Neville Goddard: Just Imagine
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Imagine with purpose . . .
"An awakened imagination works with a purpose. It creates and conserves the desirable, and transforms or destroys the undesirable." ~ Neville Goddard ~
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About Neville Goddard
and Other Stuff
IMAGINATION: Danieshay / photobucket
Bio Bit
by Mitch Horowitz (excerpt)
Neville Lancelot Goddard was born in 1905 on the then British-protectorate of Barbados to an Anglican family of nine sons and one daughter. At various times Neville depicted his own English childhood home as comfortable, but hardly lavish.He came to New York at the age of seventeen to study theater - a move that would lead to a successful career as a vaudeville dancer and stage actor. Yet Neville described himself as often living hand-to-mouth, working for a time as an elevator operator and a shipping clerk.
His ambition for the stage began to fade as he encountered a remarkable range of spiritual ideas - first with self-styled occult groups, and later with the help of a life-transforming mentor. In his lectures, Neville describes studying with an Ethiopian-born rabbi named Abdullah. Their initial meeting, Neville says, had an air of kismet:
When I first met my friend Abdullah back in 1931 I entered a room where he was speaking and when the speech was ended he came over, extended his hand and said: "Neville, you are six months late." I had never seen the man before, so I said: "I am six months late? How do you know me?" and he replied: "The brothers told me that you were coming and you are six months late." According to Neville, the two studied Hebrew, Scripture, and kabala together for five years - planting the seeds of the philosophy of mental creativity that Neville would develop.
"Live as though you are there," Abdullah told him, "and that you shall be."
Neville discovered what would eventually become the hallmark of his teaching: It was imperative to assume the feeling that one's goal has already been attained. "It is not what you want that you attract," he would later write; "you attract what you believe to be true."
Changing the Future: 1 2 3
from Out of This World by Neville Goddard
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Define your objective - know definitely what you want.
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Construct an event which you believe you will encounter following the fulfillment of your desire - something which will have the action of self predominant - an event which implies the fulfillment of your desire.
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Immobilize the physical body and induce a state of consciousness akin to sleep; then, mentally feel yourself right into the proposed action - imagining all the while that you are actually performing the action here and now so that you experience in imagination what you would experience in the flesh were you now to realize your goal.
Experience has convinced me that this is the perfect way to achieve my goal. However, my own many failures would convict me were I to imply that I have completely mastered the movements of my attention. I can, however, with the ancient teacher say: "This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are beforek I press toward the mark for the prize."
artwork: ladymaggic / photobucket
Neville on The Law
from The Law and the Promise
Nothing appears or continues in being by a power of its own. Events happen because comparatively stable imaginal activities created them, and they continue in being only as long as they receive such support. "The secret of imagining," writes Douglas Fawcett, "is the greatest of all problems to the solution of which the mystic aspires. Supreme power, supreme wisdom, supreme delight lie in the far-off solution of this mystery."
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Never accept as true of others what you would not want to be true of you. ~ Neville ~
Neville Sampler
The Neville Reader: A Collection of Spiritual Writings and Thoughts on Your Inner Power to Create an Abundant Life
Amazon Price: $12.86 (as of 06/03/2012)
It has to be said that as a mystic Neville is in a whole different dimension. Fabulous information with biblical references included but not so much that a non-Christian would be put off by it. His teachings on the power of the imagination are life-altering. This is a must-read for any metaphysician. Peace and love! (amazon reviewer: free spirit)
To avoid duplicating some of his material by accident, those interested in Neville may want to know that this reader contains seven of his books: The Law and the Promise; Prayer:The Art of Believing; Feeling is the Secret; Resurrection; Freedom for All; Out of this World; and Seedtime and Harvest.
Happy reading! (amazon reviewer: no124c41)
IMAGINATION: ttmeachelle / photobucket
I SAW THE MYSTIC VISION FLOW
AND LIVE IN MEN AND WORDS AND STREAMS,
UNTIL I COULD NO LONGER KNOW
THE STREAM OF LIFE FROM MY OWN DREAMS
~ George W. Russell ~
Goddard Library
The Power of Awareness by Neville Goddard
Becoming aware of . . . one great emotion permeate more...0 points
Prayer: The Art of Believing by Neville Goddard
2009 reprint of 1945 edition. Neville Goddard beli more...0 points
Your Faith is Your Fortune by Neville Goddard
With the words "Leave the mirror and change y more...0 points
At Your Command by Joe Vitale, Neville Goddard
Ask yourself -- What would you want if you could c more...0 points
Feeling Is The Secret by Neville, Neville Goddard
THIS book is concerned with the art of realizing y more...0 points
Awakened Imagination (The Sacred Books) by Neville Goddard
In this book the author talks about how to manifest more...0 points
Your life expresses one thing,
and one thing only, your state of consciousness.
~ Neville ~
IMAGINATION: maxxrpg / photobucket
Truth is within ourselves;
takes no rise From outward things,
what e'er you may believe.
