would be different in some essential way if you believed this, and in this
respect actually become a different version of you as you believe it. Level-2 in-
tending involves identifying whatever new belief represents the relevant struc-
tural shift. You might experience inwardly hearing friends enjoying with you
how quickly your desires are fulfilled, and so on. We cant predict what will
come within representing the desired Level-2 fulfillment, but youll recognize
it when it shows up, and then can give yourself to it as with any intention.
Week Four
How does Field training view night dreams? Dreams are real experiences. Theyre con-
structs of consciousness exactly as the world and waking experience are.
Why do certain patterns of experience keep recurring in my life? Patterns of experi-
ence flow inevitably from our intentions. We take our consciousness with us
wherever we go, and the Law of Correspondence sees to the rest. Theres no
way to change our experience for long, other than by shifting what weve been
believing about ourselves. Of course, this shift has to be undertaken for its
own sake, and not as a strategy to change the world, as Field training reminds
us repeatedly.
If something Im intending refuses to manifest in the world, should I try to figure out
the unwitting counterintention that must be preventing it? We advise students to
refrain from going on a witch hunt for unwitting counterintentions. For
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one thing, the belief that one has an unwitting counterintention is itself
a Level-2 counterintention. For another, giving attention to anything
strengthens its intentional statusa far cry from changing the channel
of awareness to the desired version of self and corresponding reality.
The best practice is simply to begin intending that you are who you wish
to be, then live in that intention despite any evidence to the contrary,
and refuse to contradict it, leaving all fulfillment, inner and outer, to
the Field.
Week Five
What does versions of self mean? The term versions of self is derived
from the Many-Worlds model of the new physics, which introduces the
idea of simultaneous parallel realities, but it has other sources. Stud-
ies in multiple personality disorder have shown that several, even many
versions of self can live under the same roof. Apart from pathology,
each of us demonstrates different versions of selfthat is, we believe dif-
ferent things about ourselves and fulfill these beliefs at different times
of day, under different conditions, or with different people. Field train-
ing teaches that who we believe we are dictates the events and condi-
tions around us. Our aim is to take on our identity consciously rather
than unwittingly, reactively, or as a result of unexamined and especially
unwanted habit. Taking on identity consciously involves bringing our
beliefs into agreement, or alignment, with our desires.
Why dont intentions manifest right away? Intentions do manifest right
away inwardly unless theres a counterintention in the way. If youre
asking why intentions dont manifest right away factually, in the world,
the answer is that sometimes they do. Beyond this, the question itself is
problematic, as impatience or clock watching is a counterintention.
Since the aim of practice is alignment rather than manifestation, any
concern over manifestation betrays that one is not resting in alignment.
If we believe that a desired manifestation hasnt happened yet, were
almost certainly waiting for it to become real, which means were no
longer believing in the corresponding identity established inwardly. In
Field training, we say, Deliberate intending turns time into gratitude.
If weve wholeheartedly appropriated our desired identity and reality in-
wardly, then our predominant mood is one of relief, joy, and apprecia-
tion. We cannot rest in fulfillment and be waiting for it at the same time.
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I cant figure out what Im intending. What should I do? Trying to figure out
anything you want to know implicates you in a counterintention, since
while youre figuring out, youre believing that you dont know what
you want to know. The best indication of what youre intending is your
experience in the world. This is one reason we have a worldto show us
what were claiming in consciousness. Patterns of experience especially
point to core beliefs about who one is. So do prevailing moods. Our
quick judgments of others is still another. As all experience is an expres-
sion of the beholding consciousness, everything we believe about the
world and others points back to the self, and comes home to roost.
Week Six
Are Particle and Field a relationship or an identity? Particle and Field are
both a relationship and, ultimately, an identity. As Particles, we experi-
ence this relationship in the Conversation of intention and fulfillment.
