It's one of the most popular questions in the community, How do I get my shit faster?
The answer will always be the same = Know yourself as god and have unwavering conviction.
Based on Neville Goddard's teachings, the phrase "confidence shortens the interval" refers to the direct relationship between your inner conviction and the speed at which your desire manifests in the physical world.
Here's exactly what this means and how it works:
1. The Interval is the Time Between "Seed" and "Harvest"
Neville teaches that there is always an interval of time between the moment you successfully impress your subconscious (the "fixed psychological state") and its outward expression. He calls this period The Sabbath—a time of mental rest or pregnancy where the "child" (your desire) is gestating.
• Just as different seeds have different gestation periods (a carrot takes less time than a human child), different imaginal acts have their own natural intervals.
• However, unlike physical seeds, the interval for a spiritual seed is relative to the individual's state of mind.
2. Confidence Accelerates the Process
Neville states that "Confidence in yourself as determined by conditioned consciousness always shortens the interval of time".
Why it works: When you are absolutely convinced that "I AM that which I desire to be," you stop looking for proof. You stop digging up the seed to see if it is growing. This total lack of anxiety and "digging" allows the seed to mature without interference.
The Mechanism: Doubt creates resistance. When you doubt, you are actually re-conditioning your consciousness back to the state of not having the thing. By remaining in a state of high confidence (faith), you remove the resistance that causes delays.
3. The "Relative" Nature of Time
In Your Faith Is Your Fortune, Neville explains that time is conditioned by your conception of yourself.
• "If you were accustomed to great accomplishments, you would give yourself a much shorter interval in which to accomplish your desire than the man schooled in defeat".
• Essentially, if your self-concept is one of success and ease, your inner conviction is naturally stronger, and the bridge of incidents unfolds more rapidly.
4. How to Apply "Confidence" to Shorten the Time
To shorten the interval, you must treat the time between your imaginal act and the physical evidence as a period of joyful expectancy, not anxious waiting.
The Technique: You must mentally go to the end (the future) and make it here and now. By feeling the joy of having already received it, you create a "vacuum in consciousness" by moving from the state of "wanting" to "having." Nature rushes to fill this vacuum. (For me it's more of a massive feeling of relief - but JOY is the term Neville used in this part.)
The Evidence: Your confidence is measured by your ability to "stand still." (Be still and know you are god!) Neville says, "Stand still in the psychological state defined as your objective until you feel the thrill of Victory". The stillness is the confidence. If you are anxious or checking the 3D, you are not confident, and thus you lengthen the interval.
In summary: The "interval" is the time it takes for your assumption to harden into fact. Your confidence (your UNWAVERING CONVICTION that it is already done) acts as a catalyst, reducing the resistance and allowing the manifestation to rush toward you.
As Neville puts it: "The acceptance of the end automatically wills the means of realisation".
P.s. I have been reading one chapter of Neville every day since the start of Feb.... so it's given me a lot of things to ponder and when I ponder on things.. i tend to want to write about them. Thats why my posts sound a little bit different than they used to, much more Neville based on the chapter I have read that day. :)
xx
K
