Wish Fulfilled

What Is the Wish Fulfilled?

The wish fulfilled is the central concept in Neville Goddard's entire body of work. It refers to the inner state of consciousness where you feel, think, and experience your desire as already accomplished. Not as something you hope for, not as something on its way, but as a present fact in your awareness.

Neville's most quoted instruction is: "Assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled." This single sentence contains the entirety of his method. Every technique he taught, from SATS to revision to mental conversations, exists for one purpose: to help you reach and sustain the feeling of the wish fulfilled.

Why the Wish Fulfilled Is the Key

Neville taught that consciousness is the only reality. The physical world you perceive is a reflection of your inner state. When you genuinely feel that your desire is already fulfilled, you are not deceiving yourself. You are creating from the only place creation actually happens: within.

The reason this works is that your subconscious mind does not distinguish between a vividly imagined experience and a physical one. When you assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled with sensory vividness and emotional conviction, your subconscious accepts it as real and begins to reorganize your outer world to match.

As Neville stated in his lecture "Feeling Is the Secret": "The world is a mirror, forever reflecting what you are doing within yourself."

How to Assume the Feeling of the Wish Fulfilled

1. Choose Your Desire Clearly

Before you can assume the wish fulfilled, you need to know exactly what your wish is. Be specific. Vague desires produce vague results. Instead of "I want more money," define what having that money would look and feel like in your daily experience.

2. Construct Your End Scene

Create a short mental scene that would naturally occur after your desire has been fulfilled. This is critical: the scene must imply fulfillment, not the process of getting there. If your desire is a new home, imagine yourself in that home doing something ordinary, like making coffee in the kitchen. The scene should feel settled and natural, not exciting and new.

3. Enter SATS and Feel It Real

The state akin to sleep is the ideal time to assume the wish fulfilled because your conscious mind's resistance is lowered. As you become drowsy, play your end scene in your imagination. Engage all your senses. Feel the textures, hear the sounds, see the details. Most importantly, allow the feeling of satisfaction and naturalness to fill you.

4. Let the Feeling Become Dominant

The wish fulfilled is not a one-time exercise. It must become your dominant state. Throughout your day, return to the feeling. You do not need to replay the scene constantly. Simply check in with the feeling of having your desire. Does your inner state match someone who already has what they want? If not, gently adjust.

The Feeling vs. The Scene

A common misunderstanding is that the visualization or the scene itself is what manifests. Neville corrected this repeatedly. The scene is simply a tool to evoke the feeling. It is the feeling of fulfillment that impresses the subconscious and creates change.

If you can reach the feeling of the wish fulfilled without a specific scene, that works just as well. Some people find that simply saying "Thank you" with deep gratitude achieves the same inner shift. The method matters less than the state it produces.

Signs You Have Reached the Wish Fulfilled

When you have truly assumed the feeling of the wish fulfilled, certain things happen naturally:

• You stop desperately wanting your desire because you feel you already have it
• You lose the urge to constantly check for signs or evidence in the physical world
• A sense of calm certainty replaces anxiety and impatience
• Your inner conversations shift from hoping to knowing
• You may experience what Neville called the "Sabbath," a deep inner peace where you know the work is done

Common Mistakes

Feeling the desire instead of the fulfillment: Wanting something intensely is the opposite of having it. The wish fulfilled is characterized by satisfaction, not longing.

Intellectual understanding without feeling: Knowing the concept is not enough. You must actually feel it in your body and emotions.

Abandoning the state too quickly: The outer world takes time to reflect inner changes. Many people give up just before the bridge of incidents would have delivered their desire.

Common Questions

What if I cannot feel the wish fulfilled?

Start small. Practice with desires that feel easy and natural. If you cannot feel wealthy, practice feeling appreciated at work. Build your ability to assume states gradually. Also, working on your self-concept can make it easier to sustain the wish fulfilled for bigger desires.

How often should I practice?

Neville recommended the SATS session before sleep as the most powerful time. Beyond that, simply maintain awareness of your inner state throughout the day and gently correct it when you notice yourself slipping into wanting rather than having.