Sitting in stillness, we become aware that the relationship is between
the local and nonlocal self. It is a self-relation, an identity. In Christian
scripture, Jesus expresses this idea as I and my Father are One. The
concept appears thousands of years earlier, in the Upanishads, with the
famous statement, Thou art That. In Judaism, the same principle is
expressed in the high prayer, The Lord is One. The Field is like the
ocean; the Particles, like waves. Each has its unique existence, but ulti-
mately, the waves and the ocean are one.
Isnt shifting essentially just a change in attitude or perception? Shifting is a
change in identity, nothing less. Attitude and perception are only the
very surface of consciousness. Field training teaches that when we shift,
especially in a way that involves a core intention, the entire Creation
reconstitutes itself to remain in correspondence with the new identity.
This is what we mean when we say Field training is ontological. It oper-
ates at the heart of consciousness, not at the surface. At this fundamen-
tal level, where identity and reality commingle, nonlocal efficiency is
engaged. A shift in intention, therefore, doesnt just change how we see
things; it actually reaches out nonlocally and changes the things them-
selves. Even so, we remember that our practice is not for the purpose of
changing outer conditions, but only for coming into the deeply gratify-
ing inner state that we call alignment.
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Does faith play a role in Field practice? Faith, in Field training terms, is the
refusal to counterintend. It plays a crucial role. Since the Law of Correspon-
dence is always operating, consistency is the cornerstone of practice. In faith,
we marry whatever weve intended. The hallmarks of marriage are fidelity and
longevity. We have no choice but to have faith in something, since being in
faith is the same as intending. Even fear is faith of a sortnamely, in undesir-
able outcomes. By living our faith deliberately, we come into agreeable rela-
tion not just with the greatest power there is, but the only power.
Week Seven
The past does seem to be over and done. How can it be changed now? What we call
the past is a construct arising out of present intention. Change the inten-
tion, and the so-called past changes correspondingly. As creators, were free to
revise the past in our imagination. Adopting a new intention about the past
alters the timeline. The present then shifts correspondingly to become the
version of itself that would follow naturally from the new past.
How do I let go of my intention once Ive intended it? Asking how to let go is
a way of not letting go. As long as one believes that one has not let
go, one is intending to hold on. Letting go is a choice. We encourage
our students to let themselves become fascinated with the new inten-
tion. Even daydreaming about what we want has its own charm, and its
easy to give ourselves inwardly to imaginings that bring us happiness, joy,
fulfillment, or relief. Rather than looking for insight into a problem, why not
take the quicker, more efficient path of intending the solution?
If I can revise the past, can I also revise the future? Can the future revise the present?
We can revise the future, and the future can revise the present, just as the
present can revise the past. Time is fluid, like a lake with ripples emanating
from the center (the present). Just as many ripples go out from the center, so
there are many pasts and futures from which to choose our identity. There
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are some remarkable studies that have shown that future events can exert a
decisive influence on the present. All events, including past and future ones,
fall within the creative reach of conscious co-creation.
Week Eight
Im having a hard time intending something I want. Something comes inwardly, but
I cant seem to get into it. Whats going on? Sometimes students cant manage to
give themselves to a deliberate intention, to lose themselves in the desired
point of view. This occurs for one of two reasons: Most commonly, the stu-
dent is harboring an unwitting counterintention. In this case, the best prac-
tice is to continue approaching the chosen inner fulfillment until it lets you
in and feels present and natural. In rare cases, students are unable to identify
with a certain version of self and reality because they have nonlocal informa-
tion that it isnt in their best interest to shift into this reality; it isnt what they
really want. Theyre nonlocally sensing a contradiction. In such rare cases,
the student may want to take a closer look at what he or she really wants,
and make sure theres a complete willingness there to release fulfillment with
this, the equivalent, or something better.
