【人生經驗的秘訣：事先決定「所欲being的狀態」】
啟動這「Be-Do-Have 的創造過程」的方法，是先看清你想要「有」的是什麼，問你自己如果你「有」那個東西時你會「是」什麼狀態，然後直接being那狀態。
以此方式，你就把你已慣用的範型倒轉過來，事實上是把你「是—做—有」的範型導正了，讓它跟宇宙的創造力共同運作，而不是反其道而行。
以下是這個原理的簡述：
人生中，你並非必須去做任何事。(In life, you do not have to do anything.)
全部都只是一個「你 being 什麼」的問題。(It is all a question of what you are being.)
這是在我們結束這對話時，我會再度觸及的三個信息之一。我將以解說這三個信息來結束本書。
現在，為了說明，讓我們設想有這麼一個人：他認為，如果他能夠有再更多一點時間，更多一點錢，或更多一點愛，他就會真的快樂。
尼爾：他沒有搞懂他目前的「不是很快樂(not being very happy)」跟他「沒有時間、沒有錢或沒有愛」之間的關係。
沒錯。在此同時的另一方，那個「是(being)」快樂的人，似乎擁有時間去做所有真正重要的事，擁有所有須用的錢，擁有終生足夠的愛。
尼爾：他發現…以「being快樂」為出發(by “being happy” to begin with)，他擁有他「是快樂的」所需的一切！
正是如此。事先決定「你選擇(讓自己)being什麼」，會使你產生那樣的經驗。(Deciding ahead of time what you choose to be produces that in your experience.)
尼爾：「有沒有 Being 你想 Being 的，才是問題的關鍵。」。（To be,or not to be.That is the question.）
完全正確(Precisely.)。快樂是一種心思狀態(state of mind，或俗稱心境。但要特別注意的是，mind指的是頭腦心智，不是指內心heart的心。)。正如所有的心思狀態那樣，它會以物質的形式複製它自己。
這句話可以寫在家裡冰箱的磁鐵上：
「所有的心思狀態都會自我繁殖。」(All states of mind reproduce themselves.)
摘自《與神對話 III》第1章
The way to set this creative process (and that’s what this is… the process of creation) into motion is to look at what it is you want to “have,” ask yourself what you think you would “be” if you “had” that, then go right straight to being.
In this way you reverse the way you’ve been using the Be-Do-Have paradigm—in actuality, set it right—and work with, rather than against, the creative power of the universe.
Here is a short way of stating this principle: In life, you do not have to do
anything.
It is all a question of what you are being.
This is one of the three messages I will touch on again at the end of our dialogue. I will close the book with it.
For now, and to illustrate this, think of a person who just knows that if he could only have a little more time, alittle more money, or a little more love, he’d be truly happy.
Neale: He does not get the connection between his “not being very happy” right now and his not having the time, money, or love he wants.
That’s right. On the other hand, the person who is “being” happy seems to have time to do everything that’s really important, all the money that’s needed, and enough love to last a lifetime.
Neale: He finds he has everything he needs to “be happy” … by “being happy” to begin with!
Exactly.
Deciding ahead of time what you choose to be produces that in your experience.
Neale: “To be, or not to be. That is the question.”
Precisely. Happiness is a state of mind. And like all states of mind, it reproduces itself in physical form.
There’s a statement for a refrigerator magnet: “All states of mind reproduce themselves.”
