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Neville Goddard on Prayer as assuming
Read these 8 lectures in order — they carry this idea most heavily, earliest first. After each one, take the suggested question to the mentor, who answers from Neville's own words.
Prayer: The Art of Believing (1945)
1945…The subjective mind is completely controlled by suggestion, so, whether the object of your faith be true or false, you will get the same results. There is nothing unsound in the theory of medicine or in the claims of priesthood for their relics and holy places. The subjective mind of the patient accepts the suggestion of health conditioned on such states, and as soon as these conditions are met pr…
The Miracle of Imagination
undated…Now, let me make this very clear. Psychologists today have a law known as the law of reverse effort. When you assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled, you must control the direction of your attention with the least amount of effort. If there is effort, and you are compelling your desire in a certain way, you will not get the desired results. Rather the opposite results will be yours. Scripture t…
Five Lessons (A Master Class) (1948)
1948…“Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they have become a burden to me, I am weary of bearing them” Isaiah 1:11-14 “Ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.” Isaiah 30:29 “Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of …
Neville Goddard Lecture: “The Secret of Praying” (1967)
October 6, 1967…Now, this past week, a friend of ours, who is here tonight, Benny, came home last Saturday afternoon and told me this wonderful story. He said in his dream he came upon a wonderful scene, like a garden scene, and what appeared to be a love area where lovers meet. He saw me standing looking through some of the lattice, sort of a framework, and he came up to me and began to tell me of all his desire…
The Creative Use of Imagination (1952)
1952…An emotion is right or wrong relative to a desire. If you feel uneasy as you commit yourself to your desire, you are walking in the wrong direction and will never reach it. But if the feeling is natural (right), and you persist in your assumption, it will become a fact. At times, even when your aim feels natural, you may allow doubts to creep in and move away from your goal. When this happens, don…
The Secret Of Prayer
October 6, 1967…Practice the art of motion, and one day you will discover that by the very act of imagining, you are detached from your physical body and placed exactly where you are imagining yourself to be – so much so that you are seen by those who are there. Being all imagination, you must be wherever you are in imagination. Moving in your imagination, you are preparing a place for your desires to be fulfille…
Neville Goddard Lectures: “Repentance: A Gift from God”
February 28, 1972…And those who would draw near to him must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him. I must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him. Well, without faith it is impossible to please him. What is faith? The same chapter in Hebrews defines faith for us. “Faith is the assurance of things not seen, the evidence of things hoped for.” By faith, we understand tha…
Correct Prayer
undated…Prayer “Prayer is the most wonderful experience man can have. Unlike the daily murmurings of the vast majority of mankind in all lands who by their vain repetitions hope to gain the ear of God, prayer is the ecstasy of a spiritual wedding taking place in the deep, silent stillness of consciousness.” – Neville “Praying, then, is recognizing yourself to be that which you desire to be rather than beg…