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Neville Goddard 5-10-1971

STEP INTO THE PICTURE

(WHO GOD REALLY IS)

We are told: With God, all things are possible. I thin an!one "ho believes in God "o#ld sa! !es

to that. $#t then "e are told that: God is %pirit, and the %pirit o& God d"ells in #s. I thin an! 'an"ho believes that sho#ld 'ae ever! e&&ort to &ind o#t "ho God reall! is "ho d"ells in #s. (e is

%pirit, and the %pirit o& God d"ells in #s. )his God *reates all things. $! (i' all things "ere 'ade,

and "itho#t (i' "as not an!thing 'ade that "as 'ade.

%o ever!thing in the "orld, regardless o& "hat it is, -- &or "e are told: I &or' the light, and I *reate

darness+ I 'ae the "eal, and I *reate the "oe. I a' the ord "ho do all these things. Well s#rel!,

"e sho#ld 'ae ever! e&&ort to &ind o#t "ho (e is.

I &ir'l! believe, &ro' '! o"n eperien*es, that this God o& "ho' the $ible speas is o#r o"n

"onderl h#'an i'agination+ that God and the h#'an i'agination are one+ that all nat#ral e&&e*ts inthe "orld, tho#gh the! are *reated b! the %pirit o& God, are *a#sed b! %pirit. %o, ever! nat#ral e&&e*t

has a spirit#al *a#se, and not a nat#ral. nat#ral *a#se onl! see's+ it is a del#sion o& o#r -- &ading, I

"o#ld sa!, 'e'or!. /$lae, &ro' ilton 2or here in this "orld I *an3t 4#ite re'e'ber "hen Ii'agined that "hi*h is no" taing pla*e in '! "orld. I do not re*all it. I *an3t 4#ite re'e'ber "hen I

set it in notion.

$#t i& this is a", -- and a a" that no 'an *an brea, -- at so'e ti'e, so'e"here, I i'agined "hat Ia' no" en*o#ntering+ that '! present 'o'ent is not reall! re*eding into the past+ it is advan*ing into

the t#re to *on&ront 'e, b#t I &orgot it. nd I no" thin it has a nat#ral or ph!si*al *a#se, and it does

not have a nat#ral *a#se.

ver! nat#ral e&&e*t has a spirit#al *a#se, or the $ible is *o'pletel! "rong. 2or "e are told: $! (i'

all things "ere 'ade, -- "itho#t e*eption+ and "itho#t (i' "as not an!thing 'ade that "as 'ade.nd: (e is %pirit, and the %pirit o& God d"ells in 'e. Well, i& (e d"ells in 'e, I have identi&ied

(i' "ith '! i'agination. 6nl! on this level, I do not re'e'ber having i'agined it+ b#t along the

"a!, I '#st have i& this is rin*iple.

No" let 'e share "ith !o# so'e o& '! eperien*es. We are in this roo' tonight, and the roo' -- at

this 'o'ent -- is 'ore real to #s than an!thing in the "orld. It has a *#bi* realit!, be*a#se "e are in it.

)hin o& !o#r ho'e+ !o# no" !o#r ho'e &ar better than !o# no" this roo', b#t !o#r ho'e -- at this'o'ent -- is not as real as this roo'. )his roo' no" o**#pies realit! to !o#, and ever!thing else is

shado"! as !o# thin o& it. Wh! is this real8 $e*a#se !o# have entered it. o# are in it. o# o**#p! it.

)his I no" &ro' eperien*e. %itting in a *hair, s#ddenl! I a' seeing "hat reason tells 'e I sho#ld not

see. I a' seeing "hat see's to be the interior o& a ho'e. 6r l!ing on '! bed, I see the interior, -- or it

see's to be, -- o& a great hotel, an #no**#pied s#ite read! &or o**#pan*! b#t not o**#pied. It "as #stas vivid as an! painting o& a great artist. n artist "o#ld give #s the i'pression o& a three-di'ensional

pi*t#re. We no", &or reason tells #s, that it is on a &lat s#r&a*e+ it is si'pl! depi*ting three di'ensions,

b#t it is all on a &lat s#r&a*e.


