Entry 13 — Revision: Re-Imprinting the Past to Change the Present

If the world is a mirror, then the past is simply an older reflection still hanging in the air. And if everything physical is born from imagination, then the past isn’t fixed — it’s stored imagination.

That’s what the Revision exercise is all about: changing the stored image, and therefore changing the reflection.

I first learned this trick from my senpai, Elmer Lockhart Jr., a YouTuber who teaches Neville Goddard’s methods in a way that feels living and practical. He calls it the nightly “rewind and rewrite.”

How I Do It

Each night before sleep, I run my day backwards. I start from the present — maybe 10 p.m. when I’m already in bed — and I rewind.

10 p.m.
8 p.m.
7 p.m.
6 p.m.
4 p.m.
Noon.
Morning meditation.

I go backward, hour by hour, and as I pass each scene, I stop wherever something felt unpleasant or low-vibration. Maybe I didn’t like what I ate for breakfast. Maybe a conversation drained my energy. Maybe I doubted myself in a meeting.

When I reach those moments, I revise them.

I don’t remember them as they were; I remember them as I prefer them to be. I tell myself:

“Breakfast was wonderful.”
“That conversation was uplifting.”
“I handled that moment with ease.”

Then, from morning, I move forward again — 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 9 a.m. — replaying the day as if it all unfolded perfectly. By the time I drift into sleep, my entire day has been polished. Everything unpleasant has been rewritten into a state of harmony.

Why This Works

At first glance, it sounds like self-deception. But what I discovered — and what Elmer often says — is that the subconscious mind doesn’t know the difference between imagination and memory.

When you feel a revised scene deeply, your brain records it as real. The neural pathways that held the old version dissolve; the new one takes its place.

So, by revising daily experiences, I’m training my brain to accept change as normal. I’m showing it that reality is flexible.

That’s what strengthens the faith muscle. If I can alter yesterday, I can certainly alter tomorrow.

Faith Through Experiment

Revision has become my proof. Each time I change an unpleasant event in imagination, I feel a logical confidence grow — a faith based on experiment. It’s not blind belief anymore; it’s demonstrated knowing.

When doubt arises, I remind myself:

“I’ve changed whole days before. I can change this moment too.”

That realization is power. It tells me that manifestation isn’t limited to future outcomes — it also rewrites memory, emotion, and meaning. The present is not built from the past; it’s built from what the mind accepts now.

The Etheric Mechanism

In Steiner’s terms, revision is a re-ordering of the etheric forces. Just as he described the etheric body turning inside out to form reality, the revision exercise gently pulls a past vibration inward, reshapes it, and then pushes it back out. The physical world — including memory and emotion — responds to that re-shaped pattern.

It’s not denial. It’s re-creation.

Practical Benefits

• Emotional Cleansing: I go to sleep lighter. The body rests more deeply when the day’s vibrations are cleared.
• Confidence in Creation: Each successful revision makes future manifestations easier to believe in.
• Detachment from 3-D Evidence: Once I see how easily I can alter memory, the “facts” of reality stop intimidating me.

Revision trains the subconscious to obey the conscious direction. It’s faith in motion.

How to Practice

1. Rewind Your Day: Go backward from bedtime to morning, noticing any unpleasant events.
2. Pause and Re-Imagine: Rewrite each moment as you prefer it. Feel the new version gently, without forcing emotion.
3. Move Forward Again: Replay the revised version of your day, from morning to night, feeling the satisfaction of a smooth, happy flow.
4. Drift to Sleep: Fall asleep in that state of corrected peace.

Do it nightly. You’ll start to notice subtle outer changes — people treating you differently, situations softening, opportunities appearing — as the new inner narrative filters outward.

Summary

• Revision is the practice of re-imagining past events to change their emotional and energetic imprint.
• The subconscious records imagined experiences as real, so revised memories reshape belief.
• The exercise strengthens logical faith by demonstrating mind’s creative power.
• In Steiner’s language, it re-orders the etheric template, which then reshapes 3-D reflection.
• Practiced nightly, it purifies emotion, builds confidence, and restores harmony.

Affirmation:
“I am the author of my past and present.
I revise with love and clarity.
My mind rewrites all experiences into harmony.
Every moment, past or future, obeys my imagination.”