Yet can thinking create an immediately different experience of your being? Yes. What you
think about, what you focus on, will be made manifest in your individual present reality. Thus,
if you are being sad, and you think positive, joyful thoughts, you will very easily “think your
way” to being happy.
You are simply moving from one part of your Self to another!
Yet there is a “shortcut”—and this is what we have been trying to get at here. This is what
we’ve been talking about.
You can move to any state of being you wish—that is, you can call forth any part of your True
Being—at any moment, instantly, by simply knowing it to be so, and declaring it to be so.
You once said to me, “What you know is what is so.
Yes, I did. And this is exactly what I meant by that. What you know of your True Being is what
will be so of your state of being right now. When you declare what you know, you make it
so.
Declarations are made most powerfully with “I Am” statements. One of the most famous of
these was a statement made by Jesus, “I am the way and the life.” The most sweeping such
statement ever made was one made by Me:
I Am That I Am.
You can make “I Am” declarations, too. In fact, you do so every day. “1 am sick and tired,” “I
am up to my ears,” and so forth. These are statements of being. When you make these
statements of being consciously, rather than unconsciously, you live from Intention; you live
deliberately. Remember, I have suggested that you live.
Deliberately
Harmoniously
Beneficially
Your whole life is a message, did you know that? Every act is an act of self-definition. Every
thought is a film on the movie screen of your mind. Every word is voice mail for God.
Everything you think, say, and do sends a message about you.
Think of your “I Am” declarations, therefore, as a sort of State of the Union message. This is
your State of the Being message. You are making a statement about how it is with you. You
are saying “what is so.”
Hey, wait a minute! I just thought of something! We’re all One anyway, so it really is a State of
the Union message!
That’s good. That’s very good.