Interesting Success Story (Thief Returns Stolen Goods)
Interesting Success Story (Thief Returns Stolen Goods)
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Transcript:
There was a recent story that was given to me that I found really interesting.
I’ve heard many success stories, but this one interests me for two particular reasons, and I want to talk about it. It was given to me because I’m involved in it to a degree. Unlike other success stories, I think this one really embodies the idea that you should imagine the end regardless—even if things might have already worked out already. You should always be practicing using your imagination for your fulfillment.
I’m going to read the message verbatim, and I’m going to keep it anonymous, just like all the other ones. I’m going to continue with that theme. But I want to read this—I found it very interesting.
So, this person bought my book, and they had a success story around buying it. They messaged me and said:
“I forgot to tell you this. When your new book, No One To Change But Self, came out, I ordered it, but it got lost in the mail. I did everything I could in the world of Caesar to get it back. I checked with my neighbors and I contacted Amazon, and they did send me a replacement.
But then I decided to imagine having two copies of your book. I imagined holding two copies and how I would feel. I just let it go and didn’t think about it again.
Four weeks later, a stranger was outside—by some apartments I live by. He told me that he used to live by me. And he said, ‘I’m sorry I took your package. I just felt guilty. Even though I live almost 100 miles away and moved, something told me I needed to give it back to you.’ And he drove almost two hours to return it.
Just by imagining and not worrying about how or when, and just feeling I was the person with two books, the man felt obligated to return it. And now I have two copies of your book.
Thanks for your books and sharing your knowledge.”
Now, this is an interesting success story to me because of the person actually feeling guilt—this stranger, 100 miles away, was contacted internally to return the book to this person. Even though no words were really uttered to him to return it, something told him to do it.
There’s a lot to say about this success story because the person who imagined having two copies wasn’t trying to get a stranger to return it. The person was unaware that anyone even took it—so they’re not living life in that awareness. They’re just living in the awareness that they have two copies.
And I’m sure it could have come differently, but it came in a way where the person felt guilt and drove 100 miles because something in them told them to return it.
What was that “something”? It was the person who imagined having two books. That’s what the something was.
Things were rearranged in the same world—the same thief. Everything was rearranged. Now the thief is no longer a thief; they returned it to the person. And now that person has duplicated the image that was inside their imagination. Because inside their imagination, they had two copies—and that got duplicated in this world. And it used the same person that we would call a thief to fulfill it.
You can take this story and duplicate it—not with my book, but with anything else in the world.
If you notice, the person treated this very lightly. They imagined having two copies and went about their day. They felt how it would feel to have two copies. They felt that feeling of being the one who has two, and then went about their day.
Then something compelled the individual who stole it to give it back—to fulfill those two copies.
Could the person have said, “Well, Amazon gave me a replacement. I don’t need to do anything more than that. They already gave me the replacement”? I’m sure they could have. They could have just let it go and moved on.
But why not try to use your imagination?
That’s why I like this story: it’s in those cases too that you could use it—even the ones where you think, “Well, I can just go get a replacement,” or “I could just do this,” and then we don’t really use imagination.
This is a good illustration that you should use it even when you don’t think you have to.
If you feel like you could have gotten a replacement, but you want two copies, why not just imagine having two? Let the world be compelled to move.
If someone needs to feel guilt, they’ll feel guilt. If someone needs to drive 100 miles, they’ll drive 100 miles.
The person apologized. They said, “I’m sorry I took your package. I just felt guilty. And even though I live 100 miles away and moved, something told me I needed to give it back to you.” So they drove almost two hours to return it.
I find this story so fascinating. It’s not about my book. It’s not about the book. It’s about the idea that someone imagined having something, and someone who, in this world, stole it from them felt the urge—something spoke to them without words—and compelled them to give it back.
So take this story and try to apply it the same way this person started to imagine themself having two books. You imagine having something else. Maybe you don’t want two books—you want something else. Imagine that, and let the world develop it.
Neville used to say he took the idea from photography—when it was getting more popular in his time—of developing film. He said, “I just take pictures in my mind and I let the world develop it.” So he took that analogy of a photograph and applied it to his imagination.
Now, I think of it a little bit differently. In my mind, this person imagined having two copies inside themself. The inner self has two copies, and they just associated themself with that inner self who has two. Then they became that inner self—eventually—through the means of this person feeling guilt and driving 100 miles.
There have been times where I didn’t use the law because I didn’t think I had to, or it didn’t feel necessary. But I noticed that wasn’t beneficial for me. It was more beneficial for me to imagine throughout my entire life, in all aspects—even in ones where I don’t think I need it.
Especially when things become mundane, you feel like you don’t need to do it anymore. But you should try. You should just try.
Even if you are going to get a replacement, just try to keep imagining.
So yeah, I found the story. I wonder what you guys think about the story. It’s definitely fascinating because it makes you wonder: if there’s no one to change but self, then I don’t need to really know what to do. I don’t need to compel the stranger—or the thief—to give it back. I don’t even have to know if there was a thief. I don’t even have to know where they’re located.
Do you see how this opens the door to it all being about focusing on yourself—seeing yourself the way you want to be—and continuing in that, rather than trying to change everyone around you?
You see this a lot with the SP crowd. They want to change everyone around them—really in all facets—but mainly I see it there too because it’s a big popular sphere in the Neville community.
But notice how this person didn’t change anyone. They just imagined themself having what they wanted. And they had no information on it—they didn’t need it.
It’s like when Neville said someone came up to me and told me that their stomach was hurting. He said, “I know nothing about the stomach and how it works. I just imagined them telling me that their stomach is fine.” And like a week later, the person told him that whatever problem they had in their stomach was gone.
He admitted ignorance, and it’s okay to have ignorance. It’s just: what are you imagining?
You don’t have to know.
The person said, “I didn’t know the when or the how. I didn’t think about the when or the how. I just made it simple and applied it.”
The same can be true in every facet. You don’t need all the information—you just need to apply it. And applying it is imagining yourself the way you want to be.
Treat it very lightly. Try not to put a lot of pressure on yourself. Just try to treat it lightly.
Neville said that when he’s most aware of his pressures, that’s when he lets go. Sometimes we grip on when we feel pressure. I know I do. But Neville says he lets go—it’s like one big relief for him. It’s a relief when he realizes he has pressure, and that’s how he rearranges himself.
So yeah, I just wanted to share this. I thought this was a very interesting story—one to really contemplate on and think about.
Because not many thieves have something in them that tells them, “Something in me told me I needed to return it to you.” It doesn’t often happen. So I don’t find this to be a coincidence at all.
I just wanted to share that story. I found it very interesting.