Neville Goddard Lecture: "Be Master of the Mood" (1964)

An Inner Conviction: Neville Goddard's Remarkable Lecture (1968)

Your Maker – Neville Goddard's Invaluable Wisdom (1969)

In this lecture, Neville Goddard explores the profound distinction between intellectual belief and true, lived belief—which he equates with faith. He argues that real belief is not merely accepting something intellectually but experiencing it as reality. Faith, he asserts, is synonymous with imagination: what we truly believe is what we live by, and it is our imagination that brings these beliefs into external form.Neville emphasizes that belief must be fused with experience to be fully realized. Many hear spiritual truths but do not mix them with faith, leading to a lack of transformation. He encourages his audience to test the principle of assuming a desired reality, living as though it were already true, and witnessing the externalization of that assumption.Through vivid anecdotes, Neville illustrates how assumptions shape reality. He shares the story of a woman who desired to visit Egypt but had no means to do so. Years later, after maintaining her assumption, she was unexpectedly gifted an all-expenses-paid trip. Another story recounts how a writer influenced his producer’s vocabulary simply by hearing the desired response in his imagination—eventually shifting the producer’s habitual words from “good” to “terrific” and even “absolutely sensational.”Neville stresses that imagination is the creative power of God in man and that every individual must learn to assume responsibility for their inner world. He warns that when people fully grasp this power, it can be unsettling, as it implies that everything in their world is self-created. However, by mastering this principle, one can systematically reshape their reality, starting with small, tangible changes and eventually transforming their entire life.Ultimately, Our Real Beliefs teaches that faith is not passive but active—it is the art of assuming and persisting in the wish fulfilled until it becomes external fact. Neville challenges his audience to move beyond traditional religious concepts and directly experience the power of their own imagination as God.

In this lecture, Neville Goddard explores one of the deepest mystical revelations—the true nature of man as the creative womb of God. He ties together two key biblical passages: Genesis 2:21, where God puts man into a deep sleep and forms woman from him, and Isaiah 54:5, which states, "Your Maker is your husband". These scriptures, he asserts, are not myths but literal, divine experiences that each person will undergo when they awaken spiritually.Neville emphasizes that regardless of physical gender, every individual is the bride of God. The true “man” in Genesis is God Himself, and from Him emerges His emanation—the creative power of imagination—symbolized as the woman. The great mystery of existence is that God, in His sleep, is dreaming us into being, and when He awakens, we are one with Him, not separate.A central theme of the lecture is a testimony from a student who experienced a profound mystical event. This man, while in a trance-like state, discovered himself to be the womb of the universe—the very source of all creation. He perceived vortices of energy forming and densifying into reality, confirming Neville’s teaching that all imaginal acts take shape in the unseen before manifesting in the world of the senses. He also experienced an intense creative force, far beyond anything known on the physical plane, reinforcing the idea that manifestation is a spiritual act far greater than earthly procreation.Neville explains that every human is undergoing this process, even if unaware. Every thought, every imaginal act, creates a vortex that gathers density until it becomes tangible reality. The purpose of life is to awaken from this divine dream, realizing that we are both the creator and the created. He shares a technique to bring imaginal acts to life—rather than exhaling, one should inhale deeply after imagining a desire fulfilled, feeling the entire body tingle with energy, as if something has been set into motion.Ultimately, The Womb of the Universe reveals that we are in a temporary state of separation from God, but only for a brief moment (as Isaiah states). This separation will end when we give birth to the Christ child within us, which is the sign of our spiritual redemption. Neville reassures that every person will experience this, for none will be lost. The journey may seem long in earthly terms, but in the divine perspective, it is but a fleeting moment.This lecture is a powerful affirmation of the truth of scripture as a living experience. Neville urges his listeners to embrace their role as creators, to recognize that they are the very womb through which God is manifesting reality, and to prepare for the inevitable moment of awakening, when they will realize their divine nature and union with God.