There is an inmost center in us all,
Where truth abides in fullness and to know,
Rather consist in opening out a way
Whence the imprisoned splendor may escape,
Than in effecting entry for a light
Supposed to be without.
~ Browning ~
Neville on Changing the Past
from The Law and the Promise by Neville Goddard
"Man and his past are one continuous structure. This structure contains all of the facts which have been conserved and still operate below the threshold of his surface mind. For him it is merely history. For him it seems unalterable - a dead and firmly fixed past. But for itself, it is living - it is part of the living age. He cannot leave behind him the mistakes of the past, for nothing disappears. Everything that has been is still in existence. The past still exists, and it gives - and still gives - its results. Man must go back in memory, seek for and destroy the causes of evil, however far back they lie. This going into the past and replaying a scene of the past in imagination as it ought to have been played the first time, I call revision and revision results in repeal."artwork: IMAGINATION: FeatherEqualibrium / photobucket
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Law of Attraction & Positive Thought
There is no opponent in the game of life; there is only the goal.
~ Neville ~
Resources
- Searching for Neville Goddard by Mitch Horowitz
- This article appeared in the March 2005 issue of Science of Mind magazine (www.scienceofmind.com). It also appears as the introduction to The Neville Reader, published by DeVorss & Company (www.devorss.com).
- Influential New Thought Teacher
- Neville Goddard, better known as just Neville, was one of the quietly dramatic and supremely influential teachers in the New Thought field for many years...In a simple, yet somehow elegant one-hour lecture, Neville was able to clarify the nature of God and God's relationship to every person.
- Audio Lectures by Neville Goddard
- Lectures are available as mp3 audio files or as individual audio CD's.
- Downloads eBooks
- Feeling is the Secret by Neville, PDF format
- Free Neville Archive
- Once you are registered, you can download the entire 221 talk collection in one zip file - at no charge. This will save you considerable time so that you won't have to search the entire internet, and you will have quite an impressive collection of Neville's material to read, share and enjoy.
- Mental Science Ebooks
- 3 PDF files available for download
- At Your Command - Neville Goddard (Picture Book)
- Very cool. Scroll, book or slide show versions on The Principle of Expression.
- Neville Goddard's Law of Revision by Joyce Shafer
- Some people believe Law of Attraction or positive thinking is a waste of time. Use this simple technique of Neville Goddard's, and watch what happens . . .
- The Importance of Imagination by Virgina Marin
- Imagination is the power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality. It is a creative ability or mental capacity for experiencing, constructing and manipulating mental images . . .
What Do You Think?
MY IMAGINATION: chazington23 / photobucket
MAN IS IMMORTAL; THEREFORE
HE MUST DIE ENDLESSLY.
FOR LIFE IS A CREATIVE IDEA;
IT CAN ONLY FIND ITSELF
IN CHANGING FORMS
~ Tagore ~
Immortal Man: A Compilation of Lectures
Amazon Price: $9.77 (as of 06/03/2012)
What makes Neville's lectures such great source of information is that this man devoted most of his life (over 40 years) for studying the deeper and inner meaning of sacred writings and he knew everything there is to know about the life. (amazon reviewer)
Neville on Prayer
from Prayer: The Art of Believing
It does not matter what it is you seek in prayer, or where it is, or whom it concerns. You have nothing to do but convince yourself of the truth of that which you desire to see manifested. When you emerge from prayer you no longer seek, for you have - if you have prayed correctly - subconsciously assumed the reality of the state sought, and by the law of reversibility your subconscious assumption must objectify that which it affirms.
art: ANiMEGiR311 / photobucket
Imagine that you are seeing
what you want to see, and remain faithful to your vision.
~ Neville ~
Out of This World Quotes
from Neville's book Out of This World
Feed the mind with premises -- that is, assertions presumed to be true,
because assumptions, though unreal to the senses, if persisted in,
until they have the feeling of reality, will harden into facts.
Everything we do, unaccompanied by a change of consciousness, is but futile
readjustment of surfaces.
If we would become as emotionally aroused over our ideals as we become over our
dislikes, we would ascend to the plane of our ideal as easily as we now descend to
the level of our hates.
To know the truth of our neighbor we must assume that he is already
that which he desires to be.
A dream is nothing more than uncontrolled four-dimensional thinking, or the
rearrangement of both past and future sensory impressions.
The spiritual man speaks to the natural man through the language of desire.
We cannot avoid the inference that all three-dimensional objects
are but cross sections of four-dimensional bodies.
The cornerstone on which all things are based is man's concept of himself.
Look as though you saw; listen as though you hear;
stretch forth your imaginary hand as though you
touched . . .and you assumptions will harden into facts.
No matter what we do, we follow the desire which at the moment dominates
our minds.
The ideal we serve and strive to attain could never be evolved
from us were it not potentially involved in our nature.
Believing and being are one.
