願意真正去了解和體驗「如何 being」的人，將為自己打開一大片人生的新境地。其中「使自己相信」(make believe)是一個每個人隨時都能運用的最簡單方法，也是神在此提醒(remind)我們每一個人可常去體驗和運用的方法。
Being 是一種「有意識地選擇讓自己處於較高意識覺察」的生活應用，一種覺察「你將自己置於其中」的狀態。Being不是一種反應(re-act)。Being是體驗性的，它無法只以觀念被了解。而這是一篇從易懂的問題解說開始，引領我們更了解和「體驗Being」的珍貴對話信息，值得被廣泛探討、檢驗和正視。
聽神談【如何 Being？如何創造「Being狀態」？】
尼爾(替17歲的保羅問)：所以，我只要藉由想像我將會是艾拉妮絲(搖滾天后 Alanis Morissette)，我就會像艾拉妮絲？藉由說話像艾拉妮絲，舉止像艾拉妮絲？
不是的。如果你那麽做，你只會是一個艾拉妮絲的複本，而且還是很糟的艾拉妮絲的複本——而那是你不妨可去效仿的。
看看你在這位年輕女性身上看見她 being 什麽。你看到她是有才氣的(being talented)？堅强的？有自信的？誠實的？可靠的？有勇氣的？具影響力的？成功且快樂的？你看到她「經由她的生活，在她的人生中，作爲她(自己)」所展現的是什麽 Being 狀態？(What are the States of Being that you see her displaying in, as, and through her life?)
別看她在做 (doing) 什麽，要看她處於 (being)什麽，因爲「 being 」導致「doing 」，而非相反的方向。因為她 being 某種狀態，而使她做出所有她在做的事——而在她做任何她現在做的事之前，她已經 being 這些(有才氣、堅强、有自信、誠實、可靠、有勇氣、具影響力、成功且快樂)狀態。
「 Being(是)」總是先於「doing(做)」——而且，確實地， being 支持著doing。
尼爾：那我又如何「be(是、成為、處於)」這些東西(狀態)呢？
以每一個思、言、行。這些是你們用來創造「Being 狀態」的工具。
如果你始終如一地使用它們，你也可以「be(是、成為、處於 )」有才氣的、堅强的、自信的、誠實的、可靠的、有勇氣的、具影響力的、成功且快樂的。
無論你是在「做」搖滾音樂會的事，或「做」與你的公司股東開會的事，或「做」教養你孩子的事，你都將 be(處於、是) 成功且快樂的，因爲你選擇了這些「Being 狀態」，而所有其他的「Being 狀態」都導向它，並且已被你以你的每個思、言、行在你之內，作爲你及透過你(in, as, and through you)有意識地表達出來。
尼爾：但在我快樂的之前，我怎能 「 be(處於 ) 」快樂？在我實際成功之前，我怎能「 be( 是) 」成功的？我不懂 ，如果我「不是」，我怎能「是 (be) 」有才氣的、堅强的、自信的或任何的這些東西呢？
開始想像你是那樣，開始說話如同你就是如此，開始表現得好像你已是那樣。你並不必「成為(be)」某一狀態才能夠想像、說出並做得好像你已經是那樣。 (You do not have to “be” a thing before you can think, talk, and act as if you are that.)
尼爾：那麽我並非真的是那樣。我只是在「使自己相信」 (making believe)。
(註：如果把 make believe 解釋或視為「假裝」，則可能經常會無效(not work)，因為當我們「做」出「假裝」時，我們所散發出的頻率——即我們所being的狀態——大部分還是原先的頻率。願意真正去了解和體驗「如何 being」的人，將為自己打開一大片人生的新境地。其中「使自己相信」是每個人隨時都能運用之最簡單的方法，也是神在此”提醒”我們可常運用的方法。Being 是一種「有意識地選擇讓自己處於較高意識覺察」的生活應用，一種覺察「你將自己置於其中」的狀態，不是一種反應(re-act)。)
一點沒錯。你聽到你剛說的話嗎？你在「使自己相信」。而當你使自己相信它時，你便經驗它！ (And when you make yourself believe it, you experience it!)
許多人都說「看見就會相信」(“seeing is believing”，眼見爲實)。我要告訴你們的是「相信才會看見」(“believing is seeing”，信者得見)。
你相信什麽，你便開始在你的實相裡看見什麽。 (What you believe, you begin to see in your reality.)
摘自《與神對話 青春版》第7章
註：有關「如何Being？」的進階資訊，可參閱：【人類「如何 Being？」的三種運作模式】
Neale: So I get ti be like Alanis by thinking that l’m going to be like Alanis? By thinking like Alanis? By acting like Alanis?
No. If you do that, you will simply be a copy of Alanis, and a very bad copy at that, because there is only one Alanis, just as there is only one you. Yet, you can be what you see Alanis being—and that is what you may wish to emulate.
Look at what you see this young woman being. Do you see her being talented? Strong? Self-confident? Honest? Authentic? Courageous? Impactful? Successful and happy? What are the States of Being that you see her displaying in, as, and through her life?
Do not look at what she is doing, look at what she is being, because “beingness” leads to “doingness,” it is not the other way around.
There is something she is being that has al- lowed her to do all of the things she is doing— and she was being these things before she was doing any of what she is now doing.
“Beingness” precedes “doingness” every time—and, indeed, sponsors it.
Neale: Do I get to “be” these things?
With every thought, word, and action. These are the tools with which you create States of Being. If you use them consistently, you, too, can “be” talented, strong, self-confident, honest, authentic, courageous, impactful, successful, and happy.
Whether you are “doing” the thing called rock concerts or “doing” the thing called meeting with your corporate board or “doing” the thing called raising your children, you will be the thing called successful and happy because you have chosen these States of Being, and all the other States of Being that lead to it, and have consciously expressed them in, as, and through you with every thought, word, and action.
Neale: But how can I “Be” happy before I am? How can I “Be” successfully before I actually am? I don’t understand. How can I “BE” talented, strong, self-confident, or any of those things, if I am not?
Start thinking that you are. Start talking as if you are. Start acting as if you are. You do not have to “be” a thing before you can think, talk, and act as if you are that.
Neale: Then I’m not really that. I’m just making believe.
Exactly. Did you hear what you just said? You are “making believe.”And when you make yourself believe it, you experience it!
Many people have said that “seeing is believing.” What I am telling you is that “believing is seeing.”
What you believe, you begin to see in your reality.
