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Neville Goddard Lesson 4

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,ay - tae ust a minute to clarify what was said last ni"ht. ' lady felt from what - said

last ni"ht that - am anti one nation. - do hope that - am not anti any nation0 race or !elief.-f perchance - used a nation0 it was only to illustrate a point.

1hat - tried to tell you was this we !ecome what we contemplate. +or it is the nature

of love0 as it is the nature of hate0 to chan"e us into the lieness of that which we

contemplate. Last ni"ht - simply read a news item to show you that when we thin we

can destroy our ima"e !y !reain" the mirror0 we are only foolin" ourselves.

1hen0 throu"h war or revolution0 we destroy titles which to us represent arro"ance and

"reed0 we !ecome in time the em!odiment of that which we thou"ht we had destroyed.

*o today the people who thou"ht they destroyed the tyrants are themselves that whichthey thou"ht they had destroyed.

%hat - may not !e misunderstood0 let me a"ain lay the foundation of this principle.

Consciousness is the one and only reality. 1e are incapa!le of seein" other than the

contents of our own consciousness

%herefore0 hate !etrays us in the hour of victory and condemns us to !e that which we

condemn. 'll con3uest results in an echan"e of characteristics0 so that con3uerors

!ecome lie the con3uered foe. 1e hate others for the evil which is in ourselves. 5aces0nations0 and reli"ious "roups have lived for centuries in intimate hostility0 and it is the

nature of hatred0 as it is the nature of love0 to chan"e us into the lieness of that which

we contemplate.

Nations act toward other nations as their own citi6ens act toward each other. 1hen

slavery eists in a state and that nation attacs another it is with intent to enslave. 1hen

there is a fierce economic competition !etween citi6en and citi6en0 then in war with

another nation the o!ect of the war is to destroy the trade of the enemy. 1ars of

domination are !rou"ht a!out !y the will of those who within a state are dominant over

the fortunes of the rest.

1e radiate the world that surrounds us !y the intensity of our ima"ination and feelin".

(ut in this thirddimensional world of ours time !eats slowly. 'nd so we do not always

o!serve the relationship of the visi!le world to our inner nature.




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Now that is really what - meant. - thou"ht - had said it. %hat - may not !e

misunderstood0 that is my principle. 7ou and - can contemplate an ideal0 and !ecome it

!y fallin" in love with it.

#n the other hand we can contemplate somethin" we heartily dislie and !y condemnin"it we will !ecome it. (ut !ecause of the slowness of time in this threedimensional

world0 when we do !ecome what we contemplated we have for"otten that formerly we

set out to worship or destroy it.

%oni"ht8s lesson is the capstone of the (i!le0 so do "ive me your attention. %he most

important 3uestion ased in the (i!le will !e found in the 9th chapter of the Gospel of

*t. ,atthew.

's you now0 all of the (i!le stories are your stories its characters live only in the mind

of man. %hey have no reference at all to any person0 who lived in time and space0 or toany event that ever occurred upon earth.

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%he drama related in ,atthew taes place in this manner = ,att. 9:?

='nd they said0 *ome say that thou art


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7ou answer0 =*ome say %hou hast the words of

eternal life.=


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for my ills0 or point a fin"er across the sea. and !lame another nation. -t was easier livin"

when - could !lame the weather for the way - feel.

(ut to tell me that - am the cause of all that happens to me that - am forever moldin" my

world in harmony with my inner nature0 that is more than man is willin" to accept. -f

this is true0 to whom would - "o> -f these are the words of eternal life0 - must return tothem0 even thou"h they seem so difficult to di"est.

1hen man fully understands this0 he nows that pu!lic opinion does not matter0 for men

only tell him who he is. %he !ehaviour of men constantly tell me who - have conceived

myself to !e.

-f - accept this challen"e and !e"in to live !y it0 - finally reach the point that is called the

"reat prayer of the (i!le. -t is related in the Bth chapter of the Gospel of *t.


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need do is to ascend to the level where they are eternal0 and they once more o!ectify

themselves and appear as realities within my world.

%he cru of the whole Bth chapter of the Gospel of *t.


