The “state akin to sleep” (SATS) is the drowsy threshold just before sleep, when the mind is most impressionable. Neville taught entering a short scene there — one that implies the wish is fulfilled — and falling asleep within it.
Sleep then carries the assumption past the doubting daytime mind, down into the deeper self that gives it form.
Tonight, choose a one-line scene of fulfillment and replay it as you drift off.
What single scene will you sleep inside tonight?