Neville Goddard: Where Have You Been All This Time?
August 12, 2007
I grew up in a world where Bible stories were interpreted as literal accounts of events that actually happened. To suggest otherwise put you in some pretty hot water.
In fact, I think it was my sister who wrote something in the school newspaper that questioned the whole idea. I think she suggested that maybe some of those stories in the Bible were meant as…. (gulp) metaphors.
That article prompted a visit from a faculty member “concerned” for the well-being of her soul.
So imagine my surprise when I came across the well known (and yet oddly obscure) Neville Goddard.
A man who suggests that the Bible is actually the greatest psychological book ever written… because its stories are meant as symbols of the drama that is going on inside our consciousness. That our realities are simply manifestations of the images that we hold inside our mind. And because we control those images within us, we have the power to control our outer reality as well.
I am not going to try to paraphrase his thoughts and ideas, because you need to read them for yourself. But if there is something in your life that isn’t how you want it to be, then you might just want to check him out.
My only question is: why didn’t I find this guy earlier?
I guess that whole idea of “the teacher will appear when the student is ready” might have some truth to it.
You can download a few of his works as ebooks here. Of course, Amazon has them all too.
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