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The Importance of Imagination
article by Remez Sasson
Imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something that is not perceived through the senses. It is the ability of the mind to build mental scenes, objects or events that do not exist, are not present or have happened in the past. Memory is actually a manifestation of imagination. Everyone possesses some imagination ability. In some it may be highly developed and in others it may manifest in a weaker form. It manifests in various degrees in various people.Imagination makes it possible to experience a whole world inside the mind. It gives the ability to look at any situation from a different point of view, and enables one to mentally explore the past and the future . . .
Imagination is not limited only to seeing pictures in the mind. It includes all the five senses and the feelings. One can imagine a sound, taste, smell, a physical sensation or a feeling or emotion. For some people it is easier to see mental pictures, others find it easier to imagine a feeling, and some are more comfortable imagining the sensation of one of the five senses. Training of the imagination gives the ability to combine all the senses.
A developed and strong imagination does not make you a daydreamer and impractical. On the contrary, it strengthens your creative abilities, and is a great tool for recreating and remodeling your world and life . . .
Imagination has a great role and value in each one's life. It is much more than just idle daydreaming. We all use it, whether consciously or unconsciously, in most of our daily affairs. We use our imagination whenever we plan a party, a trip, our work or a meeting. We use it when we describe an event, explain how to arrive to a certain street, write, tell a story or cook a cake . . .
Visualizing an object or a situation, and repeating often this mental image, attracts the object or situation into our lives. This opens for us new, vast and fascinating opportunities.
This means that we should think only in a positive manner about our desires, otherwise we may create and attract into our lives events, situations and people that we don't really want. This is actually what most of us do, because we don't use the power of imagination correctly . . .
Lack of understanding of the power of the imagination is responsible for the suffering, incompetence, difficulties, failures and unhappiness people experience. For some reason, most people are inclined to think in a negative way. They do not expect success. They expect the worst, and when they fail, they believe that fate is against them. This attitude can be changed, and then life will improve accordingly.
Understanding how to use your imagination correctly, and putting this knowledge into practice, for your own and others' benefit, will put you on the golden path to success, satisfaction and happiness.
art above: elliesaurie / phtotbucket
article found at SuccessConsciousness.com
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waldenthree.net
Mar 25, 2012 @ 11:35 am | delete
- I do not know Neville Goddard and his spiritual contribution. How would you compare Goddard with Martin Luther King Jr ? Congrads on reaching level 60 at Squidoo. Conversations helps with new ideas and creativity. Thanks.
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jaktraks
Mar 25, 2012 @ 6:48 pm | delete
- I think Neville was more of a writer and teacher, whereas Martin Luther King Jr. was primarily a speaker and advocate or reformer. That is my educated guess.
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Ladyeaglefeather
Mar 22, 2012 @ 8:51 am | delete
- Amazing lens
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One4Nell
Mar 20, 2012 @ 4:36 pm | delete
- Well done! Outstanding lens; valuable information here. Thanks for sharing.
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kimark421
Feb 1, 2012 @ 6:28 pm | delete
- Very interesting lens.
I have always wondered why many humans are mostly negative, and virtually all of us have to fight off negativity. Could it be how we are raised and trained when we are young? Or, in the infancy of our time on this earth, did we have an extremely strong instinct for danger (we are very fragile creatures), and that is still hard wired in our minds?
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vekoslavr
Jan 16, 2012 @ 11:49 am | delete
- Uau :) Great lens, great topic.
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Close2Art
Oct 23, 2011 @ 3:46 pm | delete
- very visual lens, loved it...:)rob
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Poetryman Aug 27, 2011 @ 6:20 pm | delete
- couldn't quite catch the ideas but the art is cool!
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Phillyfreeze69
Jul 30, 2011 @ 5:46 pm | delete
- Excellent, I did'nt know much about Neville Goddard and his teachings and Philosophy...but I do now. I enjoyed reading about how a person can better utilize their imagination to improve their lives.
The videos were short and extremely useful in explaining some of the many aspects of imagination fullfilments.
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gypsyman27
Jul 20, 2011 @ 10:00 am | delete
- Well done, gives me food for thought for some time to come. I appreciate a lens of this nature and I'm glad I chose to read this one. See you around the galaxy...
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Jun 19, 2011 @ 3:23 pm | delete
- Very stimulating. I need to ponder this further. Thanks for the introduction. Very artfully presented.
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rhonney
May 5, 2011 @ 11:09 am | delete
- amazing!!!...nice
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Tipi
Apr 23, 2011 @ 2:48 pm | delete
- An amazing presentation of Neville Goddard, when you "just present" something you really present it beautifully!
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reasonablerobinson
Mar 17, 2011 @ 2:32 am | delete
- I was drawn to your lens by the Alex Grey image who I first knew about from reading the work of philosopher Ken Wilber. Your lens topic is really interesting and what you might find interesting is that I am in process of writing a lecture for my undergrad students on imagination and creativity for next week. A clear case of synchronicity I feel.
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