Welcome to the Teachings of Neville Goddard: SERIES I - Foundation of Conscious Creation

I was always inspired by the work and teachings of Neville Goddard. Been using his techniques for a good portion of my life, with a great success.
My friend Rosechalice is also a student of Neville, and she offered to share observances from her studies so that we can go on this journey together.
We will share a new post each week, also including lessons, techniques, and specific fields for it to help you on your journey.

From Neville's book The Search (1946)

"I first discovered this close relationship of moods to vision when I was aged about seven. I became aware of a mysterious life quickening within me like a stormy ocean of frightening might. I always knew when I would be united with this hidden identity, for my senses were expectant on the nights of these visitations and I knew beyond all doubt that before morning I would be alone with immensity. I so dreaded these visitations that I would lie awake until my eyes from sheer exhaustion closed. As my eyes closed in sleep, I was no longer solitary but smitten through and through with another being, and yet I knew it to be myself.
It seemed older than life, yet nearer to me than my boyhood.

If I tell what I discovered on these nights, I do so not to impose my ideas on others but that I may give hope to those who seek the law of life."

"My mystical experiences have convinced me that there is no way to bring about the outer perfection we seek other than by the transformation of ourselves.

As soon as we succeed in transforming ourselves, the world will melt magically before our eyes and reshape itself in harmony with that which our transformation affirms."

"I am an immortal being conceiving myself as man and forming worlds in the likeness and image of my concept of self.

What we imagine, that we are. By our imagination, we have created this dream of life, and by our imagination we will re-enter that eternal world of light, becoming that which we were before we imagined the world."

Lesson 1 — Who Am I?

Neville Goddard taught a practical method for changing our lives through the conscious use of imagination. In the beginning, he called it "mind". This teaching can be applied to every area of life: relationships, prosperity, work, self-concept, circumstances, personal goals and the fulfillment of desires.

Neville was born on the island of Barbados - 20 miles across, a small world. He lived with his parents, grandmother, 8 brothers and a sister, a large family by any standards. He was a boy who had visions of things he did not understand. But by the age of 20 he had become a professional dancer and toured all over Europe, making New York City his home. His family story had its own miracles - poverty to riches, by the use of the same tools we will be exploring here.

Before exploring techniques for changing the particular conditions of our lives, let's start where Neville starts - identity. The mundane world is all about defining our identity and opinions, getting us to focus on everything "out there" instead of within.

Who are you?

Yes, we have a name, an age, a history, a family, a profession (a student, perhaps), a personality, and a physical body.

But in our Neville exploration we must look deeper.

Behind everything you can say about yourself is something much more fundamental:

You are aware that you exist.

Before I am successful,
before I am loved or I am lonely,
before I am wealthy or I am struggling—

there is simply:

I AM.

This is the foundation upon which we will build this Series I exploration.

Rosechalice