Neville Goddard- I Am Reality Called Imagination [Full Audio]
TLDRThe speaker discusses the nature of God, imagination, and belief. He argues that God is within every person as the eternal body and creative power called imagination. This challenges traditional notions of an external God. The speaker urges testing one's faith by noticing if the mind jumps to something outside oneself when hearing words like God or Jesus Christ. He advocates assuming the feeling of wish fulfillment to manifest desires, citing techniques like imagining scenes with clarity. Overall, the talk explores conceptualizing God as human imagination while outlining metaphysical principles for realizing ideals.
Takeaways
- 😀 The eternal body of man is imagination, which is God himself
- 😇 Examine yourself to see if you truly believe that Jesus Christ is within you
- 💡 The subjective appropriation of the objective hope is the way to success
- 😎 Imagine the wish fulfilled to realize your desires
- 🧠 Catch the feeling and mood that would be yours if your wish was fulfilled
- 👀 There is no external God, the only God is your own wonderful human imagination
- 🌟 The entire drama of Scripture takes place within you and is about you
- 🔥 Heaven is not a place, it is awakening the perfect imagination within you
- 🙏 Help others by imagining them as already being what you want them to be
- ✨ Persist in your assumptions and they will harden into fact
Q & A
What is the main message or theme of this sermon?
-The main message is that God is within us, as our own imagination and creative power. We should not look to any external God but realize the God within.
What does Neville mean when he says to test ourselves to see if we are holding to the faith?
-He means we should examine ourselves to see if we still believe in an external God, separate from ourselves. True faith is realizing God is within us, as our human imagination.
What does Neville say is the secret to success and manifestation?
-He says the subjective appropriation of the objective hope is the way to success - meaning imagining and feeling as if your desire is fulfilled.
How does Neville explain the technique of remembering when?
-He says we can remember a past state of lack or fear, and then remember when that was the case, implying it has now changed. This creates the feeling of the wish fulfilled.
What does Neville say is the meaning behind his vision or dream?
-The dream scene with the grandfather imprints the message that we should imagine the end, live in the feeling of the wish fulfilled, and persist in this inner state to manifest our desires.
What does Neville say about killing or hurting another person?
-He says every child born is the incarnation of God, so to kill or hurt another person is to kill God. We should see every person as God incarnate.
What does Neville say is the meaning of heaven?
-He says heaven is not a place but a state - the awakened state within, where one is perfect imagination and all conforms perfectly to that state.
What does Neville say is the meaning of Jesus Christ buried in man?
-He says the universal God being, called Jesus Christ, is buried within every child born. When we awaken and resurrect this within us, we realize we are He.
What does Neville recommend we do to manifest our desires?
-He recommends deciding on an objective, imagining and feeling what it would be like if it was fulfilled, persisting in that inner state, and letting it harden into fact.
What does Neville say about death?
-He says nothing really dies, all is renewed, and we simply move into another state. But the awakened will find themselves in a perfect world.
Outlines
😃 Introducing the weekly gathering and its purpose
The speaker introduces a weekly gathering that occurs on Mondays and Fridays to provide practical messages. He states that to understand the message, we must examine if we truly believe the same thing - that the Eternal Body of Man is the imagination, which is God himself.
😊 Sharing a story about reminding someone to use imagination
The speaker shares a story about a friend who visited Pittsburgh and reminded people she knew to use their imagination just as she had successfully guided them to do previously. This included envisioning positive outcomes related to work and personal goals.
😌 Imagining a positive outcome for a steel plant worker
The speaker recounts how the friend reminded a steel plant worker whose plant was closing to imagine positive outcomes just as she had guided him before. The plant ended up modernizing and rehiring rather than closing.
😇 Explaining how imagination creates reality
The speaker explains how imagination creates reality, using examples like envisioning a structure on an empty lot and how the steel plant worker's situation improved by imagining a positive outcome. He emphasizes imagination as the power within us.
😀 Imagination is God incarnate in man
The speaker asserts imagination is God incarnate in man. He states every child born is God incarnate, and we should recognize the divine creative power within ourselves and others.
😃 Awakening the imagination results in a heavenly state
The speaker describes the experience of awakening the imagination within oneself as attaining a heavenly state. In this state, one sees everything as perfect and harmonious.
😊 Summary of key points on imagination and God
The speaker summarizes that imagination is God, it exists within us, and we should use it to realize objectives. Catching the feeling of wishing something fulfilled is key, not appealing to any external God.
😃 Use imagination to attain objectives and test its power
The speaker encourages the use of imagination to attain objectives and test its power. Assume and persist in assumptions to transform imagination into reality.
😊 Telling a story of encountering a deceased friend
When a friend died, the speaker discovered after death the friend existed in an inner reality. This aimed to show that nothing truly dies and imagination creates reality.
😌 Emphasizing the eternal nature of life
The speaker emphasizes life is eternal by describing an interaction in the imaginal realm with his deceased friend and sister-in-law, who remained skeptical. He asserts nothing dies.
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Keywords
💡imagination
💡mood
💡vision
💡inner speech
💡assumption
💡faith
💡prayer
💡consciousness
💡sleep
💡awakening
Highlights
First significant research finding
Introduction of innovative methodology
Key conclusion and practical application
Transcripts
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