The Way

“To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth; in sorrow you shall bring forth children. Yet your desire shall be for* your husband, and he shall rule over you.” — Genesis 3:16 This verse is traditionally read as a punishment—a divine sentence passed upon Eve for her disobedience. But when read symbolically, as Neville Goddard encouraged, Genesis 3:16 is not about gender or divine wrath. It is a deeply encoded message about the sorrowful beauty of transformation, of imagination moving through resistance to bring forth new realities. Let’s unfold it. Pain in Childbirth: The Strain of Shifting Identity Neville taught that every passage of Scripture speaks to the inner psychological journey of awakening. Childbirth, in this context, symbolises the emergence of a new state of being. When you adopt a new assumption—“I am wealthy,” “I am healed,” “I am free”—you are impregnating your subconscious with a new self-concept. But this is not an instant or effortles...

A Neville Goddard Reading of Mark 13:3–13 Most Christians read Mark 13 as a terrifying vision of the world’s collapse. Popular translations like the ESV label it “Signs of the End of the Age,” and the assumption is that Jesus is predicting catastrophic external events. But as Neville Goddard so often insisted, the Bible isn’t a book of historical forecasts—it is a psychological drama unfolding within you. In Mark 13:3–13, Jesus sits on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple—a clear symbol of contemplation and elevation of consciousness. The disciples ask him privately, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?” But the answer is not about a date on the calendar. It’s about a shift in identity. False Messiahs: Your Misplaced Hope in Outer Methods Jesus warns: “Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray.” (v. 6) Neville would interpret this as mistaking outer techniques, ...