“This is going to be a very practical Course.”
- Neville 1948 Lessons Series
Neville often spoke about the practicality of what he was teaching and gave numerous examples of how he and others had put what he was teaching into practice and the results they obtained. “Test it for yourselves” he repeatedly invited all who would listen.
And so because his teaching resonated with me, I started to put it into practice, to test it. In some areas I got results rapidly and easily; sometimes a fleeting “now that would be cool” would materialise itself shortly after I had thought it. In others it has taken a lot of persistence and inner work before seeing the desired results materialise.
This inner work includes reading Neville and other “guides” as sometimes the same thing expressed differently helps to better understand and internalise it. It also includes asking myself hard questions about my real motivations and my beliefs.
Reading other points of view helps to gauge our understanding of a concept and reconciling seeming discrepancies can be very good for getting further clarity. A lot of my progress has been made through reading and sometimes exchanging with other people who like me are actively applying Neville; there is a very good forum on Yahoo: Applying Neville. We are all at different levels but each person is able to contribute by sharing how they are putting Neville's teachings into practice and what their results are.
Every point of view can give us encouragement or help us to have a better understanding of something, that's why for me a guide can be a fellow blogger on the same or a related subject such as nlp, clearing methods, meditation and a whole pile of other tools; or anyone else who inspires me with their writhing or something they posted on Facebook.
Neville encouraged sharing experiences:
“So, we accomplish not only the changes we desire in this outer world, but the real change between the surface mind of ours and the deeper self, which is God. And to accomplish that, I must ask you to do what we did last fall: to share with me your dreams and your visions, and your experiences as you apply this law to accomplish changes in this outer world. That makes it far more real, more wonderful. And if you will share with me, things, we’ll all be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
If you have the faith enough to apply it – when you come up against it, then tell me what happened, so I can then, from the platform tell others. It will encourage those who are present to try it and, therefore, increase their faith.”
IMAGINATION, MY SLAVE - Lecture #350 - Neville 02/13/1967
He is no longer with us but here I am to share just as others are - in the spirit of mutual encouragement.
Further reading:
http://www.indoma-neeta.net/NBT/Interchange.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30051308/Lecture-350-Imagination-My-Slave-02-13
If you've never heard of Neville and his message:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Goddard
http://www.nevillelecturehall.com/neville-goddard.html
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