Should I keep deliberately intending what I want until it manifests in fact? Whether
you repeat the method or not, its essential to stay true to the deliberately
chosen intention. Remember that intending involves release of ones will, a
relinquishing of jurisdiction over the timing, form, and ways and means of
further fulfillment. We often suggest that students remind themselves, af-
ter deliberately intending something, that as far as factual fulfillment goes,
theyre willing to receive this, the equivalent, or something better, with the
stipulation that if it does turn out to be something better, theyll recognize it
as better, and as a further fulfillment of what they deliberately intended. Its
also essential to remember that, as the Course states, the aim of practice is
alignment, not manifestation. A focus on manifestation is misguided. It is
our part to rest in the body-sense of fulfillment, leaving all else to the Field.
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Student Stories
Please note that various names and other details have been changed to re-
spect the privacy of the individuals described in the stories below.
Stillness Brings in Business
Im a stockbroker, and although my earnings were great for several years, the
last two had been meager relative to the standard of living I locked into dur-
ing the good years. The last week of March I felt anxious because Id been
earning less than I was spending. I was struggling with a vision of what I
wanted, though I knew it included resources enough to satisfy my familys
lifestyle and provide for a comfortable retirement. Mostly, I wanted to be free
of anxiety. One Friday evening in late March, I sat down and let myself sink
into the serenity of stillness. As I focused on what it would feel like to have
a sufficiency, a thought continued to present itself to me: I already had it.
Finally, I simply accepted that sensation. I relaxed, and remained so. That
Monday, I had three unsolicited calls, all of which resulted in business. On
Tuesday, I had two more. Subsequently, Ive had a few more similar episodes.
Id had some involvement with these people earlier, but the calls were totally
unanticipatedout of the blue. BB
Alignment Proves a Good Bet
Id started a business around a new product, a traction cleat for race horses
to use during wet weather. After much research and materials testing, the in-
ventor, Jim, and I had what we felt was the perfect product. Jim took it to the
horseshoers and trainers at a local track and arranged for us to have a private
box on the first day they might use the cleat the Saturday after Thanksgiv-
ing. It rained all night (for the first time in 7 months!) before the race. I had
never been to the track or bet on a horse in my lifeI know nothing about
horse racing and am not a gambler. I noticed that in the first race, horse
number 7, who was racing for the first time, was wearing the new cleat (the
products debut). The odds were 9 to 1 (this put her at the back of the pack).
I made my first bet ever, and really was so present in the moment that there
was never a shadow of doubt. The horse won, and by eight lengths, thanks in
part to the performance of the cleat! The real win, though, was seeing Jims
sons as they looked at their father with awe and gratitude. It was a beau tiful
moment. - DW
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Enjoying the Ride
This morning, I found myself humming bits of a favorite song from long ago,
an aria from Mendelssohns Elijah. I had to look up the words to get all of
them: Oh rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him; and He shall give thee thy
hearts desires. The melody is beautiful, and I was singing it as I drove along
during rush hour at 9 AM one morning. The entire way had almost all green
lights and not one single traffic block at alltraffic opened up and moved on
as I came to it. What an experience that was! Lean back, and enjoy the ride.
