What does “living in the end” mean?

Neville uses the story of Joseph Wilson (Xerox founder) to illustrate that imagination is God. He explains that a strong imagination begets the event, and that one must assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled. The lecture covers biblical references, the dreamer Joseph, and the practical application of imagining from the end.

A lecture recounting Neville Goddard's personal story of traveling to Barbados in 1933, guided by his teacher Abdullah's instruction to live in imagination as though already there. The account explores the idea that Jesus Christ represents human imagination, that states of consciousness can be entered and departed from, and that outer circumstances follow an inwardly assumed state, illustrated through the sequence of events surrounding his journey.

This lecture explores the biblical revelation of God as I AM, dwelling within human imagination. God speaks first from without, then awakens from within. Neville discusses Moses as a state of consciousness to be born, the symbolism of scripture, and the practical application of assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled.

Neville Goddard uses the story of a friend's stolen piano to illustrate that all words are powerful because man is God. He warns that doubt is the unforgivable sin and explains the biblical meaning of Moses seeing God's back, linking it to the eventual revelation of God's glory through one's son, David.

Neville Goddard explains that the Bible reveals Jesus Christ as the creative power within each person, which is their own imagination. He describes humanity as suffering from amnesia, unaware of their true identity as Christ. The lecture discusses testing this power through imaginative prayer and shares experiences of awakening to one's divine nature.

Neville Goddard discusses the life and teachings of William Blake, focusing on imagination as spiritual sensation. He covers Blake's fourfold vision, the distinction between individuals and states, and how to use imagination to transform one's circumstances. Neville shares personal experiences of fourfold vision and the power of imaginal acts.

Neville discusses the pattern man Jesus Christ as the fulfillment of scripture. He reduces the 613 Old Testament commandments to two: that God is one (your own imagination) and to love your neighbor as yourself because the world is yourself pushed out. He shares personal experiences including David as the chief shepherd who reveals you as God the Father.

This lecture addresses how to maintain a chosen state or desire despite doubt and external denial. Neville uses the metaphor of a donkey to represent the physical body and discusses forgiveness, the nature of the sender and the sent, and the power within to externalize one's vision.

Neville discusses a friend’s vision of being chained to the earth and then rising free, linking it to the eighth chapter of John. He explains the sayings as condensed personal experiences, not historical events, and shows how the chapter reveals that one’s own consciousness is the light of the world and the source of all change.

Neville Goddard discusses two types of ends described in scripture: the ultimate end where God gives himself to man individually, and temporary ends that can be achieved through the law of assumption. He explains that the ultimate end comes suddenly and unpredictably, while temporary ends are reached by occupying the feeling of the wish fulfilled.

Neville Goddard describes the flood as the overwhelming accumulation of facts that imprison people. He explains that by penetrating facts with imagination, one can enter a desired state and bring it into reality, using biblical stories and personal experiences to illustrate this principle.

Neville Goddard discusses faith as loyalty to unseen reality rather than belief in unreal things. He explains that all things already exist in eternity, and faith means assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled, then yielding completely to the deeper self. He shares examples, including a dream about David, and emphasizes that the entire biblical drama unfolds within man.

Neville Goddard identifies God with the human imagination, citing Paul's address to the Athenians in Acts 17. He explains that imagining creates reality, and that one should feel after this indwelling God by assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled. The lecture covers the mechanics of assumption, the importance of mental diet, and the idea that all objective reality originates from what is first imagined.

Neville Goddard argues that the "I am" within each person is God, equating human imagination with the creative power of scripture. He discusses the descent of the Son of Man into mortality, the ascent via the fiery serpent, and the practical testing of this identity through assumption and prayer, using an example of financial provision.

Neville Goddard teaches that imagining creates reality and that God and man are one. He argues that all phenomena come from human imagination, shares stories about the power of imaginal acts, and warns against misusing imagination. He advises listeners to consciously use imagination lovingly and to persist in assumptions until they become facts.

Neville Goddard describes his personal experience of waking from the sleep of humanity to recognize himself as God the Father. He explains that God becomes man so that man may become God, and that this awakening occurs when the Son calls the sleeper from within the skull. The lecture details the biblical prophecy of David as the Son and the fulfillment of Scripture through personal revelation.

