Who is Neville Goddard and is He Relevant Today

In order to get whatever it is you desire, you must “live in the feeling of the wish fulfilled,” taught Neville Goddard.

Born in 1905 and leaving this physical plane in 1972, Neville was born in Barbados, West Indies and moved to New York when he was 17.  After working in department stores and then studying drama, he moved on to lecturing and presenting on what some call mysticism, some refer to as New Thought and other label Spirituality in 1932.  His body of work, most preserved in written form and some as recordings is immense.

“Imagining creates reality,” he said.

During one lecture he said, “Learn to use your imaginal power, lovingly, on behalf of others, for Man is moving into a world where everything is subject to his imaginal power.”

Napoleon Hill, who said, “What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve,” lived from 1883 – 1970 and published Think and Grow Rich in 1937.  There is no evidence that Neville and Napoleon Hill ever met or even heard about each other, but they would have had very important core agreements.

Neville said, “I ask you to take me seriously. Imagination will fulfill itself, so do not limit yourself by anything that is now happening, no matter what it is. Knowing what you want, conceive a scene which would imply you have it. Persuade yourself of its truth and walk blindly on in that assumption. Believe it is real. Believe it is true and it will come to pass. Imagination will not fail you if you dare to assume and persist in your assumption, for imagination will fulfill itself in what your life becomes.”  He also said, “Every fact is a dream made visible, so I invite you to live as though your dream were already a fact! I am convinced that every dream (desire) I have dared to live in the now has gradually and unnoticed blossomed into fact in my life.”

Again, there is no reason to believe that Esther and Jerry Hicks with all of their Abraham-Hicks work, beginning in the mid-80’s  were directly touched by Neville…but it is clear that Neville’s muse was closely related to Abraham.

It is becoming abundantly clear from a wide number of disparate sources that we hold the power to create our own reality…in fact, more than the ability, we can’t help but create our reality…or only choice is whether we are in control of that creation.

Neville understood this.  He spoke eloquently and passionately about creating our desires by using our imagination.  He had the answers through his entire life.

Is Neville relevant today?  Only if we chose to create our own reality as we are empowered to.  He provides a critically important perspective on our own creative ability and is well worth significant study.

"The secret of imagining is the greatest of all problems, to the solution of which every man should aspire; for supreme power, supreme wisdom, and supreme delight, lie in the solution of this great mystery.”