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=-f - do not the wors of my +ather0 !elieve me not.=

=(ut if - do0 thou"h ye !elieve not me0 !elieve the wors: that ye may now0 and

!elieve0 that the +ather is in me0 and - in him.8


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perfect until - myself !ecome perfect. -f - am not perfect - cannot see perfection0 !ut the

day that - !ecome it0 - !eautify my world !ecause - see it throu"h my own eyes. =)nto

the pure all thin"s are pure.= %itus :

No two here can tell me that you have heard the same messa"e any one ni"ht. %he one

thin" that you must do is hear what - say throu"h that which you are. -t must !e filteredthrou"h your preudices0 your superstitions0 and your concept of self. 1hatever you are0

it must come throu"h that0 and !e colored !y what you are.

-f you are distur!ed and you would lie me to !e somethin" other than what - appear to

!e0 then you must !e that which you want me to !e. 1e must !ecome the thin" that we

want others to !e or we will never see them !e it.

7our consciousness0 my consciousness0 is the only true foundation in the world. %his is

that which is called @eter in the (i!le0 not a man0 this faithfulness that cannot turn to

anyone0 that cannot !e flattered when you are told !y men you are


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represents0 re"ardless of whether it !e the throne of $n"land0 the 1hite &ouse0 or any

"reat place in the world. $very child !orn of woman is personified as this -shmael0 the

child of &a"ar.

(ut asleep in every child is the !lessed -saac0 who is !orn outside of the offices of man0

and is !orn throu"h faith alone. %his second child has no earthly father. &e is *elf!e"otten.

1hat is the second !irth> - find myself man0 - cannot "o !ac into my mother8s wom!0

and yet - must !e !orn a second time. =$cept a man !e !orn a"ain he cannot enter the

in"dom of God.=


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#nce in an idle interval at sea0 - meditated on =the perfect state0= and wondered what -

would !e were - of too pure eyes to !ehold ini3uity0 if to me all thin"s were pure and

were - without condemnation. 's - !ecame lost in this fiery !roodin"0 - found myself

lifted a!ove the dar environment of the senses. *o intense was feelin" - felt myself a

!ein" of fire dwellin" in a !ody of air. Foices0 as from a heavenly chorus0 with the

ealtation of those who had !een con3uerors in a conflict with death0 were sin"in"0 =&eis risen &e is risen0= and intuitively - new they meant me.

%hen - seemed to !e walin" in the ni"ht. - soon came upon a scene that mi"ht have

!een the ancient @ool of (ethesda for in this place lay a "reat multitude of impotent fol

!lind0 halt0 withered waitin" not for the movin" of the water as of tradition0 !ut

waitin" for me.

's - came near0 without thou"ht or effort on my part0 they were one after the other0

molded as !y the ,a"ician of the (eautiful. $yes0 hands0 feet all missin" mem!ers

were drawn from some invisi!le reservoir and molded in harmony with that perfectionwhich - felt sprin"in" within me. 1hen all were made perfect the chorus eulted0 =-t is

finished.=

- now this vision was the result of my intense meditation upon the idea of perfection0

for my meditations invaria!ly !rin" a!out union with the state contemplated. - had !een

so completely a!sor!ed within the idea that for awhile - had !ecome what -

contemplated0 and the hi"h purpose with which - had for that moment identified myself

drew the companionship of hi"h thin"s and fashioned the vision in harmony with my

inner nature.

%he ideal with which we are united wors !y association of ideas to awaen a thousand

moods to create a drama in eepin" with the central idea.

,y mystical eperiences have convinced me that there is no way to !rin" a!out the

perfection we see other than !y the transformation of ourselves. 's soon as we succeed

in transformin" ourselves0 the world will melt ma"ically !efore our eyes and reshape

itself in harmony with that which our transformation affirms.

1e fashion the world that surrounds us !y the intensity of our ima"ination and feelin"0and we illuminate or daren our lives !y the concepts we hold of ourselves. Nothin" is

more important to us than our conception of ourselves0 and especially is true of our

concept of the deep0 dimensionally "reater #ne within us.




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%hose that help or hinder us0 whether they now it or not0 are the servants of that law

which shapes outward circumstances in harmony with our inner nature. -t is our

conception of ourselves which frees or constrains us0 thou"h it may use material

a"encies to achieve its purpose.

