The words of Jesus in the New Testament have inspired countless interpretations, from theological doctrines to deeply personal reflections. One particularly mystical and transformative perspective comes from Neville Goddard, a 20th-century spiritual teacher who taught that the Bible is not history, but psychological drama—a guide to unlocking the power of our own consciousness.
According to Goddard, when Jesus speaks of the Father, he is speaking about the I AM, the divine presence within each of us. Let’s explore some of Jesus' key statements about his unity with the Father and reinterpret them through Neville Goddard’s mystical perspective.
1. “I and the Father are one.” – John 10:30
For Neville, this isn’t a man claiming unity with a distant God. This is you recognising that your own awareness of being—your I AM—is God. You and your imagination (God) are not separate. You are one with the creative power that shapes your world.
2. “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” – John 14:9
Jesus here is not pointing to himself alone, but to any individual who has awakened to their divine nature. When someone sees you living in the full consciousness of “I AM,” they’re seeing God expressed through form—a reflection of divine awareness in human identity.
3. “I am in the Father and the Father is in me.” – John 14:10-11
Neville taught that imagination (the Father) and consciousness (the Son) dwell within each other. They are intertwined. When you assume a state—believe in it, feel it—you are using this divine union to shape reality.
4. “That they may all be one... as we are one.” – John 17:21-22
This is a call for all to awaken to the truth of their own divinity. Neville believed that there is only one Being, fragmented into many, playing different roles. When you realise your identity as the “I AM,” you return to the unity of all things.
5. “The Son can do nothing of his own accord…” – John 5:19
The “Son” here represents your human self, which can do nothing without the Father—your imagination. Your outer world is always a reflection of the inner assumption. You only act effectively when aligned with your inner state.
6. “I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.” – John 5:30
Neville saw this as surrendering to spiritual law. The will of the Father is to imagine and feel your desires as fulfilled, and let reality conform. Your role is not to force, but to assume the feeling and trust the law of consciousness.
7. “Not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.” – John 6:38
Your true purpose is to awaken to your divine nature, not to live from the ego. You came into the world of form to remember who you are—to know yourself as the creator, the one who manifests through imagination.
8. “I came from God…” – John 8:42
According to Neville, this speaks to our divine origin. Consciousness descended into form to experience separation, but the journey is about returning to the awareness of being God—the source from which we came.
9. “I came from the Father and now I am going back…” – John 16:28
This reflects the cycle of forgetting and remembering. We enter the world of senses and forget our divine identity. But through awakening, through imagination and assumption, we begin the return journey—to know ourselves once again as the Father.
10. “I do not speak on my own authority…” – John 12:49-50
When you speak from a state of belief—imagining your desire fulfilled—you speak with the authority of the Father within. It is not personal effort, but the power of assumption that brings things to pass.
11. “All mine are yours, and yours are mine…” – John 17:10
This is the essence of your inheritance. Everything God is, you are. You are not a beggar before the divine—you are the divine in expression. The “I AM” within you owns all, creates all, and is all.
Returning to Eden: Coming Full Circle
Neville Goddard’s teachings also reframe the broader biblical story—from Genesis to the Gospels—as a full circle of consciousness.
In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve lived in unconscious unity with God. But the moment they ate from the Tree of Knowledge, they entered into self-awareness and separation—the beginning of the human experience.
This was not a fall in the traditional sense, but a necessary descent into limitation, so that God could become man and man could one day awaken as God. Jesus’ statements like “I and the Father are one” mark the climax of this return journey.
We fell asleep in Eden, and through awakening, we return—but now as conscious creators, not innocent beings. The circle is complete:
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From unity,
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To separation,
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Back to oneness—with full awareness.
As Neville put it:
“God became man, that man might become God.”
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