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SATS, State Akin To Sleep

SATS, or State Akin to Sleep, is a powerful manifestation technique that targets the subconscious mind when it's most receptive - right between wakefulness and sleep. It was central to Neville Goddard's teachings and remains one of the most direct ways to impress a new reality onto the subconscious.

In SATS, you bypass resistance and critical thought by entering a deeply relaxed state and planting the feeling and imagery of your desired outcome - allowing it to root as truth within you.

SATS is where you stop wanting your desire and begin being the one who already has it.

Why It Works​

The subconscious governs 90–95% of your life - your beliefs, habits, expectations, and identity. It's hard to change through force or logic. But in a deeply relaxed state (alpha or theta brainwave), it becomes open, suggestible, and programmable.

SATS allows you to:

  • Access your subconscious with minimal resistance

  • Imprint new outcomes through emotion + imagery

  • Reshape identity at the foundational level

  • Create rapid internal shifts that influence outer experience

When to Practice SATS​

The best times:

  • Just before sleep (body relaxed, mind drifting)

  • Upon waking (brain still in theta)

  • Post-meditation (when your inner chatter has quieted)

  • After breathwork or energy clearing

How to Do SATS​

1. Relax the Body Completely
Lie down or recline. Close your eyes. Take slow, deep breaths. Let go of tension in the body. Let the mind quiet. The goal is to hover on the edge of sleep - aware, but deeply relaxed.

2. Choose a Short Imaginal Scene
Pick a single moment that implies your desire is already fulfilled. Examples:

  • Hugging someone after success

  • Seeing your name on a contract

  • Checking your bank balance

  • Laughing with a loving partner

Keep it brief (5–10 seconds), repeatable, and emotionally potent.

3. Play It on a Loop
Replay the scene in your mind slowly, over and over. Add emotion. Let the feeling grow stronger. Feel it as if it's happening now. The goal is saturation, not variety.

4. Fall Asleep in the Scene (Optional)
If practicing before bed, let the scene carry you into sleep. This lets the subconscious process and internalize it for hours.

Key Principles for Effective SATS​

  • Use first-person perspective (you're seeing through your eyes)

  • Focus on emotion and sensory detail, not logic or explanation

  • Choose a scene that feels final and conclusive - it implies the desire is done

  • Repetition is key - same scene, same emotion, night after night if needed

Common Mistakes to Avoid​

  • Trying too hard to visualize perfect detail

  • Switching scenes frequently (lack of repetition)

  • Watching yourself in third person

  • Practicing while mentally distracted or emotionally flat

SATS is simple: relax, feel, repeat.

In Summary:​

  • SATS is a relaxed state that allows direct access to the subconscious

  • You visualize a short, emotionally charged scene that implies your desire is fulfilled

  • Repetition in this state plants the outcome as reality

  • The subconscious responds to feeling + imagery, not logic or effort

  • Fall asleep in the feeling of the wish fulfilled, and your identity begins to shift