Neville Goddard Lectures, Restored
by Neville Goddard, restored by Feelingfield
The lectures of Neville Goddard (1905 to 1972), restored from archived recordings and free to hear. Neville taught that imagination is the creative power the Bible calls God, and that an assumption, felt as present fact and persisted in, tends to externalize: the law of assumption, revision, living in the end, the state akin to sleep, and the Promise. Every episode has a full word-synced transcript at https://feelingfield.com/lectures/, where you can read along, search every lecture, and read his books. Feelingfield is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by the Goddard estate. The recordings were made by attendees and circulate freely.
Episodes
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Live in the End
Neville explains that God and human imagination are one, and that by imagining a state as already fulfilled and dwelling in it, that state becomes reality. He describes the law of imagining, the identity of Christ as imagination within everyone, and the importance of living in the end rather than...
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The Law: You Are the Operant Power of the Law of Assumption
Neville Goddard teaches that your own imagination is the God of Scripture, the sole creative power behind all phenomena. He explains the law of assumption: if you assume a state and persist in it, that assumption will harden into fact. The lecture covers the distinction between the law and the...
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How to Really Pray
Neville Goddard explains prayer as a radical change of attitude, not begging. He teaches that repentance means shifting one's state of consciousness by imagining a scene that implies a wish is fulfilled, then giving thanks. He illustrates this with a personal story of securing a ship passage by...
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I Am All Imagination
Neville Goddard recounts his 1933 experience of using imagination to travel to Barbados. He describes being taught by Abdullah to subjectively appropriate his desire by sleeping in the state of the wish fulfilled. The lecture identifies Jesus Christ as the human imagination and emphasizes that...
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Rearrange the Mind
Neville Goddard explains the practical method of rearranging the structure of the mind through assumption. He draws on the Epistle of James and his own military experience to illustrate how assuming a desired state and persisting in that assumption leads to its externalization. Full word-synced...
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It Is Done
Neville explains the duality of man: the physical sense man and the spiritual man of imagination. Using a story about obtaining sold-out opera tickets, he illustrates how assuming a wish fulfilled causes events and people to align. He emphasizes forgiving all, as everyone plays necessary parts in...
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Mind and Speech
Neville Goddard discusses two gifts given only to humans: mind and speech. He explains that inner speech reflects one's true nature and shapes the outer world. The lecture emphasizes observing and controlling internal conversations to change circumstances, using examples and scripture to…
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The Secret of Imagining Class Lecture
Neville Goddard discusses imagination as God, the law of imagining, and the promise of awakening. He explains that imaginal acts are causal, faith is essential, and that man's own imagination is the creator of all phenomena. He also describes the resurrection and the revelation of God through the...
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A Standing Order: The Death, Burial, Resurrection of God
Neville discusses the Christian mystery of death, burial, and resurrection as an internal drama occurring within the individual. He explains that the cross is the human body, the tomb is the skull, and resurrection is an actual event where one awakens within the skull and is born from above. He...
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A Strong Imagination Begets the Event
Neville uses the story of Joseph Wilson (Xerox founder) to illustrate that imagination is God. He explains that a strong imagination begets the event, and that one must assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled. The lecture covers biblical references, the dreamer Joseph, and the practical...
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Acts Of God
Neville Goddard discusses the meaning of Jesus as the individual's own I AMness and the mighty acts of God for redemption. He shares personal experiences, explores the oral and written traditions of scripture, and explains how true spiritual events occur within each person, not as external…
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All Imagination
A lecture recounting Neville Goddard's personal story of traveling to Barbados in 1933, guided by his teacher Abdullah's instruction to live in imagination as though already there. The account explores the idea that Jesus Christ represents human imagination, that states of consciousness can be...
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All-Powerful Human Words
Neville Goddard uses the story of a friend's stolen piano to illustrate that all words are powerful because man is God. He warns that doubt is the unforgivable sin and explains the biblical meaning of Moses seeing God's back, linking it to the eventual revelation of God's glory through one's son,...
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All Things Exist
This lecture explores the biblical revelation of God as I AM, dwelling within human imagination. God speaks first from without, then awakens from within. Neville discusses Moses as a state of consciousness to be born, the symbolism of scripture, and the practical application of assuming the…
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Amnesia: The Sleep of Death
Neville Goddard explains that the Bible reveals Jesus Christ as the creative power within each person, which is their own imagination. He describes humanity as suffering from amnesia, unaware of their true identity as Christ. The lecture discusses testing this power through imaginative prayer and...
