THE UNSPOKEN WORD. The Connection Between Thought and Manifestation

C H A P T E R 1 3 THE UNSPOKEN WORD The Connection Between Thought and Manifestation PRINCIPLE #1 The outer world of circumstance is shaped by the inner world of thought. Every act of man springs forth the hidden seeds of thought. The outer world of circumstance is shaped by the inner world of thought. Thoughts are prophetic words. Man must move from thinking of God to thinking from God. There is a connection between the mind and manifestation. Words are important. However, many churches do not teach about the importance of words in the life of the believer. They may quote phrases such as, Name and claim it, or touch on scriptures such as, Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof, (Proverbs 18:21) or Call those things that be not as though they were. (Romans 4:17), but many pastors never talk about the consciousness that is behind the words. Your words (your thoughts) are just a reflection of what is going on in your mind. Your thoughts are your unspoken words. 167

INTO THE DEPTHS Your thoughts are prophetic. Your thoughts are prophesying to you. Your thoughts are decreeing and declaring what will happen in your life tomorrow, next week and next year. Therefore, control is in your hands, which keeps you from praying to a God outside of you. God is not outside of you beyond the clouds. God is inside of you. He is dwelling within your temple. You are one with God. Jesus said, I and my Father are one. Jesus was speaking about oneness. However, the Church does not want to embrace this idea. The Church wants to refute that we are god. But everything was created after its kind, after its image and after its likeness. Cats beget cats, dogs beget dogs and God begets Gods. God deposited His Spirit inside of us. We are His children. We are His offspring. Therefore, we are no different than He. We must come into that oneness in Spirit. The flesh (coats of skin) is not the real us. We are all packaged differently on the outside. We are all covered differently. We can alter our outer appearance. We can be heavy or small. But the Spirit never changes. It is the essence of God. God poured himself into man. Man is the container for God. God experiences things on this earth by means of man. God wanted to know what it was like to have all things. He decided to dwell in man so He could enjoy things. Spirit has no concept of things. Spirit needs a container in which to dwell. Man is the container for God through which He experiences all things. We are made in His image and in His likeness. God tells us to go and acquire things. God created man, and now He wants us to create. He wants us to create the things. The world in which God created man is the same world in which God wants man to create things. It is the playground of the gods. God wants us to create our playground. He wants us to have wealth. He wants us to have abundance. If you are one with God, you should manifest God. He does not want you to be in 168

The Unspoken Word lack. Lack should not be your testimony. God wants you wide awake, understanding who you are. Who are you? You are god. You are one with the Father. Many people do not understand the concept of oneness with God and they think it is heresy to say I am God. The scripture says Let this mind be in that was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the image of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God. (Philippians 2:5) However, the Church will keep this relevant and vital fact a mystery. We are supposed to be moving as God in the earth. Once we accept the fact that we are god, then we can start to do the great things He has ordained for our lives. Jesus said that we are to do greater works than He. We haven t even measured up to works that He has done. We have to first get to that level and then start thinking beyond that level. Words Are Like A Two-Edged Sword PRINCIPLE #2 Words flow out but they remain within. Your words are the effects of your thoughts. Your thoughts are constantly creating your words that shape and form your outside world. Therefore, you must control your thoughts. The words that you speak are like a two-edge sword. One end is connected to your thoughts and the other end carves out the outside world (life situations and circumstances). We are supposed to take dominion in the earth realm. We are supposed to be creators. Our thoughts are creating, but many of us are not living as God nor thinking as God. God said we should live the abundant life, but many people are not living the abundant life. They have not created the abundant life in their thoughts. Instead, they live a life of lack because that is what they created in their minds. 169

INTO THE DEPTHS God gave us dominion in the earth, which means that we have all things. Well, if you have all things, why aren t you experiencing the benefits of abundant life? God gave us the tools to create, form and shape our world just like He did. The Bible says that the Lamb was slain even before the foundation of the world. How was that possible? God created it in His mind (in His Spirit) before the form came together. In order to see physical manifestation, you must first create the manifestation in your mind. You must see the end result of your creation before you see the physical manifestation. You have to create from the end and work backwards. You have to first see it done in your mind, in your thoughts, and then you can walk out the creation of it. This is the way God creates, and we should pattern ourselves after our Father. In order to create the abundant life you cannot seek after things. The Bible says that we have to seek first the kingdom and all of the things will be added unto us. (Matthew 6:33) You must seek the things of the Spirit. You have to seek the mind of God, the thoughts of God, and then you will see the physical manifestation of the things in your life. Man s portion from God was all, to rule and reign, not to be in lack, because He gave you the ability to create. If you create prosperity in your thoughts, you will carve out prosperity in your experience. The Most High, the Creator (your consciousness) dwells on the inside of you. You have to think from the inside out, the place where the Most High dwells. So what are you thinking? The answer can be found in your outward experience. Your perception of a thing determines what it is. What is your perception? What are you naming it? What are you calling it? Many people try to manifest things by the works of their hands. But we are supposed to create and manifest in our thoughts and walk out the manifestation in our experience. 170