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Well, "hile seated in the *hair or l!ing on '! bed, '! *ons*io#sness &ollo"s vision, and I entered that

roo'. I a*t#all! o**#pied it. I *a'e ba* to "here I "as seated, on one o**asion, --to "here I "as

l!ing on '! bed on another+ and then I "ent ba*, and again it too on a *#bi* realit!. I *a'e ba*no"ing ea*tl! "hat I a' doing, and no"ing this "hole thing 'aes no sense "hatsoever to the

rational 'ind, b#t I *annot den! "hat I a' eperien*ing. (ere I have the eviden*e, -- no one to share it

"ith, b#t I have the eviden*e. I *a'e ba*, and then "ent ba* into the pi*t#re. t the 'o'ent Ientered the pi*t#re, it too on *#bi* realit!+ and a&ter doing it 'a!be a do;en ti'es or 'ore, I said to

'!sel&, I a' going to eplore. )his ti'e I a' going to go right into it and re'ain there and eplore,

"hi*h I did.

%o I stepped into the pi*t#re+ and as it *losed aro#nd 'e, &ro' '! bed it see'ed to be thirt! b! t"ent!+

b#t "hen I stepped into it, deter'ined this ti'e to eep going regardless o& *onse4#en*es, it *losedaro#nd 'e, a third o& "hat it see'ed to be as I looed at it &ro' the bed. %o thirt! b! t"ent! be*a'e

ten b! seven. I &o#nd it to be a dressing roo' -- a dressing roo' o& a h#ge, "onderl s#ite read! &or

o**#pan*!. No one "as in it+ I a' the onl! o**#pant no". I *a'e o#t b! opening #p a door. I didn3t go

thro#gh it b! so'e vapor+ I a*t#all! opened the door, and to '!sel& I "as solidl! real, #st lie the 'an"ho is taling to !o# no".

! hand *o#ld open a door, and the door "as solid and it "as real, and I "ent thro#gh the door. Ientered the *orridor. It "as a ni*e, "ide *orridor di'l! lit. t the end o& the *orridor, interse*ting it "as

a brilliantl! lit *orridor. I "aled do"n to the ver! end+ and "hen I got to the end, here is this

l#'ino#s, l#'ino#s, "onderl *orridor.

I sa" t"o ladies *o'ing do"n the *orridor. I ne" ea*tl! "hat I "as doing. I ne" ho" it began+ it

began b! seeing "hat see'ed to 'e #st a vision, lie a painting. I ne" that I le&t '! bed, '!

*ons*io#sness &ollo"ing vision, and entered the painting+ and the painting too on *#bi* realit!. I ne"it: so I *all that a drea'.


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When the! got to the end, the! looed ba* at this 'ad person. In their e!es, I "as 'ad, and the!

si'pl! disappeared b! stepping do"n a &e" steps into "hat #ndo#btedl! "as the great re*eption roo',

the &o!er o& a h#ge, big hotel.

)hen I said to '!sel&, o# no", -- ho" are !o# going to get ba*8 (o" are !o# going to get ba*8

)here is no road leading be* to that bed on "hi*h !o# le&t a bod!. o# have #n&inished b#siness. o#have a "i&e and an #ned#*ated da#ghter "ho has the a'bition to go to *ollege, and she3s no" onl! in

high s*hool+ and !o# have le&t inade4#ate nds to tae *are o& !o#r obligations to !o#r "i&e and

da#ghter. o#3ve got to get ba*.

(o" to get ba*8 I *o#ldn3t go thro#gh that door that led &ro' the s#ite o& roo's into the *orridor and

&ind an! eit &ro' there ba* to "here I lived in $everl! (ills. What on earth a' I going to do8 I ne"-- reason told 'e that i& I don3t get ba* "ithin a ver! short ti'e, the! "ill &ind that bod! on the bed

and the! "ill have to ea'ine it, and the! "ill de*lare it a heart atta* or so'ething+ b#t the! have got

to &ind a ph!si*al *a#se &or it. nd here, I a' looing at so'ething entirel! di&&erent. It "ill die all

right i& I don3t get ba*. I '#st get ba*. )hen I re'e'bered a si'ilar eperien*e that happened !earsbe&ore "hen &eeling bro#ght 'e ba*.

2eeling a"oe 'e in a drea'. I &o#nd '!sel& on a bea*h. It "asn3t $arbados. It "as 'ore lie thea*i&i* Islands. I have not been there, b#t I had been born in the tropi*s+ so I ne" ea*tl! "hat the!

'#st loo lie. $#t it "as not the West Indies+ it "as the ast Indies. nd here, I no" I a' drea'ing.