There is nothing to do to make anything happen. DS
The Art of Conscious Creating
Id been an artist for many years, but never had much confidence in my
work and never admitted to having any desire to make money at it. Because
of Field training, I began to recognize and enjoy my artistic abilities rather
than comparing myself to other artists. In April of this year, I received an
intention that I was open to making money from my art work. Within two
weeks I was offered the chance to present my work in a local restau rant, and
two people that same week asked me if I did commissioned work. Just a few
weeks ago, an acquaintance of mine whos a new mother commissioned me
to paint something with big pink flowers for her baby daughters roommy
first commissioned work, thanks to Field training! This was, however, just the
beginning of the fulfillment. Id been insisting that returning to my recruit-
ing job after two years of teaching in India and Poland was temporary, but
actually I was afraid to leave because the money was really good, and I didnt
know exactly what I wanted to do. So I began to intend that I did know. Rest-
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ing in that feeling, I began simply to acknowledge what lights me up: teaching
yoga, meditation, painting, and doing astrology readings. Soon, the idea to
open a yoga and healing arts center that had been swimming in my head for
a long time began to come alive. The more I aligned and rested in the feeling
that I AM a gifted teacher, the less I could do the recruiting. Within a few
weeks, I simply could not go to the recruiting job at all. I felt a little anxious
about it, but the deeper feeling was utter joy. Once I quit the job, which was
the manifestation of my shift into alignment, I met a woman through one
of the yoga classes I teach, and several things happened within a two-week
period. This woman: 1) asked me to teach yoga at a series of retreats she is
planning, 2) offered me the opportunity to work with juvenile girls who have
been arrested, using yoga, theatre, and art to give them creative outlets and
assist them in developing confidence, and 3) in troduced me to someone who
offered me well-paying astrology work. I also have two inves tors for my Yoga
Healing Arts Center, and have found an affordable space for it. Every thing
is unfolding perfectly; the only thing required is for me to stay aligned. I no
longer work furiously on any project; with my will and fear out of the way, my
new life doing everything that I love is happening effortlessly right before my
eyes, in the no-time-at-all of the Field. PR
The Field Delivers Some Paintings
Id been wanting some art for my walls, but had a conscious intention to allow
it to pre sent itself to me. Around that time, through a variety of circumstances,
I was led to the most beautiful Asian antique gallery two blocks from my office.
I could tell the art was going to be expensive and didnt even bother to consider
buying anything until I saw a series of four paintings. The owner said they were
Korean, and very old. He told me how he had acquired them from a prestigious
private collection, and I was think ing they were maybe $5,000-$10,000 each. So
I went outside and sat for a moment in the gallerys beautiful Japanese garden.
In stillness, I felt a shift from that place of desire unful filled to gratitude for the
Field leading me here and letting me experience this beauty. Fi nally I had to leave.
When I went back to look at the paintings one more time, the owner smiled and
said Would you like to know the cost? I said that I would, and he said that, since
he needed space, he would sell the paintings for $750 each. Although I wore a
poker-face, inside I gulped, then told him Id let him know the next day. I went
back to my of fice, and lying on my chair was my tax return, showing a refund due
that would more than cover the cost of the artwork! DW
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The Man of Her Dreams
In Practicum, Philip asked me, What bad thing happens if youre with the
romantic partner you want? I said, I lose my freedom. He replied, What
if being in love is the only way to be truly free? Ah ha! A few weeks later, at
the Dances of Universal Peace, a newcomer caught my eye. We introduced
ourselves, and chatted for a while. When we parted company, he walked away
saying, See you in two weeks without asking for my phone number. I joy-
fully let it be. We talked for an hour or so after the next Dances gath ering,
and he asked me out for the following night. It was soon apparent that he was
the perfect one for me. Three days later, he asked me to marry him! And our
wedding was on the anniversary of our first conversation. AC
Beyond Freedom
One night, on the way to Field training, it occurred to me that I need only be
present to experience the changes I want. I didnt think about it again, but, of
course, was aware that the three students working around me were discussing