The Unspoken Word Have you ever read a scripture in the Bible that you interpreted in one way and two years later you read the same scripture and it takes on a different meaning? What happened? The Word didn t change. Your perception changed. God revealed something to you which caused that scripture to come alive and have more depth in your life. That is how perception changes. It doesn t happen all at once. Your consciousness changes. You have to cast down your imaginations and any thoughts that try to exalt themselves against the knowledge of God. (2 Corinthians 10:5) If your thoughts don t line up with what God has for your life, you have to cast them down. You have to continually judge your thoughts and compare them to the truth that you know. Editing Your Thoughts PRINCIPLE #3 Your predominate thoughts shape your world and determine your outward experience. As a result of day to day occurrences, situations, circumstances and people, we are bombarded by thoughts, both positive and negative. Therefore, it is vital that you edit your thoughts. Delete the negative thoughts and hold on only to the positive thoughts, those thoughts that are pure, lovely and noteworthy of praise. We cannot pretend that we don t have negative thoughts. We cannot pretend that we are not plagued by fear. For example, a person receives a prophetic word to purchase a home, but they have no money in their bank account. Fear may prevent them from going to the realtor. However, they have to dispel fear. If you can t get rid of the fear, move in faith anyway, shaking and quaking. It is all about consciousness. It s about creating from the end. 171

INTO THE DEPTHS Think about the manifestation of the promise, and then allow those thoughts to create your experience. You have to control your mind and edit the negative thoughts. Your imagination is creation. Everything you need dwells on the inside of you. You have to learn how focus on what God is saying and not allow your thoughts to just roam around in your mind. You have to direct what is happening in your mind. You have to cast down those thoughts that will hinder your creativity, hinder your progress, or hinder your forward movement in God. If you find yourself constantly thinking negative thoughts, flood your mind with positive thoughts and affirmations and then the negative will not be able to speak in your life. Your predominate thoughts shape your world and determine your outward experience. Everything is made after its own kind. Negative thoughts beget negative thoughts. Positive thoughts beget positive thoughts. If you have a fearful thought and you allow that thought to go unchecked and unedited, fear will manifest in your experience, multiply in your life, and cause you to doubt what God told you. However, if you edit that negative thought at the root, and begin to affirm, God said I am the head and not the tail, all things are mine, you will change your outward experience. You must brainwash yourself to get rid of the negative so that you can come into the truth of who you really are. The Mind is a Garden PRINCIPLE #4 What is done in secret shall be brought to the light. When you plant seeds in a garden you don t immediately see the harvest, but instead weeds may grow that can kill your harvest. 172

The Unspoken Word This analogy can be applied to the mind. When we have negative thoughts that should be cast down, challenges arise. You have to pull the weeds out of your mind. You have to get rid of the negativity. You have to get rid of the spirit of I can t. You have to get rid of the spirit of what if. However, this is not a one time event. You are constantly being bombarded with the thoughts that you create (lack of confidence, fear), and you are also being bombarded by the consciousness of your surroundings (the world, your job, family, friends, co-workers, associates). Therefore, you must be careful with whom you associate, because you want to avoid negative chatter in your ear. If you don t dispel the negative chatter, you will find yourself entertaining those thoughts and allowing them to shape your world, causing you to miss your destiny. If negative thoughts go unchecked and unedited, they will grow and you will see a manifestation of those thoughts in your experience. You have to do some sorting. You have to do some editing. You have to do the work in your mind. You think in secret. Your thoughts are veiled. What is done in secret shall be brought to the light. However, every thought that you have, regardless of whether you ever speak them verbally or not, will be brought to the light (or manifestation). They will manifest. Have you ever noticed that even if someone does not verbally express their emotions, you can look at their body language and tell what they are thinking? Body language speaks volumes (the way people stand, the way they sit, the way they fold their arms, the expression on their face). You can detect when someone has an attitude even if they don t speak. It s almost like their thoughts have some form of expression either through the expression on their face, the way they move or the way they walk. Their body language is speaking prophetically. Their consciousness is speaking. 173

