The Bible, when read through Neville Goddard’s lens, is not a historical record but a symbolic map of your inner consciousness. Every character, event and parable represents an aspect of your own mind. By understanding these symbols through the law of assumption and the power of imagination, you unlock self-love and recognise your divine creative potential.
1. The Bible as Inner Drama
Neville taught that the Bible is a spiritual drama unfolding within you. It is not about external events, but about your own states of consciousness:
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Characters: Expressions of mental faculties (imagination, will, faith, memory).
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Events: Transitions between states of being (challenge, victory, transformation).
Reading scripture symbolically reveals how your inner life creates your outer world.
2. Law of Assumption: Consciousness Determines Reality
Central to Neville’s teaching is the law of assumption:
Assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, and your outer world will reflect that inner scene.
When you consciously assume a new state—confidence, joy, abundance—you impress that assumption upon your subconscious. It rearranges outer circumstances to match your inner conviction.
3. David and Goliath: Overcoming Inner Limits
In Neville’s interpretation, Goliath personifies your self-doubt, fear and limiting beliefs. David symbolises your awakened imagination and faith.
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Goliath (Limitation): Thoughts that seem too large to conquer.
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David (Imagination): The small but potent belief that transforms giants into dust.
By assuming the identity of David—feeling yourself victorious before the battle—you dissolve inner obstacles and cultivate self-love through evidence of your own creative power.
4. The Son and the Father: Imagination and Origin
In Neville’s framework:
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The Father is universal consciousness, the source of all being within you.
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The Son is your personal imagination in action, the divine gift given to your awareness.
When scripture says "God gave His only Son," it means your awareness is endowed with imagination. You are both Father (origin) and Son (expression). Recognising this unity awakens love for yourself as the source and expresser of all reality.
5. The Prodigal Son: Return to Your Creative Power
The Prodigal Son represents your consciousness straying into doubt or negativity. The Father’s unconditional embrace symbolises your innate ability to forgive yourself and return to creative imagining.
You never need external absolution. Simply assume the feeling of being forgiven, accepted, and creatively empowered. This inner return is the ultimate act of self-love.
6. Eternal Life: The Ever-Present Now
Eternal life, in Neville’s terms, is not a future promise but the ever-present power of imagination:
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Eternal Life = living in the feeling of the fulfilled desire.
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Now = the moment of assumption, where new realities are born.
By dwelling in the assumption of your desired state, you live in eternal life—continual self-renewal and self-love.
7. Manifestation as Self-Love
Every act of imagining a better version of yourself is an act of self-love. Through the law of assumption:
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Define your desire.
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Assume the feeling of its fulfilment.
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Persist in that assumption until it materialises.
This systematic use of imagination aligns your consciousness with love, abundance and your highest potential.
Conclusion
When you read the Bible symbolically with Neville Goddard’s principles, you see yourself in every story. You are the imaginer, the Father, the Son and the victor. Self-love arises naturally when you recognise that your imagination is divine, and that every assumption you embrace shapes your reality. Embrace the symbolic Bible as your personal guide to loving and creating yourself anew.
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