I tho#ght to '!sel&, 1 "onder i& I held a ph!si*al obe*t and &or*ed '!sel& to "ae, i& I "o#ld "ae8%o, I tried it. I held onto a pile driven into the bea*h there -- a solid 'ass o& *e'ent. s I held it, I said,

I a' not going to let go+ I a' going to a"ae right here. %o I held it+ and as I held it, I said, =o'e

on, a"ae: o# no" !o# are drea'ing. nd I &elt '!sel& *o'e to, as a person *o'es to "hen the!

are "aing in the 'orning. I a"oe and there I a', *o'pletel! a"ae, "ading in the "ater, holdingonto this obe*t. )hen I "ent to"ards the bea*h, and a strange, pe*#liar ani'al approa*hed 'e, and it

s*ared 'e. I got ba* thro#gh &right, and I a"oe in that "ater thro#gh &eeling.

No", I a' not a&raid o& "hat I a' doing. ! onl! *on*ern is to get ba* and tae *are o& '!

obligations in li&e, "hi*h is '! "i&e and '! da#ghter. No", ho" to get ba*8 I a' not a&raid. I said, I

*an3t &righten '!sel&, be*a#se I a' not a&raid. $#t I tho#ght &eeling "o#ld do it. %o I *losed '! e!es,and I i'agined that '! head "as on a pillo", and that I *o#ld &eel the pillo"+ and then a&ter a little

"hile "hen I opened '! e!es, I a' still standing in the *orridor. I tried it again+ and then b! the third

ti'e, as I tried it, I *o#ld &eel so'ething #nder '! head. I allo"ed that to re'ain+ then s#ddenl! I *o#ld&eel it.

I tried to open '! e!es, and I *o#ldn3t this ti'e. Instead o& standing as I a' no", perpendi*#lar, I &eel I

a' l!ing hori;ontall!. %o I &elt, Well, I '#st be ba* no", b#t I *o#ldn3t 'ove '! bod!. )he bod!"as *atalepti* and I a' &ro;en lie this. )hen in abo#t, -- oh, 'a!be, t"ent! se*onds or so, I *o#ld

'ove this little &inger. I *o#ldn3t open '! e!es. In a little "hile I *o#ld 'ove &ro' the elbo" do"n+

and then, "ith tre'endo#s e&&ort, I *o#ld 'ove the ar', and I p#shed it o#t to &eel the "ar' bod! o&'! "i&e. )hen I ne" I "as ba*, b#t I hadn3t !et been able to open the e!es.

)hen, "ith a tre'endo#s e&&ort, 1 *o#ld open the lid, and see the &a'iliar obe*ts in the roo' that I hadle&t behind 'e. )hen I ne" "hat 'aes ever!thing real in this "orld: )he %pirit o& God d"ells in

'e, and (e is '! o"n "onderl h#'an i'agination. I "aled into a thing that I *o#ld onl! see l!ing

#pon '! bed. ntering that state, it too on a *#bi* realit!. God 'ade this "orld real b! entering it. s


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"e are told, (e is not onl! transl#*ent -- I "o#ld sa!, in a transl#*ent 'anner+ "e are told, (e is above

all. (e is also thro#gh all, and (e is in all. I& (e is thro#gh all, (e is 6'nipresent. I& (e is in all, (e is

i''anent. )hen I a' told, (e d"ells in 'e. (e is in 'e, (e is in !o#, (e is in ever!one.

' I no" *on&ined to this little pla*e here at the podi#'8 I a' not. I proved that that night. I have

proved it #nn#'bered ti'es sin*e. I a' not a*t#all! *on&ined to "here this bod! is. I d"ell in it+ and

(e "ho d"ells in it is the %pirit o& God, and the %pirit o& God is '! i'agination.

I have proven to '! o"n satis&a*tion that '! i'agination *an travel. I don3t have to stand here and

thin o& '! ho'e. I *an stand here and penetrate '! ho'e, leaving the bod! here as I did on the bed+and penetrating the ho'e, the ho'e be*o'es a *#bi* realit!, as it "ill tonight "hen I tae this bod!

ho'e and enter '! door. )he ho#se is a *#bi* realit!. $#t '#st I "ait #ntil I get ho'e tonight in this

bod! to give it that8 =an I not no", no"ing Who God is, -- God is %pirit, and (e is no" en*ased inthis little gar'ent o& &lesh+ b#t (e is %pirit, and I have dis*overed (e is '! o"n "onderl h#'an

i'agination.