Neville Goddard summarizes two key concepts: God's law and God's promise. The law is the principle that assumptions harden into fact. He explains using imagination to assume a desired state and persist until it appears. The promise is the unconditional biblical revelation that every person will eventually experience the birth of God in themselves, symbolized by David calling them Father.

Neville Goddard explains that hope deferred makes the heart sick, while a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. He identifies God as one's own imagination, the sole creative power. The lecture describes how to assume a desired state, view the world from it, and let it ripen into reality, emphasizing that every imaginal act has an appointed hour to flower.

Neville Goddard explains prayer as a radical change of attitude, not begging. He teaches that repentance means shifting one's state of consciousness by imagining a scene that implies a wish is fulfilled, then giving thanks. He illustrates this with a personal story of securing a ship passage by imagining walking up a gangplank.

Neville Goddard recounts his 1933 experience of using imagination to travel to Barbados. He describes being taught by Abdullah to subjectively appropriate his desire by sleeping in the state of the wish fulfilled. The lecture identifies Jesus Christ as the human imagination and emphasizes that faith is the subjective appropriation of an objective hope.

Neville Goddard teaches that imagination is God and the only reality. He explains that one's own human imagination is the creative power behind all phenomena. The lecture describes how to consciously use imagination by assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled, supported by a story of a woman applying this technique to help a friend.

Neville Goddard argues that imagination is the sole cause of reality, grounding his claim in scripture. He teaches that God is one's own human imagination, and that turning from it to external gods produces suffering. A letter is shared about a man who imagined holding an insurance policy and saw it manifest through natural events. Neville urges listeners to persist in the end state.

Neville explains the duality of man: the physical sense man and the spiritual man of imagination. Using a story about obtaining sold-out opera tickets, he illustrates how assuming a wish fulfilled causes events and people to align. He emphasizes forgiving all, as everyone plays necessary parts in fulfilling one's assumptions.

Neville explains that God and human imagination are one, and that by imagining a state as already fulfilled and dwelling in it, that state becomes reality. He describes the law of imagining, the identity of Christ as imagination within everyone, and the importance of living in the end rather than focusing on the means of fulfillment.

Neville Goddard discusses two gifts given only to humans: mind and speech. He explains that inner speech reflects one's true nature and shapes the outer world. The lecture emphasizes observing and controlling internal conversations to change circumstances, using examples and scripture to illustrate the power of imagination and spoken word.

Neville Goddard teaches that God is one's own human imagination, and all apparent others are the self pushed out. He uses a story of a woman who tells a troubled man he is God dreaming he is Al, and describes a subsequent dream vision. He explains the 51st Psalm, the nature of sin as missing the mark, and the awakening to one's true identity as Jesus Christ.

Neville Goddard describes that a person's real belief is not what they profess but what they live by, which becomes knowledge only through experience. He illustrates this principle with stories of individuals who applied their imagination to achieve specific goals, demonstrating that imagining an act makes it real internally before it appears externally.

Neville Goddard discusses the nature of divine power as distinct from worldly power. He identifies this power as Christ, defined as one's own human imagination. The lecture covers repentance as a radical change of attitude, the use of imagination to achieve objectives, and the personification of creative power as a little child. He emphasizes that imagination is God and the kingdom of heaven is within.

Neville Goddard discusses Christ as the power and wisdom of God, distinguishing wisdom from knowledge. He recounts experiences of tasting divine power, including stopping motion in a vision and being drawn into a luminous body that heals by presence. He emphasizes the kingdom is a gift not earned, and describes the moment of recognizing God's son David as one's own child.

Neville discusses the sperm as a symbol of God's creative power. He describes how imagination fertilizes states of consciousness, likening sealed rooms to eggs awaiting activation. He warns against unethical use of the law and emphasizes selective, dignified imagining. The lecture includes Q&A on playing all parts in Scripture and a revision story.

Neville Goddard explains that biblical signs and wonders are not secular history but divine history unfolding within the individual. He describes the resurrection, the birth from above, and the discovery that God is buried in the human skull. The lecture emphasizes that the story of Jesus is an allegory experienced personally.

Neville Goddard examines the nature of reality as a dream, recounting a personal dream experience where he could not remember where he lived. He describes dreaming as the mechanism of creation, discusses his father's practice of controlled daydreaming with eyes partially shut, and connects the dream metaphor to biblical scripture.