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Andrew: 2nd Quality Disciple: Courage
Neville plays the role of Andrew, the disciple who leads others to Jesus. He explains that Jesus Christ is not an external being but one's own human imagination, which is God. The lecture describes how to use imagination to assume a desired state and, through persistence, see it expressed in...
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Awake, O Sleeper
Neville Goddard explains the biblical call to awake from the dream of death, describing the fall as a deliberate plan for expansion. He discusses the nature of the body as an emanation of the soul, the unity of God and humanity, and the promise of awakening into eternal life. Full word-synced...
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Blake on Religion
Neville Goddard discusses the life and teachings of William Blake, focusing on imagination as spiritual sensation. He covers Blake's fourfold vision, the distinction between individuals and states, and how to use imagination to transform one's circumstances. Neville shares personal experiences of...
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Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
Neville Goddard reinterprets the Beatitude "Blessed are the pure in heart" by examining the original Greek word for pure, meaning "clear, open, free, unlimited." He argues that purity of heart is the consequence, not the condition, of seeing God. The lecture describes the experience of…
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Call Upon Self
Neville discusses the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4) and Paul's question about calling upon God. He argues the true God is one's own human imagination, not an external deity. The lecture covers faith, the importance of "I am," and the plan of redemption through personal experience of Christ rising…
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Christ the Reality of Man
Neville Goddard explains that Christ is not a historical figure but the true identity of every individual. He describes Christ as one's own human imagination, buried in humanity, and born from the skull in a spiritual birth. The lecture contrasts conventional Christian beliefs with the inner,...
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Consummation: The Pattern Man
Neville discusses the pattern man Jesus Christ as the fulfillment of scripture. He reduces the 613 Old Testament commandments to two: that God is one (your own imagination) and to love your neighbor as yourself because the world is yourself pushed out. He shares personal experiences including…
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David Christ
Neville Goddard examines the parallels between David in the Old Testament and Christ in the New Testament, presenting scriptural cross-references. He describes his own experience of awakening within his skull, being born from above, and meeting David as his son, which reveals the Father-Son...
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Divine Vision
This lecture addresses how to maintain a chosen state or desire despite doubt and external denial. Neville uses the metaphor of a donkey to represent the physical body and discusses forgiveness, the nature of the sender and the sent, and the power within to externalize one's vision. Full...
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Eighth of John
Neville discusses a friend’s vision of being chained to the earth and then rising free, linking it to the eighth chapter of John. He explains the sayings as condensed personal experiences, not historical events, and shows how the chapter reveals that one’s own consciousness is the light of the...
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Ends: Ultimate and Temporary
Neville Goddard discusses two types of ends described in scripture: the ultimate end where God gives himself to man individually, and temporary ends that can be achieved through the law of assumption. He explains that the ultimate end comes suddenly and unpredictably, while temporary ends are...
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Facts Overflow the World
Neville Goddard describes the flood as the overwhelming accumulation of facts that imprison people. He explains that by penetrating facts with imagination, one can enter a desired state and bring it into reality, using biblical stories and personal experiences to illustrate this principle. Full...
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Faith Is Loyalty to Unseen Reality
Neville Goddard discusses faith as loyalty to unseen reality rather than belief in unreal things. He explains that all things already exist in eternity, and faith means assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled, then yielding completely to the deeper self. He shares examples, including a dream...
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False Gods
Neville Goddard argues that the Old Testament is a prophetic blueprint of the story of Jesus, not secular history. He explains that a false god, any external deity, is the only enemy. Through his own experience, he shows that when Scripture erupts within a person, all external images of God…
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Father Forgive Them
Neville explains that all events, including actions others take, are driven by unseen imaginal acts. He uses a story about a woman who imagined new possessions; they later arrived through a robbery and insurance settlement. He connects this to the first cry on the cross, "Father, forgive them,"…
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Feel After Him
Neville Goddard identifies God with the human imagination, citing Paul's address to the Athenians in Acts 17. He explains that imagining creates reality, and that one should feel after this indwelling God by assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled. The lecture covers the mechanics of…
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Feel Chosen
Neville Goddard discusses the concept that God has placed eternity into the mind of man, making each person the chosen one. He interprets scriptural passages about the word "Olam" and shares letters from listeners describing experiences of unity with the divine. He encourages feeling wanted and...
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Foundation Stone
Neville Goddard discusses the biblical foundation stone of Jesus Christ as the Father-Son relationship within every individual. He explains the necessity of death before rebirth, the role of David as the Son revealing the Father, and the journey toward righteousness and the crown of…
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Fulfillment of God's Promise
Neville Goddard explains the biblical story of Holy Week as a symbolic pattern of God's purpose unfolding within every individual. He identifies the "I am" as Jesus, the Lord buried in humanity, and describes the awakening within the skull, the birth from above, and the appearance of David as the...