%o "hen 'an dies, he *annot die+ onl! the gar'ent that he "ears *an die. $#t that $eing that hereall! is, is all i'agination. nd as (e enters, "herever (e enters, it taes on *#bi* realit!. )hat I have

proven. )he I''ortal o# *annot die. It did not begin. %o "hen !o# leave this "orld, be*a#se !o# are

all i'agination, -- the ver! 'o'ent that !o# depart, !o# are in so'e state+ b#t, !o# being there, !o#give it *#bi* realit!. )hat "orld is #st as real as this "orld. It3s terrestrial, #st as this "orld is+ and no

one in this "orld *an die. ver!thing d"ells in !o#r o"n "onderl h#'an i'agination.

)he p#rpose, no", is to a"aen that $eing in !o#, so (e is ll! *ons*io#s at all ti'es. )hat is the

p#rpose o& li&e. (e "ho *a'e do"n and too #pon (i'sel& the "eanesses and the li'itations o& this

gar'ent and *on&ined (i'sel& to it, is destined to a"aen "hile (e "als this earth. nd b! this

earth, I 'ean this earth to the senses+ b#t it does not end "here '! senses *ease to register it. Itdoesn3t ter'inate at the point *alled death, be*a#se the $eing in it goes on, and (e is still in the

"orld. $#t (is entran*e into that state gives it a *#bi* realit! #st lie this roo' no" be*a#se "e are in

it.

No" "e *o'e do"n to a pra*ti*al #se o& this a". $e*a#se this is so, !o#r drea' no" is shado"!.

o# "o#ld lie to be other than "hat !o# are. I thin ever!one does in this "orld. It3s a &or' o&gro"ing and gro"ing+ and "e gro", and "e o#tgro". %o !o# "o#ld lie to be it. $#t to those "ho are

not in their drea', it3s shado"! -- a 'ere possibilit!. $#t to those "ho enter into the drea', it see's

the onl! s#bstan*e.

'an "ho is no" poor and e'barrassed be*a#se o& his povert! -- he *an still drea', and drea' o&

"ealth, drea' o& se*#rit!+ b#t it3s a shado"! state. It is so'ething that see's to hi' al'ost i'possible

i& he is going to #se reason. (e "ill sa!, (o" is this thing possible8 $e*a#se I have no ba*gro#ndeither intelle*t#all! or &inan*iall! or so*iall! to even hope to a*hieve that sort o& thing. $#t i& he

no"s "ho (e reall! is -- the %pirit o& God "ho *reates all things d"ells in hi', and that he *an deta*h

that Ind"elling $eing &ro' the bod! that he "ears, and a*t#all! enter his drea', -- the drea' "illtae on realit!. nd, i& he persists in it, it "ill obe*ti&! itsel& in this "orld.

I no" that &ro' 'an! proble's that I have had. When I "as told that I *o#ld not do this or I *o#ld notdo that+ having re'e'bered eperien*es that "ere all '!sti*al, I applied the' to pra*ti*al things, and

the! "or #st as "ell in the pra*ti*al state. I entered into '! drea'. It "as a drea'.


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When I "as in the r'!, I *o#ldn3t get o#t+ b#t I "anted to get o#t, and I "anted to get o#t honorabl!.

I did not "ish to be dishonorabl! dis*harged. I "anted to go thro#gh this "orld as a ver! honest -- I

"o#ld sa!, *lean, "holeso'e 'eri*an *iti;en, and not "hen ased the 4#estion, Were !o# ever in

the r'!8 and then the! sa!, Were !o# honorabl! dis*harged8 and have to sa!, No, I "asdishonorabl! dis*harged. I didn3t "ant that on '! re*ord. %o, I "o#ld not r#n a"a! &ro' the r'!. I

"anted o#t o& it, and to get o#t o& it be&ore the end o& the "ar, and to get o#t o& it honorabl!+ so I too

the sa'e lesson that I had learned, and I applied it to that.

