Changing Motion: Neville Goddard’s Technique

What This Technique Is

Changing Motion is abdullah's chair exercise — the art of mental movement. This guide consolidates 6 independently extracted appearances across Neville Goddard’s lectures and books into one authoritative practice page. Repeated variations remain attached to their original sources instead of becoming hundreds of competing pages.

Key Concepts

• Imagination
• mental movement
• dwelling
• persistence
• manifestation
• states of being
• Mental Movement
• States of Consciousness
• Feeling
• Belief

Neville’s Source-Grounded Explanation

Mentally withdraw attention from current physical circumstances ('facts of life'). Then, in imagination, move to the desired location or state, seeing and experiencing it as if physically present. Persist in this imaginative dwelling.

— A Movement Within God

To change an undesirable life condition, one must mentally "move" from the current state of consciousness to the desired state. This involves persisting in the feeling of the desired state's fulfillment until that feeling solidifies into belief.

— I Remember When

To manifest a desired state for another person, use their current undesirable state as a "fixed reference." Then, in your imagination, see them in their desired healthy or strong state and mentally say, "I remember when he was [undesirable state], but look at him now!" This mental shift creates movement relative to the person, leading to their transformation.

— I Remember When

To move out of an undesirable state, inwardly claim, "I remember when I was in a state I did not like." This act of remembering the old state as past signifies that you are no longer in it, and instead, you are becoming aware of your new, desired state as a present fact. Remaining faithful to this new awareness will cause it to crystallize and unfold through a series of events.

— I Remember When

To manifest a new self-concept, assume you have changed so profoundly that those who knew your old state no longer recognize you. Use their memory of your past as a "frame of reference." Observe their reactions: empathy from those who love you, and envy from those who do not. Do not try to change the envy, as it acts as a necessary "resisting force" that propels your new state forward into manifestation.

— I Remember When

This exercise involves repeatedly assuming oneself to be in a different physical location (e.g., a chair by the phone) while physically in another (e.g., the living room), then returning to the original perception. The goal is to practice and become adept at the 'feeling of changing motion' or shifting consciousness.

— The Secret Of Prayer

Neville’s Words

But tonight as you sit here, you can mentally shut out the facts of life and move anywhere in your imagination. Do that and no one looking at you physically can tell where you have mentally moved. And if you dwell in imagination where you would like to be, and see what you would see were you there, you will have moved within your own being. Persist and everything here will die because of your move within God.

— A Movement Within God

If, tonight you find yourself in a state you no longer desire to express, you must learn how to move into your desired state. If you do not move (mentally) you continue to live your undesirable state, thereby sinning and missing your mark in life! Regardless of what you may desire, persist in feeling its fulfillment, for if you do, feeling will become believing.

— I Remember When

Let us use a weak, sick man as our fixed reference and looking into our mind see a strong, healthy man, and say: “I remember when he was weak and sick, but look at him now!” Do that and you have moved relative to the man.

— I Remember When

The key is this: While in a state you no longer desire to express, you must move inwardly by claiming: “I remember when I was in a state I did not like.” If you can remember it you are no longer in it. Instead you are becoming aware of your new state as a present objective fact. And if you will remain faithful to your new awareness, it will crystallize. You will find yourself moving across a series of events which will lead you to the fulfillment of your desired state. How it will come about I do not know. I only know it will unfold.

— I Remember When

Perhaps your friends remember you as poor and unknown. You can move by assuming you have changed so much that they no longer recognize you, and from that frame of reference you can observe the expression on their faces. Those who love you will empathize. Those who do not will show envy. If you see envy don’t try to change it, for their envy will become a resisting force which will help you move forward. Everything needs resistance in order to move. I couldn’t leave this platform without it.

— I Remember When

Biblical Foundations

• Study John 8:34 in its full Biblical context on YHWSA.com

Common Misunderstandings

This is not a collection of unrelated “hacks.” The extracted variations describe applications of the same underlying discipline: a change of consciousness precedes a change in experience. The source links preserve the context in which Neville taught each variation.

How to Practice

1. Mentally shut out the current 'facts of life'.
2. Move in imagination to where you would like to be.
3. See and experience what you would see were you physically there.
4. Dwell in this imaginative scene.
5. Persist in this dwelling until it feels real.
6. 1. Identify an undesirable state or condition you wish to change.
7. 2. Define the desired state you wish to experience instead.
8. 3. Mentally shift your awareness and feeling into the desired state.
9. 4. Persist in feeling the fulfillment of this desired state, as if it is already real.
10. 5. Continue until the feeling becomes a firm belief.

Read the Complete Sources

• A Movement Within God
• I Remember When
• The Secret Of Prayer