Try this the next time your mind starts talking. There is a voice in your head that has something to say about pretty much everything. What someone meant. What they think about you. What might happen tomorrow. Something that happened five years ago that your brain has apparently decided is relevant again. And most of the time, we don't even question it. We hear the thought and immediately start following it. I've been practising something from The Untethered Soul that I find really interesting. The moment I notice my mind going into a story, I simply stop and observe it. For example: "They haven't replied. Maybe they're upset with me." Okay. That's a thought. I don't need to investigate it. I don't need to create ten more thoughts around it. I can just notice that my mind has created a story. Or: "What if this doesn't work out?" Again, that's my mind talking. I can hear it without making it my reality. This is where the practice becomes really powerful. Start catching the voice during ordinary moments. While you're driving. Making dinner. Scrolling your phone. Lying in bed. Having a conversation. Notice how quickly the mind creates explanations, predictions and little stories. Then ask yourself: "Who is noticing all of this?" Don't try to come up with some deep spiritual answer. Just pause. There is something in you that is aware of the thought. That awareness is what you're practising connecting with. And honestly, once you start noticing how much your mind talks, you might find yourself laughing at some of the things it comes up with. The thought can be there. You don't have to make a whole life around it. Try this today and see what happens. How often do you catch yourself believing a thought before you've even questioned it?

The voice in your head isn’t who you are There is a voice in your head that has something to say about almost everything. It talks about what happened yesterday. It worries about tomorrow. It analyses conversations, creates scenarios, judges situations and constantly tries to make sense of your life. Have you ever stopped to notice that you can actually hear it? That is one of the ideas Michael A. Singer explores in the first chapters of The Untethered Soul. If you can hear the voice, there must be something within you that is aware of it. The voice can spend an entire afternoon worrying about something that hasn't happened. It can bring up something embarrassing from ten years ago. It can convince you that someone is upset with you based on a two-word message. And because the voice sounds like it's coming from inside you, you may automatically assume everything it says is true. Try something different. The next time your mind starts talking, simply listen to it. Notice the thoughts. Notice how quickly one thought leads to another. Notice how the mind can create an entire story from one small event. Then ask yourself: "Who is hearing all of this?" You don't need to answer immediately. Just become aware of the one who is listening. That little shift in awareness can change the way you experience your own mind. You may start to realise that you have been listening to the voice for so long that you forgot you were the one listening. And once you see that, you have a choice about what you do with what you hear. #TheUntetheredSoul #MichaelSinger #SelfAwareness #InnerWork

What does gratitude have to do with manifestation? A lot more than people think. Gratitude can bring you directly into the experience of the wish fulfilled. Think about something you already have that you're genuinely grateful for. You don't have to convince yourself that it's real. You don't have to force a feeling. You simply know it's part of your life, and that knowing creates a certain feeling within you. That is what makes gratitude so powerful in manifestation. Neville Goddard constantly pointed towards the feeling of the wish fulfilled. He taught that your imagination can take you into the state of the person who already has what they desire. Gratitude can help you enter that state naturally. Instead of making gratitude another thing you have to do to manifest, try using it as a way to experience your desire now. Think about what you want. Imagine it being part of your ordinary life. Then allow yourself to feel grateful for it. "I'm so grateful this is my life." Stay there for a moment. Feel the relief. Feel the peace. Feel how normal it becomes when you stop treating your desire like something distant. You don't need to create an overwhelming emotional reaction. Sometimes the feeling of fulfilment is incredibly simple. It's the feeling of "Of course. This is mine." That's the state Neville was talking about. And here's the part people often miss: Gratitude isn't about begging life to give you something. It's about experiencing the feeling that comes with already having it. So the next time you think about your desire, try gratitude from the perspective of fulfilment. Feel thankful for the relationship. Feel thankful for the money. Feel thankful for the home. Feel thankful for the life you're imagining. Let yourself experience it internally before you go looking for proof externally. What would change for you if you genuinely felt grateful for your manifestation today?

Every single person you walk past has survived something they don’t talk about. ​When we are young, we don’t choose the environment we are handed. We inherit the unhealed patterns of the world around us. Trauma, pain, and mistreatment are never something you asked for, deserved, or consciously created. ​But there comes a moment when your awareness wakes up. ​And that is the exact moment the story changes. ​Neville Goddard taught that your imagination and your awareness are the only true power. The past only holds power over your future if you continue to feed it your attention today. ​What happened to you was not your fault. But your healing? Your future? Your peace? That is entirely in your hands. ​You are not your past. You are not what they did to you. You are the author of what happens next. ​Decide today that the past no longer gets a vote in who you become. Wake up, step into your power, and reclaim your life.

Neville Goddard said something that can seriously mess with the way you see reality. What if you’ve been giving your circumstances way too much authority over your life? You want something, so you look at your current situation and decide whether it’s possible. No money? “It won’t happen.” They stopped talking to you? “It’s over.” Nothing has changed yet? “Manifestation isn’t working.” But Neville taught that your imagination is the creative power. So why are you letting the 3D tell you what to imagine? If you want a different relationship, imagine yourself already living that relationship. If you want abundance, stop rehearsing the story of not having enough. If you want a completely different life, start becoming familiar with that version of you before the evidence shows up. And yes, people will tell you: “Be realistic.” “Look at the facts.” “You can’t just ignore reality.” You don't have to ignore anything. You simply stop making the current version of reality your final answer. Neville's question was essentially: What would you feel like if your wish were already fulfilled? Go there. Stay there. Make it normal. Because if you're constantly checking the outside world to decide what you're allowed to believe, you're still letting the outside world run the show. So here's the uncomfortable question: What if the life you're complaining about is being kept alive by the version of you who keeps reacting to it?