Neville's Teachings and The Promise
You and I are the awareness that has dreamt itself to be a sense of self. What does this mean? It means that you are the one who gives power to the mental narratives that you've once occupied as factual. This ego identity. It was never truly us and that is the beautiful realization I've gained from applying Neville's work.
Neville Goddard is and always will be a mental identity that was being constructed by the awareness that is in you, in me, and in everyone else. He knew about that and thus he felt compelled to share the visions he experienced as a result of knowing himself to have been human imagination. And that's what makes his work brilliant.
Many people read Neville's work and think of him as a law of assumption teacher. I would argue he was more than that. He was biblical when it came to his teachings and he wanted to decipher the symbolic meaning of the Bible. So much so that he interpreted Jesus Christ to be the human imagination. The consciousness that sustains all experiences mankind has. He called that christ.
Towards the end of his teachings he no longer had a desire to teach how to "manifest". Instead, Neville was so passionate about speaking of the awakening. A great awakening. He called it The Promise. This is where the individual realizes themselves to be a spiritual being that is occupying mental narratives and stories about the Self.
Adam, Eve, Jake, Edward, Chris, Tony. These are all mental representations the human imagination uses to make sense of this world. They don't exist on a fundamental level because the "I" that is in these states of self cease to exist when the awareness is present. Neville called that God. And he believed that this unfolding process will happen to everyone. No one is an exception because it is all the human imagination doing it.
So, the point of this post? Similar to Neville's teachings and how they often manifested as a result of him having visions that went beyond ordinary sensory experience, put your faith and trust in the unfolding process. We may desire objects in the moment which is fine, but eventually there will come a point in life where you no longer feel satisfied. You will want to know who and what God is.
The day will come where you will only desire one thing and one thing alone - to know God. When that moment happens and it will, you will be revealed within yourself to be the human imagination expressing itself. This spaciousness awareness or consciousness, if you will. That's who Neville was pointing to and speaking towards when he spoke about The Promise. He wanted to reach the deepest depths of ourselves. He certainly spoke to mine.
Allow this post to act as a reminder that this work is more than obtaining items. It's more than simply changing the world. It's an act of awakening. It's self enquiry. Self-realization, self-awareness of oneself. Whatever you want to call it. Don't get too tangled up on the words or names. Meditate on the implication of Neville's work. When he talks about The Promise, really sit down and reflect on the implication.
I genuinely hope you gain a new and deeper understanding on Neville and what he was trying to convey towards the end of his teaching. Don't think you're here to constantly desire things and then fulfill them only to have more things to desire. Or that you are here to obtain some position in society. It goes much deeper than that. It's truly an awakening that happens inside the individual. That is the promise.
Thank you Neville and thank you if you've made it this far. Everything is going to work out beautifully. It already has. We're simply going along with the ride and we will make it to higher and greater perceptions of ourselves. I truly believe that. We are the purity, the fulfillment, and the love that we seek. Embrace that and embody that realization.