Focused Attention

“You are only limited by weakness of attention and poverty of imagination. The great secret is a controlled imagination and a well-sustained attention firmly and repeatedly focused on the object to be accomplished. " ~ Neville Goddard (1905-1972), Speaker, Teacher, Mystic.

I was recently introduced to this quote by my mentor, Bob Proctor, and feel that it is quite appropriate to the theme of starting new resolutions. This is another quote that I keep posted to the wall in front of my workspace to remind myself, on a daily basis, of my resolve. I intend to memorize it.

I 'Googled' NevilleGoddard to see what he was all about and discovered that he was quite an interesting figure! I don’t suppose I would have necessarily ‘followed’ him if I’d known about him back in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s, but his wisdom cannot be questioned.

If you thoroughly study the words, “weakness of attention and poverty of imagination”, you will realize this wisdom. I know, by personal experience, that when you truly focus on any particular thought, you do bring that thought into physical form, be it good or bad.

It was late spring of last year and I was suffering extreme anxiety over the fact that I had yet to sell a house I owned but lived 2000 miles away from. I had utility bills and a second mortgage to pay yet I had no income. I worried about upkeep and damage to the house. Every storm in the area had me worried about trees falling on the roof or mold growing in the kitchen.

As I searched for answers in the area of personal self-development, I eventually came in contact with a woman who was studying to become a personal life coach, a career which I hope to embark upon myself. She asked me what my top concerns were. I explained about my home, that I needed to sell it and didn’t know how I would get it done.

In the course of answering her questions, I suddenly had an ‘ah-hah’ experience! I suddenly realized that I was so emotionally attached to this place I had lived in for over 20 years, had raised my children in and experienced so much of what was meaningful in my life, that I could not accept the notion of selling the house and therefore did nothing to get it done. I told this woman of my sudden realization and said, “I will never sell this house until I am ready to let it go!”

I decided to let it go. I meditated. I pictured sending love to people who would love the house just as I had and I envisioned a ‘giving’ of my house to these new people.

About a day or two later, I noticed an envelope sitting on my desk...a piece of mail that I had neglected to open for several days. In it was a letter from a real estate agent in Wisconsin asking me if clients of his could buy my house in New York. The house was not even on the market yet!

As per my personal request to the Universe, the closing took place before the end of August and I received the price I wanted, not only for the house, but also for the possessions I’d had to leave behind.

I attribute these fantastic events to a “controlled imagination” and a “well-sustained attention”...”focused on the object to be accomplished”.

This is a truth that I have proven to myself many times and long before I ever heard it quoted so beautifully by a noted teacher of wisdom and insight.