Neville Goddard discusses a strong imagination as the greatest blessing, illustrating how assuming another's identity can influence outcomes. He relates this to the biblical principle of God's fixed intention to form man into the image of Jesus Christ. Stories of individuals assuming 'I am Jesus Christ' and experiencing involuntary scriptural fulfillment are shared, linking the law's application on the earthly level to spiritual unfolding.

Neville Goddard recounts a friend's story of losing her son and how she proved to herself that all things exist in the human imagination. He discusses how imagination is God, and how intensity of imagining can bring about changes in one's life, using examples of her success in business and personal matters.

Neville Goddard teaches that your own imagination is the God of Scripture, the sole creative power behind all phenomena. He explains the law of assumption: if you assume a state and persist in it, that assumption will harden into fact. The lecture covers the distinction between the law and the promise, and includes examples of assumption in action.

Neville Goddard discusses a principle from Matthew 18:19 about two agreeing on any request, illustrating it with a story of a woman who heard a neighbor's wish to be free of a disturbance, leading to the parents' deaths. He warns to always act in love and distinguishes between using the law for material desires and seeking spiritual fulfillment through the promise.

Neville explains that messengers are not to be merged with their message or worshipped as idols. He clarifies that God is one's own I AM, the human imagination. The lecture focuses on separating the messenger from the message, the meaning of the lamb as symbol, and the discovery of David as the Son of God representing the individual's awakened state.

Neville Goddard interprets the biblical potter and clay as imagination and self-concept. He explains that imagination is God, the Father, and the potter who reshapes the clay of self-image. Using the story of Jeremiah and personal anecdotes, he describes how to rework spoiled concepts of oneself and others into desired forms through imaginal acts.

Neville Goddard describes the eternal body as imagination, which is God himself. He explains that man descended into a physical body by penetrating and annexing its brain, entombing himself. The lecture covers awakening from the dream of life, the experience of resurrection from the tomb of the skull, and the role of the prophet who sees and the apostle who experiences.

Neville describes imagination as the creative power of God and the secret of God. He explains that man's imaginal acts become objective facts, using biblical references and examples to illustrate how assumptions persist and harden into reality through faithful dwelling in the end.

Neville Goddard discusses imagination as God, the law of imagining, and the promise of awakening. He explains that imaginal acts are causal, faith is essential, and that man's own imagination is the creator of all phenomena. He also describes the resurrection and the revelation of God through the son David.

Neville Goddard describes his experiments entering imagined scenes until they become fully real, identifying the spirit of God with human imagination. He shares practical applications of this law for changing circumstances, including his army discharge, and discusses the nature of reality, feeling, and the fundamental importance of the "I am" self-awareness.

Neville discusses the Hebrew word "Olam" (eternity) placed in man's mind, equating the awareness "I am" with God. He interprets the miracle at Cana as representing three levels of awareness: objective fact, psychological meaning, and spiritual understanding. Letters from listeners illustrate the experience of becoming one with God and the need to relinquish intellectual pride for imaginal creation.

This lecture examines the biblical story of Esau and Jacob as a symbol of the two Adams: the outer physical man and the inner spiritual man. Neville explains that the second Adam, one's own imagination, is destined to rule over the first. He describes how to sense and exercise this inner power before its full birth.

Neville Goddard explores the biblical theme of God departing to dwell within humanity. He interprets a vision of sunflowers and a rat as the transition from innocent, collective existence to individualized consciousness through experience. The lecture discusses the mystery of the Son, the promise to Abraham, and the power of appropriation.

Neville Goddard discusses the supernatural nature of the crucifixion and biblical events, asserting they cannot be fixed in time or space. He shares a personal visionary experience involving a voice and a procession, emphasizing that these events occur within the soul. The lecture explores the idea of God becoming man and the awakening of God the Father within each individual.

Neville Goddard explains that one's psychological dwelling place is the state of consciousness to which they most often return. He distinguishes between physical, psychological, and spiritual levels of existence, and recounts a story of a little girl who experienced a revelation of Christ. The lecture emphasizes that all individuals are moving through eternal states toward the climax of Jesus Christ.

Neville Goddard discusses the symbolic meaning of Abraham, David, and Jesus Christ in scripture. He explains that Abraham represents God the Father, David symbolizes humanity, and Jesus Christ is the Son of God who returns to the Father. The lecture describes how these figures are connected through biblical narrative and personal spiritual experience.