things that related to me, too. I was particularly taken with the idea of the
version of myself for whom freedom is not an is sue. After Id been home
a while and had fun talking and laughing with my husband and daughter,
Jesse, my daughter said that she had thought maybe I would come home tired
and grouchy. Id been gone since morning, and she had seen me start the day
over whelmed with a lot of stuff to take care of before and even during work
throughout the day. I did not feel tired, and I was certainly not grouchy. I felt
light and happyand free! Well, thats pretty cool! I still didnt think much
of it since class is usually uplifting, but I remained with a nice calm energy all
the following day, too. Then just a few minutes ago I got it: this certainly is
the version of me for whom freedom is not an issue. And I had done no work
to be here with this shifted version of myself, in this lovely place. DS
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An Imaginary Cat Found Her
In our first or second class, Philip suggested we intend a fulfillment to which
we had no emotional attachment. I intended that a smallish calico cat, not a
kitten but slightly larger, would show up at my door. Also, the cat wouldnt
necessarily belong to anyone, or else it wouldnt be obvious who its owner
was. Having intended this, I just assumed it was done. This week I was RVing
from Dallas to Phoenix. The first morning after we camped, the door of the
RV was open to let in the morning air. I was at the sink washing coffee cups
and heard a meow. Immediately, the calico cat of my intention came to mind,
though I had not thought of it in weeks. I went to the door and a small and
perfect calico jumped down from the tree she was in and came right up to the
door of the RV. Since I was at a camp ground, it wasnt obvious at all if she
had an owner or just lived at the campground. She and I hugged and I fed her
tuna fish and thanked her for showing up! JH
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He Got What He Claimed
Two weeks ago, Donald, a friend of mine who wallpapers upper-class homes
for a living, was bemoaning the lack of work over the past few months. He
didnt know how he would pay his mortgage. I asked him how much work
he needed and he said about $2,400. He didnt say anything more about it,
and neither did I. Just this weekend, we had dinner with Donald and his
wife, and he told me that he was awarded two jobs, that together added up to
exactly $2,400. He found that very interesting, and when we talked further
and I asked him about what he wants regarding material wealth, he said that
he wants enough to get by. Its interesting that this is exactly what he received,
just enough to get by. SW
She Chose to Stay Conscious
Having been diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy at 17, Id undergone many
challenges and opportunities for growth in the staging area of health. But one
experience opened my eyes in a way that had not happened before. While
grocery shopping with my 9-month-old son, I began to experience the signs
of an oncoming seizure: my thinking and reason ing skills were drastically
impaired, leaving me feeling overwhelmed and easily confused. Such onsets
had, historically, preceded a different form of seizure which involved loss of
consciousness, so its easy to imagine my concern! If I had a seizure, Id be
out of commis sion in a public place, and my infant son left in the care of
strangers! Even if the strangers were medical technicians and well-meaning
onlookers, and that for only an hour, the idea was unacceptable to me. So I
forced myself to look at the first item on my grocery list until I could read it,
then, allowing myself to only think of one thing at a time, I finished the shop-
ping, took my son home, and put him down for his nap. The whole time, I
could sense the seizural symptoms in a sort of cloud above me, and I was
underneath that cloud, avoiding the seizure by staying below its radar, so to
speak. When all the groceries were put away, I asked myself if I should wake
my husband, and began stewing in doubt, but what came to me was a clear,
Noif I needed to wake him, I would know. I took a nap, and woke up feel-
ing perfectly healthy, balanced, and refreshedand somewhat startled to real-
ize that every time Id had a seizure in the past, it was a luxury I was allow ing
myselfin short, a choice. It wasnt until that outcome was unacceptable that
I even saw this. This taught me more clearly than ever before how much choice
I have as a self-aware beingeven about the things that seem to be happening
to me. Nothing can happen to me without my agreement! SC
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The Field Rented Him a Home
I was renting a house at a time when the rental market was through the floor.
When it became apparent that my landlord was unwilling to live up to his
part of our agreement, I began driving around looking for a new place to live.