(ecause life molds the outer world to reflect the inner arran"ement of our minds0 there isno way of !rin"in" a!out the outer perfection we see other than !y the transformation

of ourselves. No help cometh from without: the hills to which we lift our eyes are those

of an inner ran"e.

-t is thus to our own consciousness that we must turn as to the only reality0 the only

foundation on which all phenomena can !e eplained. 1e can rely a!solutely on the

ustice of this law to "ive us only that which is of the nature of ourselves.

%o attempt to chan"e the world !efore we chan"e our concept of ourselves is to stru""le

a"ainst the nature of thin"s. %here can !e no outer chan"e until there is first an innerchan"e.

's within0 so without.

- am not advocatin" philosophical indifference when - su""est that we should ima"ine

ourselves as already that which we want to !e0 livin" in a mental atmosphere of

"reatness0 rather than usin" physical means and ar"uments to !rin" a!out the desired

chan"es.

$verythin" we do0 unaccompanied !y a chan"e of consciousness0 is !ut futile

readustment of surfaces. &owever we toil or stru""le0 we can receive no more than our

concepts of *elf affirm. %o protest a"ainst anythin" which happens to us is to protest

a"ainst the law of our !ein" and our ruler ship over our own destiny.

%he circumstances of my life are too closely related to my conception of myself not to

have !een formed !y my own spirit from some dimensionally lar"er storehouse of my

!ein". -f there is pain to me in these happenin"s0 - should loo within myself for the

cause0 for - am moved here and there and made to live in a world in harmony with my

concept of myself.

-f we would !ecome as emotionally aroused over our ideas as we !ecome over our

dislies0 we would ascend to the plane of our ideal as easily as we now descend to the

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Love and hate have a ma"ical transformin" power0 and we "row throu"h their eercise

into the lieness of what we contemplate. (y intensity of hatred we create in ourselves

the character we ima"ine in our enemies. ualities die for want of attention0 so the

unlovely states mi"ht !est !e ru!!ed out !y ima"inin" =8!eauty for ashes and oy for

mournin"= rather than !y direct attacs on the state from which we would !e free.

=1hatsoever thin"s are lovely and of "ood report0 thin on these thin"s0= for we !ecome

that with which we are en rapport.

%here is nothin" to chan"e !ut our concept of self. 's soon as we succeed in

transformin" self0 our world will dissolve and reshape itself in harmony with that which

our chan"e affirms.

-0 !y descent in consciousness0 have !rou"ht a!out the imperfection that - see. -n the

divine economy nothin" is lost. 1e cannot lose anythin" save !y descent inconsciousness from the sphere where the thin" has its natural life.

'nd now0 # +ather0 "lorify thou me with thine own self with the "lory which - had with

thee !efore the world was.=


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-nstead of chan"in" thin"s - would su""est to all to identify themselves with the ideal

they contemplate. 1hat would the feelin" !e lie were you of too pure eyes to !ehold

ini3uity if to you all thin"s were pure and you were without condemnation> Contemplate

the ideal state and identify yourself with it and you will ascend to the sphere where you

as Christ have your natural life.

7ou are still in that state where you were !efore the world was. %he only thin" that has

fallen is your concept of self. 7ou see the !roen parts which really are not !roen. 7ou

are seein" them throu"h distorted eyes0 as thou"h you were in one of those peculiar

amusement "allery8s where a man wals !efore a mirror and he is elon"ated0 yet he is

the same man. #r he loos into another mirror and he is all !i" and fat. %hese thin"s are

seen today !ecause man is what he is.

%oy with the idea of perfection. 's no man to help you0 !ut let the prayer of the Bth

chapter of the Gospel of *t.


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=%herefore doth my +ather love me0 !ecause - lay down my life0 that - mi"ht tae it

a"ain.=

=No man taeth it from me0 !ut - lay it down of myself.=


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will actually feel it if you !ecome still enou"h and intense enou"h

- stand where - am and - allow the world that - want to see and to enter physically to

come !efore me as thou"h - were there now. -n other words0 - !rin" elsewhere here !y

assumin" that - am there.

-s that clear> - let it come up0 - do not mae it come up. - simply ima"ine - am there and

then let it happen.

