Making A Great Meal — The Neville Goddard Way

Every essay ever published on this Medium blog is rooted in the themes and ideas of Neville Goddard.

The core of Neville Goddard’s work is informed by a single, key concept: your Imagination is God.

Your Imagination is the God — or Creator, depending on the word you prefer — of your life and your experience.

What you imagine is what you experience.

Your Imagination is your life.

The medium through which Imagination turns into fact requires feeling.

You must, using your Imagination, feel yourself experiencing that which you desire as a present fact.

If you feel your desire as a fact, and if you persist in feeling your desire as a fact, then your desire will become a fact.

The easiest way for you to do this is to “go to the end”.

Do not imagine yourself eating a lovely sandwich — this is just one example — imagine yourself having already eaten a lovely sandwich and feeling a sense of satisfaction and appreciation.

You may, or may not, agree with that.

I, personally, agree with many of those ideas, although I am uncertain of some of the other ideas contained within those assumptions.

Regardless, of that, though, the central method — going to the end, and feeling your desire as a fact — has, within the sphere of my own experience, proven to be undeniably useful, and a key to a number of desired results.

Some of these results include, as the name of this essay implies, excellent meals that I have made.

By reading the rest of this essay, you will learn how I make great meals through the act of harnessing my Imagination.

My hope, for you, is that you will try this method, and you will find it valuable.

My hope, for you, after that, is that you will make and enjoy a vast assortment of lovely meals.

Now, let’s dive in!

Making A Great Meal

Earlier in the month, I wanted to make a few BLTs.

I was hungry. Bacon was in the fridge, along with bread, lettuce, tomatoes, and mayonnaise.

Even though I’d eaten my fair share of BLTs, I had never actually made one.

Because of this, I wasn’t entirely sure how they would turn out.

Right before I began making my BLTs — three, in total — I closed my eyes and imagined something.

I imagined sitting outside, on a little chair that I often sit on while reading, holding an empty plate, and feeling satisfied.

Satisfied with the meal. Satisfied with the taste of the meal. Satisfied with the fullness of the meal. Satisfied with the sustenance the meal has provided.

I imagined all of that in about thirty-seconds.

During those first few-seconds, my Mind’s Eye created the scene of me holding the plate and facing the sun. Soon after, the sensation of holding the plate, and feeling full, came in. After that, the sensations of satisfaction, and all that comprise such a sensation, came in.

Rather than choosing to feel this in a particularly deep or evocative manner, I allowed the sensations to come in, and then fall away.

Right after experiencing the scene, I opened my eyes and got to work.

Making those BLTs was much easier than I thought it would be.

The end result was a fantastic meal.

A meal that satisfied my body, and gave me the energy needed to move forward with the day.

Later on, I wanted some chocolate chip cookies.

So, I did the same thing.

Before beginning, I closed my eyes, and imagined having eaten a few cookies. I imagined feeling satisfied with the taste, satisfied with the sense of fullness they provided, and satisfied with my work.

Once more, making these cookies was easy and, in the end, they tasted great.

The Method

The “method” is simple.

Right before you can dive in, you need to know what it is that you want.

Since you’re making a meal — or, just some food — you probably want a nice meal that tastes good and leaves you feeling satisfied.

With that want in mind, it’s time to take a moment to think about what the “end result” of this particular want would be.

Beyond the feelings of satisfaction, that is.

Perhaps, the end result is you hearing a family member say “This lasagna is fantastic”.

Perhaps, the end result is you sitting at the dining table, with your significant other, feeling full and ready for a walk.

Perhaps, the end result is, like me, a meal that tastes good, satisfies you, and gets you ready for the next part of the day.

Your end result is your end result. Contained within that end result, there is a scene.

Once you know what that scene is, all you must do is close your eyes and enter that scene.

Take a moment to feel yourself in the scene.

If you’re sitting down — in the scene — try to evoke the sensation of sitting down.

If you’re holding a plate, try to evoke the sensation of holding a plate.

If you’re feeling stuffed, try to evoke the sensation of feeling stuffed.

Even if you can’t evoke these sensations, that’s okay. A brief sensation, that feels real enough, is more than sufficient.

Let yourself be in the scene for a moment. Just experience those sensations.

Once you’re finished — and, you’ll know when this is, almost intuitively — you can open your eyes and begin cooking up your meal.

Every now and then, during the process, you may be tempted to fall into a state of fear or doubt.

If you do so, it’s okay.

But, even so, I encourage you to go back to the scene, to feel this scene as a reality for a brief moment, and then to begin cooking once more.

If you do this, you will make a lovely meal. I guarantee it!

Conclusion

Thank you for reading this essay! I hope you enjoyed reading the essay and, more importantly, found it valuable and useful.

If you want to reach me, for any reason, you can do so at “maxwellcakin@gmail.com”!

Best wishes, and have a wonderful day!