%o "hile in the r'!, I ass#'ed that I a' in '! ho'e in Ne" or =it! t"o tho#sand 'iles a"a!. I

"as in =a'p ope, o#isiana+ and I had an apart'ent in Ne" or =it! in Washington %4#are. %ogoing to bed ph!si*all! at =a'p ope, I "ent to bed in i'agination in '! ho'e in Ne" or =it!, --

not there on rlo#gh, not there on so'e little es*ape, b#t there honorabl! dis*harged. )hen I got o&&

'! i'aginar! bed, "aled all thro#gh '! apart'ent and sa" ever!thing that I "o#ld see i& I "erethere. It too on *#bi* realit!.

When I a"oe the net 'orning, I "as still in =a'p ope, o#isiana+ b#t that night a strange thing

happened to 'e. It "as >:15 in the 'orning, and here a sheet *a'e be&ore '! e!es, and on this sheet ahand appeared &ro' here do"n holding a pen, and the pen "rote: )hat "hi*h I have done, I have

done. ?o nothing. 2irst o& all, the voi*e said that, b#t the pen s*rat*hed o#t '! disapproval, &or I

applied &or a dis*harge, and '! =olonel disapproved it. (e said, ?isallo"ed,3 and signed it =olonel)heodore $ilboe, @r. )hat "as his na'e, "hi*h is on a re*ord. o# *an loo it #p, &or he "as the one

"ho disallo"ed '! appli*ation &or dis*harge. nd the hand si'pl! s*rat*hed it o#t, and over that it

"rote in: pproved, -- this hand holding a pen. )hen the voi*e said to 'e: )hat "hi*h I have done, Ihave done. ?o nothing. What did he do8 (e s*rat*hed o#t the =olonel3s disapproval, and he "rote in,

pproved. nd then I a"oe.

)en da!s later I "as honorabl! dis*harged b! that sa'e =olonel, and he shoo '! hand+ and as I le&tthat base, he said, I "ill see !o# a&ter the "ar is over.

I said, ll right, =olonel. )han !o# ver! '#*h. nd that ver! night I "as on a train ba* to '!pla*e in Ne" or =it!.

)hat3s ho" it "ors. I no" &ro' '! o"n personal eperien*e. I a' sharing "ith !o# "hat I haveeperien*ed, both in the "orld o& =aesar and in the "orld that is trans*endent, so'ething entirel!

di&&erent+ so "hen I spea o& being born &ro' above, I a' not theori;ing. I a' telling !o# ea*tl!

"hat happened to 'e.

When I spea o& 'eeting the %on o& God "ho *alls 'e, 2ather, I a' telling !o# ea*tl! "hat

happened to 'e. When I tell !o# I as*ended into (eaven lie a &ier! serpent, as told in %*ript#re, that3s

ea*tl! "hat happened to 'e, When the dove des*ended #pon '! hand, and then s'othered 'e "ithlove, issing 'e all over '! &a*e, '! ne*, '! head, I no" ea*tl! "hat happened, be*a#se it

happened to 'e. %o I a' onl! sharing "ith !o#, not theor!, not spe*#lation, b#t onl! "hat I no" &ro'

'! o"n eperien*es.

%o tonight, the 'ost i'possible thing in the "orld -- and "ho is not *on&ronted "ith it8 I a', -- an

al'ost i'possible thing that I have to a*t#all! den! the eviden*e o& '! senses and appl! '! rin*ipleto"ards that event. I no" it *o#ld not have happened -- nothing happens b! nat#ral *a#ses. Nothing in

this "orld happens b! a nat#ral *a#se+ it3s all spirit#al. nd !o# 'a! sa! --and the "orld "ill sa! -- it

happened be*a#se !o# did so-and-so over a period o& ti'e and that is the *a#se o& !o#r present ph!si*al


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ail'ent. It isn3t so at all

o# ad'ire so'eone intensel!, and tr! to d#pli*ate their ever! a*t in this "orld, and !o# "ish !o#

"ere #st lie the'+ and the! depart this "orld b! a si'ilar eperien*e, and never on*e did the ph!si*althings that !o# are a**#sed o& having done that are the *a#se o& "hat is happening to !o#. Never &or

one 'o'ent did it ever o**#r to her, the one she ad'ired, to a*t#all! do &or one 'o'ent "hat this one,

s#&&ering &ro' the identi*al thing, is no" s#&&ering. nd the "orld "ill sa! !o# are s#&&ering &ro' itbe*a#se o& a ph!si*al *a#se. (ad !o# not done &or >0 !ears "hat !o# have done, it *o#ld not happen+

b#t !et her o"n loving 'other that she "orshiped be!ond an!one in this "orld, and tried so '#*h to

e'#late, never on*e in her li&e s'oed a *igarette. %he "o#ld tae an o**asional little drin -- ano**asional a little drin, b#t ver! s"eet, ver! "ea+ and died o& the ver! thing that she no" is s#&&ering

&ro'. )here "as no one in this "orld that she "orshiped 'ore than her 'other.