-f - want a physical presence0 - ima"ine he is standin" here0 and - touch him 'll throu"h

the (i!le - find these su""estions0 =&e placed his hands upon them. &e touched them.=

-f you want to comfort someone0 what is the automatic feelin"> %o put your hand on

them0 you cannot resist it. 7ou meet a friend and the hand "oes out automatically0 you

either shae hands or put your hand on his shoulder.

*uppose you were now to meet a friend that you have not seen for a year and he is a

friend of whom you are very fond. 1hat would you do> 7ou would em!race him0

wouldn8t you> #r you would put your hand upon him.

-n your ima"ination !rin" him close enou"h to put your hand upon him and feel him to

!e solidly real. 5estrict the action to ust that. 7ou will !e ama6ed at what happens.

+rom then on thin"s !e"in to move. 7our dimensionally "reater self will inspire0 in all0

the ideas and actions necessary to !rin" you into physical contact. -t wors that way.

$very day - put myself into the drowsy state it is a very easy thin" to do. (ut ha!it is a

stran"e thin" in man8s world. -t is not law0 !ut ha!it acts as thou"h it were the most

compellin" law in the world. 1e are creatures of ha!it.

-f you create an interval every day into which you put yourself into the drowsy state0 say

at ? o8cloc in the afternoon do you now at that moment every day you will feel

drowsy. 7ou try it for one wee and see if - am not ri"ht.

7ou sit down for the purpose of creatin" a state ain to sleep0 as thou"h you were sleepy0

!ut do not push the drowsiness too far0 ust far enou"h to rela and leave you in controlof the direction of your thou"hts. 7ou try it for one wee0 and every day at that hour0 no

matter what you are doin"0 you will hardly !e a!le to eep your eyes open. -f you now

the hour when you will !e free you can create it. - would not su""est that you do it

li"htly0 !ecause you will feel very0 very sleepy and you may not want to.




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- have another way of prayin". -n this case - always sit down and - find the most

comforta!le arm chair ima"ina!le0 or - lie flat on my !ac and rela completely. ,ae

yourself comforta!le. 7ou must not !e in any position where the !ody is distressed.

'lways put yourself into a position where you have the "reatest ease. %hat is the first

sta"e.

%o now what you want is the start of prayer. *econdly you construct in your mind8s eye

one sin"le little event which implies that you have reali6ed your desire. - always let my

mind roam on many thin"s that could follow the answered prayer and - sin"le out one

that is most liely to follow the fulfillment of my desire. #ne simple little thin" lie the

shain" of a hand0 em!racin" a person0 the receivin" of a letter0 the writin" of a chec0

or whatever would imply the fulfillment of your desire.

'fter you have decided on the action which implies that your desire has !een reali6ed0

then sit in your nice comforta!le chair or lie flat on your !ac0 close your eyes for thesimple reason it helps to induce this state that !orders on sleep.

%he minute you feel this lovely drowsy state0 or the feelin" of "athered to"etherness0

wherein you feel - could move if - wanted to0 !ut - do not want to0 - could open my eyes

if - wanted to0 !ut - do not want to. 1hen you "et that feelin" you can !e 3uite sure that

you are in the perfect state to pray successfully.

-n this feelin" it is easy to touch anythin" in this world. 7ou tae the simple little

restricted action which implies fulfillment of your prayer and you feel it or you enact it.1hatever it is0 you enter into the action as thou"h you were an actor in the part. 7ou do

not sit !ac and visuali6e yourself doin" it. 7ou do it.

1ith the !ody immo!ili6ed you ima"ine that the "reater you inside the physical !ody is

comin" out of it and that you are actually performin" the proposed action. -f you are

"oin" to wal0 you ima"ine that you are walin". Do not see yourself wal0 +$$L that

you are walin".

-f you are "oin" to clim! stairs0 +$$L that you are clim!in" the stairs. Do not visuali6e

yourself doin" it0 feel yourself doin" it. -f you are "oin" to shae a man8s hand0 do notvisuali6e yourself shain" his hand0 ima"ine your friend is standin" !efore you and

shae his hand. (ut leave your physical hands immo!ili6ed and ima"ine that your

"reater hand0 which is your ima"inary hand0 is actually shain" his hand.