The classifieds were a waste of time, and I could hardly find a single For
Rent sign in the areas where I was willing to live. As circumstances went, I
gave my landlord notice, and the house was almost immedi ately rented to a
new tenant, who was scheduled to move in at the end of the month, giv ing
me a deadline of a couple of weeks, and a new sense of urgency about find-
ing a place. There was one house that was barely acceptable; given the scarcity
of options and the approaching end of the month, I made a mental note of
it as a maybe. With just three days before I had to move out, I still didnt
have anywhere to move to, and was starting to feel that I might have to lower
my standards. I called the woman who was rent ing the maybe to tell her I
would take it, and she informed me that it had been rented. Interesting. The
next night, with only two days to go before I had to move (somewhere!), I lay
in bed and slipped into the stillness, certain that the Field could resolve this
situa tion. A strong intuition came, with such presence that it was nearly audi-
ble: Look around Lake Killarney. I somehow knew that this meant, specifically,
that I was to drive along the street that runs on the north side of the lake, and
look down the side streets for rental signs. If that turned up nothing, I was
then to drive along the street on the south side of the lake and look down
the side streets from there. The north route was unproduc tive. As I came to
the last sidestreet on the south route, however, my intuition began going off
like an alarm clock, and I knew there would be a rental sign on the block,
so I turned down this street and headed toward the lake. On the right, two
houses from the lake, was a beautiful, tree-covered, three-bedroom cottage
with a sign in front: For Rent. The thought came that it must be expensive-
around $1500 a month, I guessed, but I was running on faith in the prover-
bial eleventh hour, and figured that whatever could direct me to this place
could manage the monthly expense. I raced back to my house and called the
phone number on the sign. A woman answered. I told her I was interested in
the house. She said, Oh, its been rented. I hung up, stunned. The cosmic
choreography had fallen apart. Now what? Then, I saw clearly that there was
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a choice before me: to suc cumb to disappointment, feelings of defeat, and
anxiety or take up the resolve, if not this, then something better. I chose the
latter. Ten minutes later, the phone rang. It was the woman I had just called.
Did you just phone about the house? she asked. Yes, I said. Well, she
said, apparently it isnt rented, after all. Would you like to see it? I would,
I answered, then asked, How much is the rent? Its $950 a month, she re-
plied. Before we hung up, I asked her how she was able to ring me back, since
I hadnt left my number when Id called earlier. She explained that she had
the call return feature on her phone, which allows an automatic dial-out to
the last call received. If anyone else had phoned her during that ten-minute
interval, she wouldnt have been able to reach me. In all the years Ive been
renting, Ive never called and spoken to a landlord who was mis taken about
whether or not the place was available. At the time of this writing, Ive been
living in the house nearly three years. PG
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Glossary
Alignment - A state of agreement between ones desire and ones belief rel-
evant to the desire. Since desires are considered as given, in Field training we
come into alignment by shifting relevant beliefs. The opposite state is contra-
diction or counterintention (see below).

Belief - Informally, the same as intention (see below). Formally, belief and inten-
tion are synonymous only if by belief we mean true belief, rather than merely
what we think we believe. In Field training, belief and intention are used inter-
changeably with the stipulation that belief means intention.
Contradiction - A state of disagreement between desire and belief. The same
as counterintention (see below).
Correspondence - The ontological law according to which events and condi-
tions in the world spontaneously align with whatever we take to be real about
who we are (see intention, below).
Counterintention - A belief about oneself that contradicts desire. Counter-
intentions may be, and often are, unwitting.
Decisive Question A Field training self-question technique designed
to bring an unwitting counterintention to light. The question takes
the exact form: What bad thing happens if followed by a clause that
states the desired condition. For example, if one desires to be closer to
ones child, the Decisive Question would be, What bad thing happens if Im
closer to my child? The question is always asked in the present tense. Note: The
Decisive Question is only useful in situations where one is counterintending,
rather than simply desiring some greater good from a place of alignment.
Also, and importantly, it is meant to be used only as a self-question. Success-
ful and appropriate use of the Decisive Question with another depends on
many factors that are addressed in Field Center Facilitator Training.
Dreamwalking - A Field training technique based on the idea that waking
experience, like the dreams we have at night, is a construct of conscious-
ness. Dreamwalking applies the idea of dependent arising (from the new
physics). By regarding certain waking experiences that are charged with sig-
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nificance as dream symbols, the student may open intuitively to ex panded
levels of meaning. This intuitive opening-to-receive often provides nonlocal
information and insight into what the student is really intending (believing),
facilitates shifting, suggests action, and so on.
Fact - An outer condition in the world; a physical manifestation.