)hat i'aginal a*t in the beginning o& ti'e -- and the "hole thing *a'e &or"ard, and no" she is

l&illing *o'pletel! her ideal to be #st lie her 'other. nd the "orld "ill tell 'e that the thing that is

happening to her is *a#sed b! a ph!si*al state. It isn3t so at all. I *o#ld d#pli*ate that and '#ltipl! it b!

the #nn#'bered n#'ber, i& 'an onl! had a 'e'or! that *o#ld retain the i'aglnal a*ts o& the past.

ver! nat#ral e&&e*t has a spirit#al *a#se, and not a nat#ral. nat#ral *a#se onl! see's. It is a

del#sion o& the perishing vegetable 'e'or!. /$lae, &ro' ilton

I& 'an *o#ld onl! bear in 'ind that ever! si'ple little i'aginal a*t sends a 4#iver thro#gh

6'nis*ien*e, right thro#gh 6'nipoten*e, and right thro#gh I''anen*e so the "hole thing is lie ah#ge, big *o'p#ter, -- !o#r i'aginal a*t instantl! is added to the s#' total o& it all+ and instantl! the

"hole. thing is *hanged, and the "orld is re&le*ting ever! i'aginal a*t in this "orld o& 'an, and

eeping it all per&e*tl! re*orded, so that there is no s#*h thing as a nat#ral *a#se. It is all a spirit#al

*a#se.

ll things "ere 'ade b! (i', and "itho#t (i' "as not an!thing 'ade that "as 'ade.

nd "here does (e d"ell8 (e d"ells in #s, &or (e is %pirit, and the %pirit o& God d"ells in #s. (e

d"ells in #s, and I have, b! eperi'ent, dis*overed "hat that %pirit is+ and I tell !o# &ro' '! o"n

eperien*e, the %pirit o& God and the h#'an i'agination are one. )he! are not t"o.

%o "hen !o# depart this "orld, !o#r realit! -- "hi*h is the %pirit o& God - is !o#r o"n "onderl

h#'an i'agination+ and that gives *#bi* realit! to ever!thing in this "orld i& !o# enter it. No", these*ret is to enter it. =an I enter the state o& '! "ish l&illed8 )hose other states "ere si'pl!

eperi'ents. =an I enter the state o& the "ish l&illed8 I have done it. 6n several o**asions I have.

When it see'ed essential, I did it. I& so'eone ased o& 'e, I tried '! best to do it. nd ho" do I do it8

$! &eeling.

s "e are told in the 17th *hapter o& *ts: (app! is the 'an that &eels a&ter (i' and &inds (i', -- he

is speaing no" o& God, -- &or in (i' "e live, and 'ove, and have o#r being.

(e has #st got thro#gh speaing to the thenians. (e said, 6h, 'en o& thens, I see that !o# are ver!

religio#s+ b#t I noti*e over !o#r te'ple an ins*ription to the Anno"n God. No", the one !o# "orshipas #nno"n, I "ill reveal to !o#, &or (e is not a God a&ar o&&. (e is near, that !o# 'a! &eel a&ter (i'

and &ind (i'+ &or in (i' "e live, and 'ove, and have o#r being. %o the God o& Who' I spea is

never so &ar o&& as even to be near, &or nearness i'plies separation. No 'atter ho" near he is, that3s not


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the God. (e *an3t be near be*a#se I (e. $e still and no" that I God. )hat is "hat !o# are

told in the >Bth sal', the 10th verse.

$e still, -- "h!8 )hat !o# 'a! no" I (e. I a' God. %o the nda'ental sin o& %*ript#re isthe la* o& &aith in I (e. s !o# are told, o# "ill die in !o#r sins, -- that is, !o# "ill die

'issing the 'ar, -- #nless !o# believe I (e.

nd be&ore that the "orld "as, I .

$e&ore braha' "as, I .

