Grace, Mercy, and Peace: The Emotional Signature of Right Assumption

In Neville Goddard’s teachings, feeling is the secret. When you have truly assumed the state of the wish fulfilled—when you feel that you have already received—there is a natural shift in emotion. You no longer reach, plead, or strive. Instead, you experience relief, gratitude, and a settled joy.

This emotional atmosphere is consistently reflected in the Bible through the repeated blessing: grace, mercy, and peace.

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Not Just Words—Spiritual Indicators

These three words are not mere pleasantries. They are spiritual indicators of a correct inner stance. And significantly, they appear in Scripture not as requests, but as givens—as natural outcomes of divine presence.

In the language of Neville, they describe the emotional signature of the state where the I AM is rightly placed.

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Grace: The Effortless Flow

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.”
— 2 Corinthians 13:14

Grace is the ease and flow that comes when you stop struggling to make something happen and accept that it already has.

In Neville’s understanding:

• Grace is the natural result of dwelling in your chosen state.

• Love is the felt union with your fulfilled desire.

• Communion with the Holy Spirit is the alignment of your imagination with what you have claimed as true.

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Mercy: Compassion Toward the Self

“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us…”
— Ephesians 2:4

Mercy is the kindness you extend to yourself—releasing regret, guilt, or self-judgement about past states or delays.

Neville taught that “God” is your own wonderful human imagination. So, mercy is not granted by a distant power—it is the permission your “I AM” gives to shift identity without punishment. You are never condemned for being in the wrong state; you are simply invited to move.

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Peace: The Stillness of Knowing

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.”
— John 14:27

Peace is the absence of effort. The end is accepted. You know it is done—even if nothing has yet changed on the outside.

This is not the peace that comes after success. It is the peace that precedes it—because in imagination, you have already succeeded. It is the peace of being one with the fulfilled desire.

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Emotional Evidence of Assumption

Scripture opens many of its epistles with these three words—grace, mercy, and peace—suggesting they are not just virtues but emotional confirmations of inner alignment.

They are how you know the assumption has been made rightly.
They are what it feels like to dwell in the end.

If you feel tension, frustration, or irritation, these are signs that the assumption has not yet been fully accepted.
They signal effort instead of faith—resistance instead of rest.

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The Mark of a Right Assumption

Right assumption always produces emotional evidence. You don’t wonder if it worked—you feel it.

Grace, mercy, and peace arise naturally when you inhabit the desired state.
To feel them is to know: you are dwelling rightly.