Field - The nonlocal Self out of which all things arise. The Field is the great
medium of Awareness or Consciousness, a horizon within which all Creation
stands forth and pre sents itself. It is also the organizing intelligence underly-
ing the quanta and subquanta of the physical universe, aware of Its existence
in Particle form as each separate self. It has been called Father, Jehovah, the
Tao, Great Spirit, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Allah, and many other names in
various religious and spiritual traditions. The Field is unlimited in knowl-
edge, vision, resources, and efficiency. It knows Itself to be the cause of the
world rather than its effect, and creates conditions through willingness, not
by making things happen, but by letting things happen.
Intention - The structure of Particle consciousness that becomes translated
into events and conditions in our physical experience. Intention comprises
what we take to be real and that with which we identify. In practice, since
what we take to be real always can be dis tilled into an identity statement,
intention means simply that which we take to be real about who we are. De-
liberate intending involves entering the point of view of the chosen version of
self as it presents itself to our receptive imagination. This assumption of the
new identity is accompanied by a strong sense of the reality of the intended
state, and emo tions of fulfillment, relief, or happiness. This feeling is not just
emotional; it also includes a vivid sense of the presence of and immersion in
the imagined reality. Every version of reality implies a corresponding version
of self, however slightly altered, and every version of self involves a specific
feeling-state.
Level-2 Intention - Any belief about the process of how beliefs (intentions)
manifest as con ditions. Level-2 intentions are of two types: ontological laws
and structural intentions. Ontological laws are true regardless of whether or
not one believes they are, e.g., Our ex perience is created by our intending
and the law of correspondence. This statement is always true, regardless of
ones belief about it. If one disbelieves it, the disbelief will pro duce corre-
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sponding experiences to make it appear as though the statement is false, thus
fulfilling it nonetheless. Structural intentions, on the other hand, are subject
to belief, e.g., It takes the Field a long time to manifest my intentions. Be-
lieving this will result in delayed manifestation. A Level-2 intention that one
doesnt want is a Level-2 counterin tention.
Manifestation - While, technically, everything is a manifestation of the Field,
this word is used in the curriculum to describe those manifestations that cor-
respond to consciously adopted intentions. Manifestations in the physical
world are called facts.
Many-Worlds Model - A description of quantum reality and the rendering
power of observa tion introduced in 1957 by Hugh Everett, III. According to
this model, which is accepted by a substantial majority of the worlds leading
physicists, each act of observation splits the universe into the observed ver-
sion and a number of alternate versions that, as far as were concerned, dont
manifest. Each version of reality is just as real in its respective space-time frame
of reference as ours is here. With each split, the observer also splits, creating
many versions of self with each observed event. What doesnt happen here
happens some where, along with a corresponding version of the self to ob-
serve it. Field training uses the Many-Worlds model to establish the theoreti-
cal point that desired versions of self are al ready real; they dont need to be
created. To bring an alternate reality into manifestation, we need do nothing
more than align with the version of self that belongs to that version of reality.
We do this by intending, then refusing to counterintend.
Nonlocal - Knowledge, vision, resources, or efficiency outside the range of
immediate Particle con sciousness. As the Particle becomes more receptive
to nonlocal identity (the Field), nonlocal information becomes increasingly
available for local awareness and use.
Ontology - A branch of philosophy that deals with the study of being.
Ontological Law - A Field training term that refers to those principles of
consciousness, identity, and reality that operate independently of our belief
or disbelief in them (see Level-2 Intention, above.) These principles serve as the
axioms of Field theory, and are in this sense regarded as laws.
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Orthogonal - From the Many-Worlds model, the term used to describe alter-
nate realities as non-intersecting (see Many-Worlds model, above).
Particle - Local selfhood aware of itself as separate from the world and others.
The Particle lives within the body, and experiences itself as bound by time
and space. Chameleon-like, it identifies with various conditions of manifesta-
tion, e.g., I am happy, I am a person, I am concerned, and so on. The
Particle is extremely limited in knowledge, vision, re sources, and efficiency.
It experiences itself to be the effect of the world rather than its cause, and at-
tempts to create conditions through willfulness.
