According to Neville Goddard, the Bible is not a historical document but a symbolic revelation of how consciousness operates. It maps the inner structure of creation — not the beginning of the universe, but the beginning of every experience.
When read in this way, three verses from different parts of the Bible form a powerful sequence of insight. Though they appear in different places, we look at them thematically — because this is how the inner process of manifestation unfolds:
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John 1:1 reveals the origin of all creation — the “Word,” which Neville defines as an assumption or idea held in imagination.
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Genesis 11:1 shows the power of inner unity and introduces the shift from the language of external effort to that of inner assumption.
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Genesis 1:11 presents the law in action — the seed within brings forth after its kind.
This symbolic sequence reflects the movement of imagination from conception, to agreement, to expression.
John 1:1 — In the Beginning Was the Word
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Neville interprets the Word as imagination — the divine creative faculty within every individual. This “Word” is not a sound but a conscious assumption. The Word is both with God and is God because God, in Neville’s teachings, is your own wonderful human imagination. The name Elohim - God - symbolises the manifold aspects of your own consciousness that imaginatively convene within the mind.
Importantly, this first “Word” is echoed in Genesis: the first Word of God was the first assumption, the first movement of consciousness spoken into existence “in the beginning.” It was not an external command but an inner declaration — the original “I AM.”
Every beginning starts here: with a Word, a belief, an idea you hold to be true. This is the first cause, the unseen root of what will become visible.
Genesis 11:1 — The Shift to the Language of Assumption
“And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.”
This verse appears just before the story of the Tower of Babel. Traditionally, it is seen as a literal account of humanity's shared language before it was divided. Symbolically, however, it points to a state of internal harmony where thought and feeling align.
Through Neville’s understanding, this verse also marks a pivotal shift: from a language of external striving and effort to the language of inner assumption. The "one language" represents the unified inner state in which belief (thought) and emotional conviction (speech) are fully merged.
When your assumptions (the true “language” of the mind) and your feelings (“speech”) are one, you are in perfect inner agreement, making manifestation possible and inevitable.
The Tower of Babel story symbolises the insertion of the new premise of the law of Assumption, where imagination governs reality from within.
Genesis 1:11 — The Seed Is in Itself
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself...”
Neville saw this as a symbolic truth, not an agricultural one. The “earth” is the subconscious, and the “seed” is the assumption you plant within it. The key is this: the seed is in itself. Your assumptions contain within them the pattern of their own expression. They will bring forth “after their kind.”
There is no need to look outside for causes. Everything in your outer world is fruit bearing witness to what has been sown within.
A Hidden Blueprint of Creation
These verses, arranged according to Neville’s framework, reveal the full arc of manifestation:
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You conceive: In the beginning is the Word — the first assumption held in imagination.
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You align: Thought and feeling become one language and one speech — the language of inner assumption.
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You bring forth: The earth (your subconscious) yields fruit after its kind.
The Bible, seen in this light, is not warning you to obey outer commandments — it is showing you how to command reality from within.
The Silent Command
When you see that the first Word of God is not an external sound but the first movement of your own awareness — the first assumption — the entire Bible transforms. It becomes not a record of outer commandments but a guide for commanding reality from within.
Your “beginning” is always now. Your “Word” is the assumption you choose to speak silently within yourself.
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