%o I *an3t he near+ that3s the *ore o& '! being. I *an sa!, I a' a 'an, and that3s so'ething

near. I have a hand+ that is near. 1 a' ri*h+ that is near. I a' poor+ that is near. $#t be&ore I *ansa! an!thing, I '#st &irst establish the sense o& being, and that is I . %o I '#st &irst be, be&ore I *an

be an!thing in this "orld. nd so, the la* o& &aith in that realit! is the nda'ental sin.

%o here I share "ith !o# "hat I have dis*overed. I have dis*overed that !o#r o"n "onderl h#'ani'agination is the %pirit o& God, and that !o# *an enter an! state in this "orld, and on entran*e, it

*eases to be a &lat s#r&a*e, depi*ting realit!. It is realit!. Wh!8 $e*a#se !o# are the realit! "ho d"ells

in it. Wherever !o# are, things are real. I& !o# are not in it, then the! are not real. )he! go to their &lats#r&a*es.

nd all things eist in the h#'an i'agination. We are *alled #pon to sele*t that state in "hi*h "e "illd"ell -- the state that "e "ill enter and 'ae real in o#r "orld. nd I do it b! si'pl! &eeling. What

"o#ld the &eeling be lie, "ere it tr#e8

(o" "o#ld I &eel, "ere it tr#e8 nd ho" "o#ld I see the "orld, "ere it tr#e8 )hen I &eel '!sel& intothat state, and tr! to give it all the tones o& realit!, all the sensor! vividness that I *an. I& I *an give it

sensor! vividness and the tones o& realit!, even tho#gh I do not see it, it "ill "or+ b#t so'eti'es it

be*o'es so vivid and so intense, !o# do see it. )he "hole thing opens. o#r e!e opens, and the "holething is real+ and then !o# are in an entirel! di&&erent "orld -- the "orld o& !o#r drea's, &or be*a#se

!o# entered it, it is real.

$#t "hether the e!e opens or not, it "ill still "or, 'a! I tell !o#8 )his is the a" spoen o& in

%*ript#re+ and be*a#se no =reator in the "orld eists b#t God, -- (e is the onl! one, -- (e has to *reate

good and evil. I& there is good and evil, God does it. I& there is darness and light, God did it.

(e said, I ill, and I 'ae alive+ I "o#nd, and I heal, and none *an deliver o#t o& '! hands. We thin

a devil ills and God 'aes alive+ that the devil "o#nds and God heals. It3s God "ho ills and God

"ho "o#nds, and God "ho 'aes alive and God "ho heals. )here is onl! God. Cead it in the DEnd*hapter o& ?e#terono'!.

I, even I, a' (e, and there is no God beside 'e. I ill, and I 'ae alive+ I "o#nd, and I heal+ and none*an deliver o#t o& '! hands. nd the God spoen o& in that *hapter is seated here in ever!one "ho is

seated, &or that one in !o# is the %pirit o& God, and the %pirit o& God is !o#r o"n "onderl h#'an

i'agination. %o bla'e no one in this "orld &or an!thing that be&alls !o#.

It3s too late to share "ith !o# an eperien*e o& 'ine last %#nda! 'orning, b#t I "ill on 2rida!. I ased

&or it. I "oe at 1:D0 and thining o& 'an! things *on*erning '! dear "i&e, I ased &or so'e "onderl


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eperien*e no", and then &ell asleep. nd it *a'e in the 'ost glorio#s 'anner "hile I "as "aing at

B:15. I ran straight to '! !ello" pad and "rote the "hole thing do"n. It "as the 'ost vivid eperien*e

in ans"er. $e*a#se I "ove '!sel& into an eperien*e, it had to tae pla*e. What eperien*e it "o#ld be,

I le&t it in the depths o& '! o"n $eing to de*ide that. $#t give 'e so'e "onderl eperien*e thisnight in ans"er to so'ething+ and then *a'e the 'ost glorio#s eperien*e. nd then I "rote the "hole

thing do"n. It3s too long to tell tonight. I "ill tell !o# on 2rida! i& !o# are here. 6r "hether !o# are

here or not, I "ill tell it on 2rida!.

et #s go into the %ilen*e.

No", are there an! 4#estions, please8

ad!: What is the di&&eren*e in the realit! &a*tor bet"een the bod! on the bed and "hat the! *all

astral proe*tion8 Is there a di&&eren*e8

Neville: Well I have had o#t-o&-bod! eperien*es o& "hat the "orld "o#ld *all astral proe*tion, b#t

the! are not an!thing lie this. I a' *onvin*ed that the )hing-)hat-o#-Ceall!-re is drea'ing "hat

!o# believe !o#rsel& to be. 6ne da! !o# "ill a"ae+ and !o# and the drea'er o& !o# "ill be one. I haveseen '!sel& o#t o& this bod! 'an! ti'es, b#t it is not that o& "hi*h I spea toda!.

n! other 4#estions, please8

nother ad!: I& !o# have ti'e, I "o#ld lie to hear again the stor! that !o# told abo#t an eperien*e

!o# had in the past "here !o# tried to get thro#gh a "all, and !o# *o#ldn3t get thro#gh it.

Neville: )hat "as reall! an astral proe*tion. I "as living in '! hotel roo' in Ne" or =it!+ and I &elt

this pe*#liar &or*e in '! head, and I 'oved o#t in a *ir*#lar 'otion -- or rather, a spiral 'otion, and I

&o#nd '!sel& on the bea*h. I didn3t no" an!one, b#t I ne" I had #st le&t a bod! on the bed in Ne"or =it!. I "as 'ore *#rio#s abo#t ho" that thing happened than abo#t the people on the bea*h. )he!

'eant nothing to 'e. %o I in"ardl! "ished to ret#rn and d#pli*ate it, b#t this ti'e not to go to the

bea*h, b#t to a*t#all! *o'e do"n in the roo' and observe the bod! o#t o& "hi*h I had #st sp#n. %o Ihad no sooner "ished it then I *a'e ba* into the bod!+ and I a' in the bod!, and I a' not in the bod!.

$#t no" the sa'e 'otion is taing pla*e, the sa'e intensit!+ b#t this ti'e, as I "hirled o#t in a spiral'otion, I "illed '!sel& to *o'e ba* into that roo' and not go else"here. I "anted to see ea*tl! ho"

this thing "ors. %o I *a'e into the hotel roo', and there "as the bod! on the bed. )he &a*e is *overed

"ith a *lo#d. )here are breas in the *lo#d+ and thro#gh the breas in the *lo#d I *an see '! &a*e, b#tonl! thro#gh breas in the *lo#d. nd here I a' looing at this thing, -- I *all it a thing be*a#se the

Cealit! is looing at it. )hat "hi*h I al"a!s believed to be '! realit!, '! sel& that I shave in the

'orning, that I bathe in the 'orning and I &eed all thro#gh the da!, -- that3s onl! an envelope. I a' the

$eing looing at it.

Well I &ig#red: No", i& I a' no" o#t, I a' %pirit+ there&ore I *o#ld easil! go thro#gh the "all. nd so,

I ran to"ards the "all and ran at it and b#'ped '! head. I *a'e ba* and "as thining to '!sel&,that3s *ra;!. %pirit, -- there is the thing that sho#ld b#'p its head, not 'e. I ran again, and I b#'ped '!

head again. I *a'e ba* and this ti'e I said, No", there '#st be so'e "a! that it *an be done be*a#se

I a' %pirit.

I i'agined '!sel& o#t o& that roo', and instantl! I "as "here I i'agined '!sel&. )he 'ere &a*t that I

sa" the "all as a barrier, it "as a harrier to 'e+ and so, tr!ing to go thro#gh it, I "as going against '!


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o"n rational 'ind, and so I b#'ped it. $#t "hen I stood in the roo', not going thro#gh an! "all or

an! door, I si'pl! i'agined '!sel& else"here, and I "as else"here.

%o that3s ho" I learned that lesson, -- "ith a good b#'p. No" that "as an invol#ntar! proe*tion. Ihave had 'an! vol#ntar! ones. $#t I a' not taling o& that. )hat is behind 'e no". )hat is lie *hild3s

pla!. I a' speaing o& God in #s, "ho is *alled in %*ript#re @es#s =hrist, &or the divine bod! o& God

is !o#r o"n "onderl h#'an i'agination, "hi*h is one "ith God, "ho is @es#s =hrist. )hat3s theord.

nd 'a! I tell !o#, in the end, altho#gh all these b#'ps and these horrors o& the "orld, in the end, (eis In&inite ove. (e appears at &irst as po"er -- destr#*tive violen*e+ b#t in the end, it "as ove behind

it all -- #st sheer ove -- nothing b#t ove in the end. nd that is God.

/a#dio le*t#re )( %ICI) 62 G6? >>:50

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