Phenomenology - A modern philosophical movement founded by Edmund
Husserl that describes the structures of experiences as they present them-
selves to consciousness, without drawing conclusions about what causes them
or their metaphysical status. Field training draws from phenomenological
principles in both its theory and practice.
Radical Responsibility the Field training principle that states that were
responsible for what happens in our experience, even when it appears to
result from the will of others. This responsibility, dictated by the law of corre-
spondence to intention, is radical because it holds that were responsible even
for our unwitting intentions. In practice, radical re sponsibility is balanced by
the ontological law of Particle sovereignty, according to which no Particle can
create for another (though certainly we may intend for others). While others
are free to intend what they will, our experience of them follows from our
intending, and for this, we remain responsible.
Retro-causality - A concept adapted by Field training from quantum mechan-
ics according to which things happen backwards. Consciousness, through in-
tending (wittingly or unwit tingly), brings about conditions in the world. We
may then react to these conditions as though they are the cause of our con-
sciousness about them, as in You made me so mad! Retro-causality is self-
fulfilling prophecy, through which we create conditions by identify ing with
them, wittingly or not, beforehand. In these terms, all experience in the world
is created beforehand. Unaware of this process, we may spend our lives be-
lieving in the authority of evidence and reasons, exporting the responsibility
and power of creatorship at every turn. Field training students understand
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that we summon the reasons that support our intention, which means that
intending is always the only reason that anything hap pens in our experience.
We may use retro-causality and the power of deliberate intending to revise
an unwanted past. As this revised past becomes convincing, and we come to
feel natural in the version of self that corresponds to it, the present shifts, too,
and becomes the version of now that would have followed from that revised
past, within the framework of ontological law. Studies have shown that future
events can reach back through time, and shapeeven determineevents in
the present, commensurately with our receptivity. (For more on this, see the
book, Miracles of Mind, by Russell Targ and Jane Katra.)
Staging Area - Refers to one of the four main venues of experience in which
desire and fulfill ment occur: love, health, supply, and life direction.
Structural Intention - Beliefs about the process of creating through con-
sciousness that op erate dependently upon our belief or disbelief in them (see
Level-2 intention, above.)
Themewalking - A Field training technique based on the idea that experience
and con sciousness are holographic, i.e., the whole is present in every part.
By being still and allow ing themes to come forward into local awareness that
show how experiences in different staging areas are similar, a student may
become aware of the presence of a counterinten tion, and use this clarity and
the resolve that usually accompanies it to shift. Themewalk ing often provides
intuitive guidance, pointing the way to the next better version of self.
Unwitting Intention - A choice about who we are that weve forgotten were
making. Also called unwitting choice. Unwitting intentions that weve out-
grown can be cleared without knowing what they are.
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Suggested Reading
Andersen, U.S.. Three Magic Words. New York, NY: Thomas Nelson & Sons,
1954.
Braden, Greg. The Isaiah Effect: Decoding the Lost Science of Prayer and Prophecy.
New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, 2001.
Friedman, Norman. Bridging Science and Spirit. St. Louis, MO: Living Lake
Books, 1990.
Goddard, Neville. Seedtime and Harvest. Marina del Rey: DeVorss & Co.,
1956.
Goddard, Neville. Your Faith is Your Fortune. Marina del Rey, CA: DeVorss
& Co., 1941.
Goddard, Neville. Awakened Imagination. Marina del Rey, CA: DeVorss &
Co, 1954.
Goddard, Neville. Immortal Man. Marina del Rey, CA: DeVorss & Co.,
1977.
Holmes, Ernest. Science of Mind. New York, NY: G.P. Putnams Sons, 1938.
Roberts, Jane. The Nature of Personal Reality. Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall,
1974.
Shinn, Florence Scovel. The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn. New York, NY:
Simon & Schuster, 1989.
Spangler, David. Everyday Miracles. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1996.
Targ, Russell and Katra, Jane. Miracles of Mind. Novato, CA: New World Li-
brary, 1998.
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