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'll you need do is to ima"ine that you are doin" it. 7ou are stretched out in time0 and

what you are doin"0 which seems to !e a controlled day dream0 is an actual act in the

"reater dimension of your !ein". 7ou are actually encounterin" an event fourth

dimensionally !efore you encounter it here in the threedimensions of space0 and you do

not have to raise a fin"er to !rin" that state to pass.

,y third way of prayin" is simply to feel thanful. -f - want somethin"0 either for myself

or another0 - immo!ili6e the physical !ody0 then - produce the state ain to sleep and in

that state ust feel happy0 feel thanful0 which thanfulness implies reali6ation of what -

want. - assume the feelin" of the wish fulfilled and with my mind dominated !y this

sin"le sensation - "o to sleep. - need do nothin" to mae it so0 !ecause it is so. ,y

feelin" of the wish fulfilled implies it is done.

'll these techni3ues you can use and chan"e them to fit your temperament. (ut - must

emphasi6e the necessity of inducin" the drowsy state where you can !ecome attentive

without effort.

' sin"le sensation dominates the mind0 if you pray successfully.

1hat would - feel lie0 now0 were - what - want to !e> 1hen - now what the feelin"

would !e lie - then close my eyes and lose myself in that sin"le sensation and my

dimensionally "reater *elf then !uilds a !rid"e of incident to lead me from this present

moment to the fulfillment of my mood. %hat is all you need do. (ut people have a ha!it

of sli"htin" the importance of simple thin"s.

1e are creatures of ha!it and we are slowly learnin" to relin3uish our previous concepts0

!ut the thin"s we formerly lived !y still in some way influence our !ehaviour. &ere is a

story from the (i!le that illustrates my point.

-t is recorded that


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a youn" Colt0 is a very difficult thin" to ride unless you ride him with a disciplined

mind. -f - do not remain faithful to the mood the youn" colt throws me off. $very time

you !ecome conscious that you are not faithful to this mood0 you have !een thrown from

the colt.

Discipline your mind that you may remain faithful to a hi"h mood and ride ittriumphantly into


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-f you loo for ecuses for failure you will always find them0 for you find what you

see. -f you see an ecuse for failure0 you will find it in the stars0 in the num!ers0 in the

tea cup0 or most any place. %he ecuse will not !e there !ut you will find it to ustify

your failure.

*uccessful !usiness and professional men and women now that this law wors. 7ouwill not find it in "ossip "roups0 !ut you will find it in coura"eous hearts.

,an8s eternal ourney is for one purpose: to reveal the +ather. &e comes to mae visi!le

his +ather. 'nd his +ather is made visi!le in all the lovely thin"s of this world. 'll the

thin"s that are lovely0 that are of "ood report0 ride these thin"s0 and have no time for the

unlovely in this world0 re"ardless of what it is.

5emain faithful to the nowled"e that your consciousness0 your - ',ness0 your

awareness of !ein" aware of the only reality. -t is the roc on which all phenomena can

!e eplained. %here is no eplanation outside of that. - now of no clear conception ofthe ori"in of phenomena save that consciousness is all and all is consciousness.

%hat which you see is already housed within you. 1ere it not now within you eternity

could not evolve it. No time stretch would !e lon" enou"h to evolve what is not

potentially involved in you.

7ou simply let it into !ein" !y assumin" that it is already visi!le in your world0 and

remainin" faithful to your assumption. it will harden into fact. 7our +ather has

unnum!ered ways of revealin" your assumption. +i this in your mind and alwaysremem!er0 ='n assumption0 thou"h false0 if sustained will harden into fact.=

7ou and your +ather are one and your +ather is everythin" that was0 is and will !e.

%herefore that which you see you already are0 it can never !e so far off as even to !e

near0 for nearness implies separation.

%he "reat @ascal said0 =7ou never would have sou"ht me had you not already found me.

=1hat you now desire you already have and you see it only !ecause you have already

found it. 7ou found it in the form of desire. -t is ust as real in the form of desire as it is

"oin" to !e to your !odily or"ans.

7ou are already that which you see and you have no one to chan"e !ut *elf in order to

epress it.



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