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Prayer

Prayer as Neville read it, not petition but assumption, the feeling of the wish already granted.

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About Prayer

How did Neville define prayer?

Not as asking a god for something. He read it as the art of believing: assume the wish is already granted and feel it. 'Prayer is the feeling of the wish fulfilled.'

What is the 'law of reversibility'?

The inner act runs both ways. If assuming produces the feeling, then recreating the feeling revives the assumption. Prayer, in his reading, is deliberately entering that feeling.

Why is 'controlled reverie' part of prayer?

Because a relaxed, half-dreamy attention (close to SATS) is where an imaginal act takes on the most life. Neville taught prayer as the controlled use of that attention, not passive asking.

Neville plays the role of Andrew, the disciple who leads others to Jesus. He explains that Jesus Christ is not an external being but one's own human imagination, which is God. The lecture describes how to use imagination to assume a desired state and, through persistence, see it expressed in reality.

God and I Are One

Running time 46:19

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.

God's Seven Eyes

Running time 45:44

Neville Goddard discusses the equating of grace with God's power made perfect in human weakness, drawing from Second Corinthians and the book of Zechariah. He describes his own experience of returning to Zion (the skull) and awakening within it. He explains how to use imagination to freeze a scene, command what others will hear, and release it to be fulfilled.

How to Really Pray

Running time 16:14

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.

Immortal Man

Running time 45:53

Neville Goddard distinguishes between eternal spiritual states and the immortal self. He explains how to use imagination to create temporary states for oneself or others. He shares his personal experiences of being called to apostleship and the awakening of scripture within him.

My Servant

Running time 36:12

Neville discusses a vision of a woman compelled by an unseen force, which leads to a molten glass man forming from her head. He relates this to scripture, explaining that all are consigned to disobedience by a master until Christ is formed in them. He illustrates this law through a story of a poor Jewish boy who learned the spiritual power of assumption.

The Invisible You

Running time 45:55

Neville Goddard describes the invisible body of man as imagination, which is God himself. He explains a biblical story about touching the risen Lord and becoming one with him. He shares personal experiences of spiritual union and offers practical instructions for using imagination to realize desires by becoming fully attached to the feeling of the wish fulfilled.

We owe the practice to Neville Goddard (1905–1972). Feelingfield is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by his estate.