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God and I Are One
Neville Goddard argues that the "I am" within each person is God, equating human imagination with the creative power of scripture. He discusses the descent of the Son of Man into mortality, the ascent via the fiery serpent, and the practical testing of this identity through assumption and prayer,...
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God Imagining Creates
Neville Goddard teaches that imagining creates reality and that God and man are one. He argues that all phenomena come from human imagination, shares stories about the power of imaginal acts, and warns against misusing imagination. He advises listeners to consciously use imagination lovingly and…
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God Is Known By Experience Or Not At All
Neville Goddard describes his personal experience of waking from the sleep of humanity to recognize himself as God the Father. He explains that God becomes man so that man may become God, and that this awakening occurs when the Son calls the sleeper from within the skull. The lecture details the...
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God's Greatest Gift
Neville Goddard describes a vision of two creatures: a monstrous being and an angelic one, representing the misuse and proper use of God's gift. He explains that the monster has no right to exist and is redeemed through compassion. He discusses the loss of an external Jesus, the coming of the…
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God's Law and His Promise
Neville Goddard summarizes two key concepts: God's law and God's promise. The law is the principle that assumptions harden into fact. He explains using imagination to assume a desired state and persist until it appears. The promise is the unconditional biblical revelation that every person will...
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God's Plan of Salvation
Neville Goddard describes the biblical plan of salvation as an internal, individual awakening. He explains that God's purpose is to give himself to you, culminating in the birth of Christ within your own skull. The lecture covers the three key experiences of this awakening: being born from above,...
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God's Purpose
Neville Goddard describes his personal revelation that God's purpose is to become man so that man may become God. He explains that God and man are permanently one in Christ, and this unity is known only through the revelation of Christ as David, who reveals the individual as God the Father. Full...
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God's Seven Eyes
Neville Goddard discusses the equating of grace with God's power made perfect in human weakness, drawing from Second Corinthians and the book of Zechariah. He describes his own experience of returning to Zion (the skull) and awakening within it. He explains how to use imagination to freeze a…
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God's Son
Neville discusses the Epistle to the Hebrews, explaining that God's final revelation comes through His Son. He describes his own experience of God awakening within the skull and the appearance of David, revealing the father-son relationship as the ultimate truth of scripture. Full word-synced...
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God's Timeless Purpose
Neville Goddard discusses the biblical concept of God's timeless purpose working through humanity. He explains that individuals are sons of God who emptied themselves of divine form to experience death and suffering in human form. The lecture covers the descent into generation and the eventual...
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Have You Found Him: God in Action
Neville Goddard explains that humanity's true search is not for money or power but for the son, Absalom, symbolizing God's lost son. He describes how God becomes man, suffers amnesia, and eventually awakens to find his son David, revealing the father's identity and the power of imagination as the...
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He Is Dreaming Now
Neville Goddard explores the biblical theme of God dreaming creation into existence, using the story of Alice through the looking glass as an analogy. He describes how God's purpose is to die and become his creation so that it may exist for itself. The lecture covers the promise of the son David…
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Hear, O Israel
Neville Goddard interprets the commandment "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one" as identifying God with your own I AM awareness. He describes three earth-shaking events: Old Testament prophecy, New Testament fulfillment, and the personal experience of awakening. He recounts his own...
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Heirs to the Universe
Neville Goddard discusses the biblical teaching that every person is an heir to the entire universe, but remains unaware of this inheritance. He explains that humanity, symbolized as the first son in the parable of the prodigal son, must awaken to its true identity as God. Neville describes the...
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His to Give, Yours to Receive
Neville Goddard discusses a dream in which he encountered infinite love behind a door, granting every request. He relates this to the biblical promise that words from God do not return void. He emphasizes that resurrection and spiritual birth occur within each individual, fulfilling Scripture...
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Hope Deferred
Neville Goddard explains that hope deferred makes the heart sick, while a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. He identifies God as one's own imagination, the sole creative power. The lecture describes how to assume a desired state, view the world from it, and let it ripen into reality…
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The lectures of Neville Goddard (1905 to 1972), restored from archived recordings and free to hear. Neville taught that imagination is the creative power the Bible calls God, and that an assumption, felt as present fact and persisted in, tends to externalize: the law of assumption, revision, living in the end, the state akin to sleep, and the Promise. Every episode has a full word-synced transcript at https://feelingfield.com/lectures/, where you can read along, search every lecture, and read his books. Feelingfield is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by the Goddard estate. The recordings were made by attendees and circulate freely.
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