INTO THE DEPTHS That s Attractive PRINCIPLE #5 You attract what you are, not what you want. You attract what you are, not what you want. You meet no one on this journey of life but you. The thoughts that you have will attract others with the same thoughts. Your thoughts are like a magnet drawing like thoughts unto itself. Your inward thoughts attract the outward manifestation of those thoughts. Every person that shows up in your life is some aspect of you. If you meet someone with whom you don t feel comfortable, you must examine the inside of yourself and see what in you drew that person. The battle is not on the outside, the battle is on the inside. You have to find that thought and delete it from your mind, and then that person will exit your life. All things start in the Spirit, but then God wants the manifestation in the earth. The outer world of circumstances is shaped by the inner world of thought. Your thoughts carve out and shape your world. If you don t like the situation that you are in, you don t have to pray to God to change it. God is sitting on the inside of you waiting for you to move, waiting for you to think a thought that will change your situation. God does not work for you, He works with you. You are partners with God. You are one with Him. God wants you to have riches, wealth, peace, happiness, joy. He does not hold any good thing from you. But faith without works is dead (James 2:17). He uses you as the vehicle to experience all of those things. God made us overcomers. He gave us a tool (our mind) that will get us out of any situation. The thoughts that we have carve out our lives. Every act of man springs forth hidden seeds of thoughts. Again, your words are like a two-edge sword. The words that you 174

The Unspoken Word speak carve out and create your life on the outside. The other end of the sword is connected to your thoughts, which control the sword that creates, carves and builds your world. It is important that we understand the connection, because if we don t, we will find ourselves chasing after things instead of creating them in our mind. You have to see it first in consciousness. When a woman is pregnant, creation is taking place on the inside. The development and formation of the fetus is not visible to those around her. In the same way, if you start with a thought to have, to be, or to do something, and put all of your energy and effort into thinking it into manifestation, people will not be able to see the formative stages with their natural eye. You cannot see the manifestation happening in the Spirit realm. But after you have thought the right thoughts and manifested them in the Spirit, you will begin to see the physical manifestation. Creation Happens in the Mind PRINCIPLE #6 If you want to experience true manifestation in your life, you must move your mind out of the way and connect to the mind of God. God created the world in His mind, which is where we must create our world. You have to think from the end and see the results first. You have to go into your imagination, into your mind, into your thoughts and begin to paint the picture (details) of what you want. God teaches us the principles. We just have to look at our lives. Your perception of your world is critical to creation and manifestation. Creation and manifestation will not happen if you run around trying to make things happen in the physical realm. You have to think the right thoughts and picture what 175

INTO THE DEPTHS you want to see in the Spirit realm. Then and only then will it manifest in your experience. It is a spiritual law. You cannot mess it up. It s a principle. It works for whosoever will. Once you find the pattern, you must work the same pattern over and over again. If you want to experience true manifestation in your life, you must move your mind out of the way and connect to the mind of God. There is only one power. You cannot blame anyone else for lack or limitation in your life. You have to take ownership and responsibility for your own life. God gave you control. He gave you the keys. He told you to subdue the earth. But you cannot do that if you think that you are separate from God. You cannot believe God is helping you on one hand, and the next day the devil is trying to get in His way. You have to cast down those negative thoughts so that all you are left with is God consciousness. Assume the Feeling PRINCIPLE #7 If your consciousness is right, then the action and the manifestation will be right. You have to assume the feeling of your desire. You have to become full of the feeling, which is part of painting that picture on the inside of you. As you fill in the picture, you continually get full of the feeling. At some point, you will see yourself there because you created it so clearly in your mind. That is when it clicks. You have to paint the picture so clear that no one can snatch it from you. A double-minded man is unstable in all of his ways. You can t proclaim I am rich but live in lack because of fear. That is doublemindedness. If the consciousness is right, then the action and the manifestation will be right. If you want wealth, but you live in an 176

The Unspoken Word apartment and haven t gotten to the level of the house yet, you have to correct your thinking. You have to name it and claim it. I and my Father are one. I am the house. If you have not seen the manifestation of it, you have not really come into oneness with the thought. When you come into oneness with the thought you will experience the manifestation. Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can kill. You cannot send a word (thought) out into the universe and think it will sit idle. It will manifest. There are no idle thoughts. Everything has a manifestation. Therefore, whatever you are living in, whatever world or situation, it is a manifestation of what is on the inside of you pressed out. You created all of it. If you don t like what you see, go back into your temple, rearrange some things and create something different. Your outer temple is a reflection of your inner temple. It s Magnetic PRINCIPLE #8 You meet no one but you. The inner you is a magnet to the outer world. You meet no one but you. You draw to you whatever is on the inside of you. The people that show up in your life are you, whether you like them or not. Your friends are some aspect of you. Many people don t want to accept this fact. You are supposed to go on the inside and make the adjustment, and the person will leave. You have to delete them out of your mind. Your thoughts are like magnets. Whatever you are dreaming about, whatever you are thinking about will show up in your experience. You have to control your thoughts. Your future dreams 177

