Neville speaks of his own regret when he learns that people to whom he has taught the principle have misused it, while insisting he does not regret having told them.
Neville's resurrection experience: he retired as usual, an unearthly wind rose in his head, he awoke inside his sealed skull, pushed at its base until it gave way, squeezed himself out like a child fr
Neville delivered a 1959 lecture called "Fawcett's Letter," describing correspondence with a philosopher/teacher at Oxford (Fawcett) about his book's chapter on revision.
Neville delivered the lecture "Esau and Jacob," referencing the Light of Asia stanza and allegorizing Esau as the deterministic physical blueprint.
In his final period Neville declared at every lecture, as fact and not speculation, that he had awakened as God the Father and discovered himself the father of David, and that every hearer would have the same experience.
Description
In his final period Neville declared at every lecture, as fact and not speculation, that he had awakened as God the Father and discovered himself the father of David, and that every hearer would have the same experience. [Date evidence: 'toward the last' — Neville's final lecture years]
Verbatim (witness's words)
his truly great experience was a discovery that he is the father of David. And he told all of us that we are to have the same experience. We are going to awaken as God the Father. ... every lecture Neville said, I am not speculating, I am not theorizing, I have awakened as God the Father, and every one of you is going to have this experience.
Neville (as quoted): "I am not speculating, I am not theorizing, I have awakened as God the Father, and every one of you is going to have this experience."
Date (happened)
between 1959 and 1 October 1972
(possible)
Sources
- Source: Neville Goddard The Frank Carter Lectures (ngr27__carter — Frank Carter, first-hand)
- Source: Jacob's Ladder: Christ ¶24 (I have awakened from the dream of life. I am the Father of God’s only begotten Son, who is David.)
- Source: The Rock ¶2 (As far as I am concerned, individually, I have awakened. For me the dream of life is over and I know from experience that scripture is true from beginning to end.)
- Source: No Other Foundation ¶26 (You will never disprove my words, for I am not speaking from speculation or theory, but from experience.)
At his home Neville fixed Barry a potent double scotch; Barry saw Neville finish a pitcher of martinis and go straight onto the platform, never appearing under the influence — 'I just like the lift it gives me.'
Description
At his home Neville fixed Barry a potent double scotch; Barry saw Neville finish a pitcher of martinis and go straight onto the platform, never appearing under the influence — 'I just like the lift it gives me.' [Date evidence: during Barry's close association, 1959 onward] [Place: Neville's home, Los Angeles]
Verbatim (witness's words)
He fixed me the most potent double scotch. Neville adored a good martini. I’ve seen him finish a pitcher of martinis and go right on the platform without… he said, “I just like the lift it gives me. He was never “under the influence. But he certainly did love it.
Neville (as quoted): "I just like the lift it gives me."
Date (happened)
between 1959 and 1963
(possible)
He describes practising identification with objects until he could feel what it would be like to be a piece of wood, a flower, an animal, or a glass of water.
Neville says he was called, incorporated into the body of God and sent in 1959, after thirty years, and knew his mission on the night of the birth; he insists he did not volunteer but was drafted.
Following his father's death, Neville received an equal share of the roughly $20 million Goddard Enterprises estate (about $2M).
Person: Neville Goddard
Toward the end of his ministry Neville declared in every lecture that he was not speculating but had awakened as God the Father through discovering he is the father of David, and that everyone would have the same experience.
Description
Toward the end of his ministry Neville declared in every lecture that he was not speculating but had awakened as God the Father through discovering he is the father of David, and that everyone would have the same experience. [Date evidence: "toward the end" of his ministry; variants elsewhere in the document: "I have experienced the whole book" and "I have experienced scripture from the beginning to the end and it’s all true"]
Verbatim (witness's words)
Now just in case there should be someone here who did not hear him toward the end, I want to mention that his truly great experience was the discovery that he is the father of David and he told all of us that we are to have the same experience. We are going to awaken as God the Father. … every lecture Neville said, “I am not speculating, I am not theorizing, I have awakened as God the Father and every one of you is going to have this experience”.
Neville (as quoted): "I am not speculating, I am not theorizing, I have awakened as God the Father and every one of you is going to have this experience"
Date (happened)
between 1959 and 1 October 1972
(possible)
Neville names himself as the man God became — God believing himself to be a man called Neville, given the same power keyed low.
Neville refers to his own birth, saying God entered the grave of the body when he jumped in his mother's womb.
Professor dismisses Your Faith Is Your Fortune unread
Description
A friend of Neville's received a letter from a professor friend whom Neville admires, dismissing the title of Neville's book Your Faith Is Your Fortune as a mere twist on "Your face is your fortune" without having read the book; Neville replied to his friend that the man has only mechanical talents and is coming to America for money.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
before 1959
(possible)
before 13 November 1959
Sources
- Source: Esau and Jacob ¶15 (This professor [Raynor Johnson?] wrote my friend regarding the title of my book, Your Faith Is Your Fortune. He wrote, “You would like me to comment? I presume he took the statement ‘Your face is your fortune’ and just changed the one word.” He did not r…)
A woman proves Neville's dream-awakening technique
Description
Neville recalls recently telling the audience the technique of holding on to something touched while awakening in a dream, and reports that a lady wrote to say she tried it and proved it.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Told
16 June 1959
16 June 1959
Sources
- Source: The Cup and the Cross ¶24 (I recently told the story that if you can touch something and hold on to it and awaken you will awaken in your dream world and find it completely objective. A lady wrote to tell me she tried it and proved it.)
Abdullah advises stripping important people of prestige
Description
He recalls a saying of his old teacher Ab (Abdullah) about stripping any man you think important and letting him perform the normal functions of life.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
before 1959
(possible)
before 13 November 1959
Sources
- Source: Esau and Jacob ¶18 (If my old teacher, Ab, were here, he would frighten you to death. He used to say, “If anyone stands before you, and you think him so important, strip him and let him perform the normal functions of life - and you will turn your back on him.”)
Years ago on a small freighter in the Caribbean Neville retired early, found himself out of his body in a self-radiated twilight, heard a heavenly chorus sing "He is risen!" knowing they meant him, th
He says he has no personal experience confirming reincarnation as commonly taught, but many experiences of worlds within worlds, and that he knows he has always been and that he was sent from a world
Neville's awakening: God found him ripe and woke him, and he awoke sealed in a tomb which was his own skull, whereupon God rolled away the stone and he came out; he found he had been asleep and in fac
Neville says he was quite shocked to learn from the woman's letter that his books, which he thought simply written, could not be grasped by her until she heard him speak from the platform.
Neville says he knows from his own mystical experiences that when he freezes an activity within himself it freezes outwardly, and starts again when he starts it within.
Some years before his awakening, Neville was taken in spirit into a world just like this one and shown the power that would be his: by arresting a rhythm or activity within himself he stopped the peop
Neville tells the lady personally that nothing is impossible to her.
Neville Mark tells Neville that life feels like wearing a mask
Description
About five years ago, visiting the family in New York City, the boy Neville Mark told Neville he felt he was wearing a mask and could not wait to die so he could turn around and see his true identity, which upset his wealthy mother.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Told
10 March 1967
(refuted)
10 March 1967
(refuted)
28 April 1969
(probable)
Sources
- Source: The Riddle ¶5 (About five years ago, while visiting them in New York City, the little boy came in, walked over to me and said: “You know, Neville. I feel that if I could turn around I would see who I really am. I know I am wearing a mask and I can’t wait to die, cause …)