Drifting (devoid of vision) vs. shifting over... Introduction Both Napoleon Hill ( Interview with the Devil ) and Maurice Nicoll warn against drifting, as does Neville himself. There are many ways of drifting, on different scales. One effective action against drifting is to make a mental shift. 1. DRIFTING - INSTITUTIONAL MAN 2. DRIFTING ON AN HOUR TO HOUR BASIS 3. BEING RUTHLESS 4. DRIFTING COUNTERACTED BY LATERAL SHIFTING 5. DRIFTING ON A SOCIETAL SCALE 6. DRIFTING BY IGNORING THE REALITY OF T...
May 06, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Several challenges to human freedom - how does Neville answer? Introduction 1. The institutional retraints on freedom and imposed formation of self: family education religion work popular commercial culture, mass media, social media government finance healthcare system military, war, sports, etc. 2. C.G. Jung and Individuation... locate yourself within, define yourself rather than letting the world tell you who you are don’t try to fix your weak points; focus on your strengths establish some con...
Apr 29, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 17
We are too used to self deprecation. How to hold on to spiritual gains?.. Introduction 1. Recent reviews of first principles: self creation; meditation; appropriation of the wish fulfilled. 2. Possible results or refuges that we unwittingly fall into in failing to own our success. 3. All of these are unacceptable. Institutional training may prevent us from internalizing gains. 4. How to hold on to these gains when they seem to be destined to fade away? 5. An answer: the reversal from a passive t...
Apr 22, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 16
How to do meditation, consistent with Neville’s instructions. Introduction Meditation has many connotations and practices. What is important here is an underlying concept of the mind and spirit, an understanding of your own identity, to inform your practice, which is grounded in the ideas we have been considering, especially those in E4 (How to Really Use Affirmations). 1. Concept of meditation a. Meditation, in the concept of it explained here, is equivalent to Neville’s explanation of prayer. ...
Apr 17, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 15
The only way to acquire consciousness is consciously. Introduction Let’s consider the idea of self-creation. We can see the intersection of the ideas and instructions of authors: Neville; Rolf Alexander; Maurice Nicoll; Eckart Tolle. 1. Neville: awakened imagination -- expanded definition 2. Alexander: self awareness as the life’s purpose 3. Nicoll: if there is truth within us, there is a lot that is superficial to it 4. Recent example of dysfunction 5. Our own parallel experience 6. Nicoll’s ex...
Apr 08, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Many ways to die to oneself are considered. Introduction I did not post in the last 2 weeks. Discussion of illness. 1. Planet in its orbit - proximity to and remoteness from conscious source, as a test. 2. Subtlety, refinement of state is desirable. 3. Put off the old mental conversations. 4. Helpful image of the serpent. 5. Blake: died many times since. Maurice Nicoll explains the seeming flatness and nothing to fall back on. 6. Sedona Method: releasing; letting go. 7. Where does the method lea...
Mar 26, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Mental sovereignty: escape the hypnotic influence of dominant narratives. 1. Dominant narratives as hypnotic programs, and our own mental sovereignty. 2. Mass hypnotic sleep -- society. 3. Hypnotic sleep -- on an individual basis. 4. Authors in field of hypnosis, self-hypnosis, autohypnosis: no idea of true consciousness. 5. By contrast: GI Gurdjieff, Dr. R. Alexander and Neville: all hold a distinct concept of consciousness and are acutely aware of mass hypnosis used in society. 6. What charact...
Mar 04, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Explore Neville's claim: the Bible as “fantastic psychological instructions.”.. 1. Why do we bother to entertain in a serious way Neville’s claim? 2. Why I consider Neville’s presentation to be so compelling: a conscious influence, originating in the esoteric tradition. 3. Quotes indicating fantastic psychological instructions. i. “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt in us” John . ii. “ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them” 2Cor. Echoed in Blake: “Why sta...
Feb 25, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Maintain the connection to the higher. 1. Mind model i. Personality (Artificial) and Essence (Genuine; Higher Self) ii. Subconscious iii. Conscious 2. Relaxation 3. Receptivity and acceptance 4. Connection: "let this mind be in you..." 5. Seeing through evil 6. Extraordinary persistence plus understanding 7. Purity: realization that imagination is the sole cause 8. Revealing the good 9. Gratitude: “the highest form of acceptance is thanksgiving“ 10. Rather than mere belief in God, invoke experie...