INTO THE DEPTHS must become your present fact. If you have a three-year plan to be at a particular place in your life, then your thoughts have to be full of that plan, and it will manifest in your experience. You have to be diligent. You have to think continually about your plan. You have to get full of the feeling. The Bible says, If I be lifted up from the earth, I ll draw all men unto me. (John 12:32) You are a magnet. You are constantly drawing things to yourself. Your thoughts are connected to your soul. Your thoughts are the essence of you. Adam separated himself from God in his thoughts, which resulted in the fall of man. He was not in oneness with God and that separation of consciousness separated him from God. God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If they had operated in that thought, then disobedience would not have been the result. But they had a different thought, and as a result they fell. A contrary thought will cause separation. You always want to be in oneness with the truth of God. Who Do You Think You Are? PRINCIPLE #9 Man must move from thinking of God to thinking from God. Your concept of self determines the world in which you live. You are who you think you are. If you think that you are an executive, then you are an executive. If you are not where you want to be in life, then change your thoughts. Thoughts and character are one. A person s character is really just an outpicturing of their thoughts. Are you trustworthy? Well, if you have trustworthy thoughts, then people will perceive you as trustworthy. Your thoughts shape and mold your world. You must be mature to 178

The Unspoken Word understand that God dwells in your thoughts. God expects us to edit, shape and form our thoughts and get rid of those thought that do not yield the manifestation that we desire. The invisible is more powerful than the visible. The invisible, the Spirit world, the inside, is where everything begins. Everything we see in our outward experience is simply an effect. Your thoughts affect your prayers. As a matter of fact, your thoughts are your prayers. When you pray to God, your thoughts (consciousness) create the manifestation. People always think about prayer as asking God for something. However, all you have to do is be that in your thoughts and your prayer will be answered. Prayer is an inner work. It is all about what is going on in your mind. You don t have to ask God for anything because you are god. As long as you believe it and you are full of the feeling, the minute you say I am that then that thing becomes yours. When God created the earth, He never doubted whether the earth would manifest. God is, so that settles it. The manifestation was already happening in the Spirit the moment God had the thought to create the earth. Whatever you desire, be that in thought and it will manifest in your experience. Man must move from thinking of God to thinking from god. Man is God. So the minute that you realize that you are god, you will stop asking God for things, because you will realize I am He and so I just have to be. Train Your Thoughts PRINCIPLE #10 Your future is your thoughts grown up. Your future is your thoughts grown up. How do your thoughts grow up? Thoughts beget thoughts. When you ponder a thought 179

INTO THE DEPTHS it matures. Oftentimes, you will have other thoughts or ideas as a result of the initial thought. Remember, there is only one power and that is God, the good, the omnipotent, and that power exists on the inside of you. You are one with God the minute that you believe you are. You have to restore yourself back to your original self. You are god. The only reason you may not operate as God is because you choose not to believe that you are god. Your have to train your thoughts so that when they grow up and become full, you will see the manifestation that you desire. You are in control. Your feelings will give birth to whatever you want to manifest in your life. Whether good or bad, your feelings are going to bring it forth. You choose the things that you want to manifest in your life. Good thoughts will produce good ideas. Bad thoughts will produce bad ideas. The choice is yours. Negative thinking will produce famine in your life. Negative thinking will produce havoc in your life. Therefore, you have to edit your thoughts. Unedited, negative thoughts will produce stress, fear and anxiety. You have to delete those thoughts that are not going to give you the manifestation that you desire. Your imagination is creation. Put as much detail as you can around your thought or idea. That is part of the formation process. Don t be concerned with the events that happen between the inception of the thought and the resulting manifestation. The details can change. Be flexible as long as it gets you to the end result. But you have to have a definite target. You have to put yourself in the picture. Manifestation is very important to God. God never intended for us to be in lack in any area of our lives. Manifestation never ends. God always goes from glory to glory. So once you have attained the thing that you desire, you will want to manifest something greater. You will find that the house is too 180

The Unspoken Word small, the car is too small. God will begin to show you new possibilities and give you new ideas. Regardless of the state you are in, there is no lack because you and God are partners. You are one. Just seek first the kingdom and His spiritual truths, and then all of the things that you desire will be added unto you. AFFIRMATION I have not because I ask not. I must open my mouth and speak what God has for me. My thoughts are making things happen for me. I am creating and manifesting with MY conscious and subconscious mind. Thank you God-in-me for revealing the truth of me. 181