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|This is the eternal question addressed to one’s self by one’s true being. For your conviction of yourself – your opinion of yourself will determine your expression in life.
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Neville Lancelot Goddard (1905-1972)

Neville Lancelot Goddard (1905-1972) was an American mystic author who was famous for his writing on metaphysical subjects.[1][2] He interpreted Bible from a psychological perspective, i.e. treating it not as a record of historical events, but a collection of parables on how the human mind works.[3] As he wrote, “Instead of looking upon the Bible as the historical record of an ancient civilization or the biography of the unusual life of Jesus, see it as a great psychological drama taking place in the consciousness of man.”[4] Goddard is often associated with the New Thought Movement,[5][6] which promotes metaphysical ideas such as the Law of Attraction,[7][8] and he remains one of the most quoted authors for the subject in the 21st century. [9][10][11]

Biblical Interpretations

Below are some examples of Goddard’s interpretation of the Bible:

“I Am” as the Awareness of Being

Source Passage (NKJV) Interpretation
Exodus 3:14 I AM has sent me to you. God is man’s awareness of being. The awareness of being is the door through which the manifestations of life pass into the world of form. Consciousness is the resurrecting power – resurrecting that which man is conscious of being. Man is ever out-picturing that which he is conscious of being.[4]
Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I AM God.
Isaiah 45:5 I AM the Lord and there is none else.
Revelation 22:13 I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Mark 8:29 But who do you say that I AM? This is the eternal question addressed to one’s self by one’s true being. For your conviction of yourself – your opinion of yourself will determine your expression in life.
John 3:7 You believe in God, believe also in me. In other words, it is the me within you that is this God. Praying then, is seen to be recognizing yourself to be that which you now desire, rather than its accepting form of petitioning a God that does not exist for that which you now desire.

“Father and Son” as the Conceiver and the Conceived

Source Passage (NKJV) Interpretation
John 10:29-30 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all… I and My Father are one. Consciousness, being God, is as ‘father.’ The thing that you are conscious of being is the ‘son’ bearing witness of his ‘father.’ It is like the conceiver and its conceptions. The conceiver is ever greater than his conceptions yet ever remains one with his conception. For instance; before you are conscious of being man, you are first conscious of being. Then you become conscious of being man. Yet you remain as conceiver, greater than your conception – man.
Luke 15:20 And he arose and came to his father. It is telling you that he rose in consciousness to the point where he was just conscious of being, thus transcending the limitations of his present conception of himself, called ‘Jesus.’
John 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him. Therefore, consciousness is the father that is drawing the manifestations of life unto you.

Law of Attraction

Source Passage (NKJV) Interpretation
Job 22:28 You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you. In the awareness of being all things are possible. This is his decreeing – rising in consciousness to the naturalness of being the thing desired.
John 12:32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself. If I be lifted up in consciousness to the naturalness of the thing desired I will draw the manifestation of that desire unto me.
John 3:7 You must be born again. If you are dissatisfied with your present expression in life the only way to change it, is to take your attention away form that which seems so real to you and rise in consciousness to that which you desire to be. You cannot serve two masters, therefore to take your attention from one state of consciousness and place it upon another is to die to one and live to the other.

Biblography

Neville Goddard had published the following books:

  • At Your Command (1939)[4]
  • Your Faith Is Your Fortune (1941)[12]
  • Freedom for All—A Practical Application of the Bible (1942)[13]
  • Feeling Is the Secret (1944)[14]
  • Prayer—The Art of Believing (1946)[15]
  • Out of This World (1949)[16]
  • The Creative Use of Imagination (1952)[17]
  • The Power of Awareness (1952)[18]
  • Awakened Imagination (1954)[19]
  • Seedtime and Harvest (1956)[20]
  • The Law and the Promise (1961)[21]

References

  1. ^ Carter, Frank (2018). Neville Goddard : the Frank Carter lectures. [Place of publication not identified],: AUDIO ENLIGHTENMENT. ISBN 1-941489-37-0. OCLC 1032016258.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ Horowitz, Mitch (2018). Miracle : the Ideas of Neville Goddard. New York: G & D Media. ISBN 978-1-7225-2010-6. OCLC 1082981971.
  3. ^ Giurdanella, Marco (2011-11-01). "Neville Goddard (1905-1972) and the "New Thought"". Tesi Online.
  4. ^ a b c Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1939). At Your Command. New York City: Goddard Publications.
  5. ^ Horowitz, Mitch (2018). The Miracle Club : How thoughts become reality. Rochester, Vermont. ISBN 978-1-62055-766-2. OCLC 1020423964.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Allen, Shanon; Allen, David (2014). The power of I AM. ISBN 978-0-692-23368-9. OCLC 922707256.
  7. ^ Byrne, Rhonda (2008). The secret. Byrne, Rhonda. (Atria books/Beyond Words hardcover edition October 2016 ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-4165-5499-8. OCLC 758675550.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Byrne, Rhonda,. The power. Sequel to: Byrne, Rhonda. (First Atria books hardcover edition ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-4391-8178-2. OCLC 634742461. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Jegede, Katherine (2018). Infinite possibility : How to use the ideas of Neville Goddard to create the life you want. New York, New York. ISBN 978-0-525-50443-6. OCLC 1039079743.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ McGee-Chiusano, Laura (2015). Unclouded Mind : Spiritual Insights For Personal Development And Healing. Balboa Press. ISBN 978-1-5043-4579-8. OCLC 1147791856.
  11. ^ Vitale, Joe (2011). The Key The Missing Secret for Attracting Anything You Want (1., Auflage ed.). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-03934-2. OCLC 904821360.
  12. ^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1941). Your Faith Is Your Fortune. New York City: Goddard Publications.
  13. ^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1942). Freedom for All—A Practical Application of the Bible. New York City: Goddard Publications.
  14. ^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1944). Feeling Is the Secret. New York City: Goddard Publications.
  15. ^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1945). Prayer—The Art of Believing. New York City: Goddard Publications.
  16. ^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1949). Out of This World. New York City: Goddard Publications.
  17. ^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). The Creative Use of Imagination. New York City: Goddard Publications.
  18. ^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). The Power of Awareness. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.
  19. ^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1954). Awakened Imagination. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.
  20. ^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). Seedtime and Harvest. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.
  21. ^ Goddard, Neville Lancelot (1952). The Law and the Promise. New York City: G. & J. Publishing Co.
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