Feb 18, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Continuing exploration of paradoxical aspects of Neville’s teaching. Introduction 1. Awareness of being as God . 2. A seeming contrast in experience. 3. The promise - same for everyone? 4. Our nature: unitary yet fragmented. 5. “All that you behold, although it seems without, it is within, in your imagination.” 6. Detrimental effects of institutions. 7. The nature of evil as a necessary part of creation. 8. Two contradictory aspects. Conclusions RESOURCES [see also show notes E8 for Alan Watts q...
Feb 11, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 9
A sketch of Neville’s worldview: seeming contradictions. 1. Neville the heretic 2. The truth, hidden in a false wrapping 3. The paradox of the problem of evil 4. The paradoxical human condition 5. Comments on the paradox 6. Conclusions RESOURCES Michel de Molinos, The Spiritual Guide One of the best known “quietists” Nicoll, Maurice (1952) The New Man - An Interpretation of Some Parables and Miracles of Christ British psychologist, exponent of C.G. Jung and Fourth Way; published interpretations ...
Feb 05, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Neville Goddard’s approach to faith was unconventional, yet rooted in the Bible... Views of Christianity, and how they affect the project of assimilating Neville’s ideas. 1. Types of religion for types of persons 2. Comparing methods and religions is a matter of balance 3. Self-change involves challenging identity 4. Neville’s explanation of Christianity 5. Objections by conventional church-going Christians and even many non-religious persons 6. Further objections: Neville’s thought is misguided...
Jan 28, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Review of Episodes 1-5: techniques and methods.. Premise: to set out ordered series of ideas -- still a good idea. Yet time, patience, and an individual approach are all needed for engagement with the ideas. Constant review, repetitions, re-statements and re-formulations are needed. Constant changing of techniques and methods is needed, to avoid a dead and mechanical practice. Exercises and techniques: E1 Rolf Alexander. Neville: Fundamentals. E2 Link to Neville’s lectures - daily meditative ses...
Jan 21, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Twelve Disciples - not historical personages, but mental disciplines. Introduction Neville’s explanation of the 12 Disciples as aspects of the mind occurs in Chapter 18 of Your Faith is Your Fortune . Our purpose is to offer an interpretation and commentary on this extraordinary self-training. Neville’s introduction The disciples received the power against “unclean spirits, sickness and disease.” Understanding this psychologically, it means a series of mental practices to revolutionize the menta...
Jan 14, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Affirmations are form of prayer. How to make them more effective?.. Consider Neville’s advice and nuances of technique. The goal is to inject fresh energy, conviction and effectiveness into our affirmations. 1. Premise: we are awakening. We are self-regulating, self-developing, self-teaching. 2. Neville’s discussion of the sub-conscious mind is most helpful. engage in an exchange, create a rapport, with oneself the subjective mind is the sub-conscious: it is 100% susceptible to or subject to sug...
Jan 07, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 4
As we put new ideas into practice, we meet difficulties... Difficulty in many forms. a. The first difficulty is being unable to focus . b. The second problem is the incessant internal chatter or “monkey mind”. c. The third difficulty is the experience of seemingly more and more extreme ups and downs . d. The final form of difficulty that I want to discuss today is the detrimental effects of institutions. Difficulty: Focus. Solution 1: Your well-considered and worthwhile aim; do not drift. Soluti...
Dec 31, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 3
[updated to make important distinction between Neville's worldview and Solipsism] "Manifesting" seems to imply two distinct things: my mind, and the external world. The two are one and the same. KEY QUOTE “The feeling of the wish fulfilled, if assumed and sustained, must objectify the state that would have created it.” (Neville, Prayer, The Art of Believing) RESOURCES Prayer, The Art of Believing by Neville; text and audio by Barry Peterson Please see also Barry Peterson's complete online offeri...
Dec 25, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome! Summary of key concepts... part 1 motive in creating the podcast disclaimer core concepts of Neville Goddard's teaching elements in future episodes: core concepts; methods and techniques; special topics; resources part 2 core concept and practice: awareness of being KEY QUOTE "If you consistently practice this exercise in self-awareness on every possible occasion... a permanent integration of the consciousness will result, and you will be able to remain in a state of self-awareness for ...
Dec 18, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 1
