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Childlike Faith: Becoming Like Little Children in Neville Goddard’s Teachings

Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.  — Matthew 18:3 (KJV) In Neville Goddard’s teachings, the call to become "as little children" is not a metaphor for naïvety, but a profound principle for effective manifestation. It signifies a mental state of trust, purity, and unshakeable belief in the power of your imagination— the very essence of I AM . Adults, conditioned by past experiences and societal norms, often lose the child’s open, unquestioning faith. Neville insisted that to create intentionally, one must restore that childlike state of mind . What Does It Mean to Become Like Little Children? Neville explained that children possess an unquestioning belief in the possibility of their dreams. They do not second‑guess themselves or ask if something is "possible"—they simply know it is. This is the foundational law of his system: What you imagine and assume to be true, becom...

Psalm 8:4: The Majesty of Man — A Neville Goddard Interpretation

What is man, that you are mindful of him? And the son of man, that you visit him? — Psalm 8:4 (BBE) Psalm 8 is often read as a hymn of praise to the greatness of God and the smallness of man—but Neville Goddard saw it quite differently. To Neville, man is not small at all . In fact, man is the means through which God expresses Himself . The psalm, when read symbolically, reveals a powerful truth: your imagination is divine , and you are not separate from God—you are His embodiment in form. "O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth!" In Neville's teachings, the "name" of God is not a label—it is consciousness itself . God’s name is “I AM.” Wherever someone declares, “I am,” God is there, speaking through that individual awareness. So when the psalm says “How excellent is your name” , it is really saying: How magnificent is this power of I AM—this awareness of being—in every part of life. "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings......