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 $ible speas is o#r o"n "onder&#l h#'an i'agination+ that God and the h#'an i'agination are one+ that all nat#ral e&&e*ts in the "orld, tho#gh the! are *reated b! the %pirit o& God, are *a#sed b! %pirit. %pirit. %o, “ever! nat#ral e&&e*t has a spirit#al *a#se, and not a nat#ral. nat#ral *a#se onl! see's+ it is a del#sion o& o#r” -- &ading, I "o#ld sa!, “'e'or!.” “'e'or!.” /$lae, &ro' “ilton” “ilton” 2or here in this "orld I *an3t 4#ite re'e'ber re'e'ber "hen I i'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 I a' 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 #no**#pied s#ite read! &or o**#pan*! b#t not o**#pied. o**#pied. It "as #st as 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.
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! a*t#all! o**#pied it. I *a'e ba* to "here I "as seated, on one o**asion, --to --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 I entered 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 *losed aro#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, "onder&#l 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. I entered 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, "onder&#l *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'.”
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, *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 ph!si*al *a#se &or it. nd here, I a' looing looing at so'ething so'ething entirel! di&&erent. 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 !ears be&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 the a*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 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, holding onto this obe*t. )hen I "ent to"ards the bea*h, and a strange, strange, pe*#liar ani'al approa*hed 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 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!. hori;ontall!. %o I &elt, “Well, “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 had le&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 "onder&#l 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
"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 #n n#'bered ti'es sin*e. I a' not a*t#all! *on&ined to "here this bod! bo d! 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 penetrate '! ho'e, leaving 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 no "ing Who God is, -- God is %pirit, and (e is no" en*ased en *ased in this little gar'ent o& &lesh+ b#t (e is %pirit, and I have dis*overed (e is '! o"n "onder&#l h#'an i'agination. %o "hen 'an “dies,” he *annot die+ onl! the gar'ent that he “"ears” *an die. $#t that $eing that he reall! 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 % o "hen !o# ! 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 "onder&#l 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 #po n (i'sel& the "eanesses "ean esses 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. It doesn3t 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', drea', it3s shado"! -- a 'ere possibilit 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#nd either 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' "ill tae on realit!. nd, i& he h e 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 not do 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'.
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 "as dishonorabl! 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!+ 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. %o going 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 "ere there. 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 a hand 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, I have 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&t that 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 have eperien*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 "ith love, 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*iple to"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
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*al things 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' it be*a#se o& a ph!si*al *a#se. *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 b e!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 -- an o**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 he r '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!.” 'e'o r!.” /$lae, &ro' “ilton” I& 'an 'an *o#l *o#ld d onl! onl! bear bear in 'ind 'ind that that ever! ever! si'pl si'plee litt little le i'ag i'agin inal al a*t send sendss a 4#iv 4#iver er thro thro#g #gh h 6'nis*ien*e, right thro#gh 6'nipoten*e, and right thro#gh I''anen*e so the "hole thing is lie a h#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 "onder&#l h#'an i'agination+ and that gives *#bi* realit! to ever!thing in this "orld i& !o# enter it. No", the se*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 $! &eeling. s "e are told in the 17th *hapter o& *ts: “(app! is the 'an that &eels a&ter (i' and &inds (i',” -- he is speaing no" o& God, -- “&or in (i' "e live, and 'ove, and have o#r being.” (e has #st got thro#gh speaing to the thenians. (e said, “6h, 'en o& thens, I see that !o# are ver! religio#s+ b#t I noti*e over !o#r te'ple an ins*ription to the Anno"n God. No", the one !o# "orship as #nno"n, I "ill reveal to !o#, &or (e is not a God a&ar o&&. (e is near, that !o# 'a! &eel a&ter (i' and &ind (i'+ &or in (i' "e live, and 'ove, and have o#r being.” %o the God o& Who' I spea is never so &ar o&& as even to be near, &or nearness i'plies separation. No 'atter ho" near he is, that3s not
the God. (e *an3t be near be*a#se I (e. “$e still and no" that I God.” )hat is "hat !o# are told in the >Bth sal', the 10th verse. “$e still,” -- "h!8 )hat !o# 'a! no" “I (e.” I a' God. %o the &#nda'ental sin o& %*ript#re is the la* o& &aith in “I (e.” s !o# are told, “o# "ill die in !o#r sins,” -- that is, !o# "ill die 'issing the 'ar, -- “#nless !o# believe I (e.” “nd be&ore that the "orld "as, I .” “$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 *an sa! 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 "onder&#l h#'an i'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 &lat s#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 "ill d"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& into that 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 o #r e!e opens, and the "hole thing 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 "onder&#l h#'an i'agination. %o bla'e no one on e 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 "onder&#l
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 "onder&#l eperien*e this night 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 an!thing lie this. I a' *onvin*ed *onvin*ed that the )hing-)hat-o# )hing-)hat-o#-Ceall -Ceall!-re !-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 have seen '!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 &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& '!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 I had 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!+ intensit!+ b#t this ti'e, as I "hirled "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#t onl! 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 '!
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, e lse"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. I have 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& o & God in #s, "ho is *alled in %*ript#re “@es#s =hrist,” &or the divine bod! o& God is !o#r o"n "onder&#l h#'an i'agination, "hi*h is one "ith God, "ho is @es#s =hrist. )hat3s the ord. nd 'a! I tell !o#, in the end, altho#gh all these b#'ps and these horrors o& the "orld, in the end, (e is 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 b #t ove in the end. nd that is God.
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