“I AM the Lord and beside Me there is none else.”
You cannot command that which is not. As there is no other, you must command yourself to be that which you would have appear.
Let me clarify what I mean by effective command. You do not repeat like a parrot the statement,
“I AM that I AM”;
such vain repetition would be both stupid and fruitless.
It is not the words that make it effective; it is the consciousness of being the thing which makes it effective.
When you say, “I AM”, you are declaring yourself to be.
The word ‘that’ in the statement, “I AM that I AM”, indicates that which you would be.
The second “I AM” in the quotation is the cry of victory.
This whole drama takes place inwardly with or without the use of words.
“Be still and know that you are”.
This stillness is attained by observing the observer. Repeat quietly but with feeling, “I AM . . I AM”, until you have lost all consciousness of the world and know yourself just as being.
Awareness, the knowing that you are, is Almighty God; I AM.
After this is accomplished, define yourself as that which you desire to be by feeling yourself to be the thing desired:
“I AM that.”
This understanding that you are the thing desired will cause a thrill to course through your entire being. When the conviction is established and you really believe that you are that which you desired to be, then the second “I AM” is uttered as a cry of victory.
Neville Goddard
Excerpt From
