The Way

Tucked within Genesis is a powerful image: Jacob takes rods of green poplar, almond, and plane trees, peels back their bark to expose white strakes)  or speckles stripes or spots, depending on translation ), and lays them before the watering troughs where the flocks come to conceive. What may look like superstition on the surface unfolds symbolically as one of the earliest portrayals of conscious assumption and manifestation. Jacob acts with deliberate intent. The rods of wood link to  Eden's tree of Life , while the act of peeling or crafting (unlike the budding of Aaron’s rod later) reflects a more primitive stage of imagination’s evolution. These rods are not miraculous signs but crafted symbols—human imagination beginning to work consciously through imagery. The watering troughs call to mind the four rivers of Eden—representing the subconscious realm, the fertile inner current where all growth begins. By placing the rods before the waters, Jacob initiates the inner act o...

"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, upon the earth: and it was so." — Genesis 1:11 This verse in Genesis might seem like a simple agricultural moment in the creation story when the first pure assumption was made . But when interpreted through the teachings of Neville Goddard, it reveals a fundamental metaphysical truth: everything reproduces after its kind because the seed is in itself —a direct metaphor for how imagination creates reality . It's the first mention of the two trees in the Garden of Eden . The Seed Within Itself: A Core Principle of Manifestation Neville often stressed that your imagination contains the power to create your world . What you assume to be true in imagination plants a seed. And just as in Genesis 1:11, that seed contains everything needed to reproduce itself —after its kind. This means if you imagine from a state of joy, you w...

“It is not good for me to be proud, but I will come to visions and special experiences of the Lord. I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know; or whether out of the body, I do not know: God knows), such a one was caught up to the third heaven. And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I do not know: God knows), that he was caught up into paradise, and heard words that may not be spoken, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.” — 2 Corinthians 12:1–3 (BBE) In 2 Corinthians 12:1–10, Paul recounts an extraordinary spiritual experience—being caught up to the third heaven, receiving divine revelations, and hearing unutterable truths. Alongside this awe-inspiring vision, he reflects on his personal struggle: a persistent “thorn in the flesh.” Amid this profound passage, two small words are repeated— “God knows.” These words, seemingly a simple aside, carry deep significance when viewed through Neville Goddard...

In Psalm 136:2 we read, “Give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.” At first glance, this seems like an expression of supreme reverence—God above all others. But when we pause to consider the original Hebrew, something richer begins to unfold. The phrase is rendered Elohim Elohim —God of gods. And in Neville Goddard’s framework, this repetition carries deep, symbolic resonance. Neville taught that the word Elohim refers not to a distant deity, but to the creative power of imagination —God as the law operating through human consciousness. “God only acts and is in existing beings or men,” he said. Imagination is not a tool of God. It is God . So what, then, does it mean to say Elohim Elohim ? Why repeat it? In Hebrew, repetition is never idle. It serves to amplify , to confirm , and often to mirror . This doubling, within Neville’s understanding, suggests that the law of imagination applies identically on multiple levels —within and without, the seed and the h...

One of Neville Goddard’s most transformative teachings is the law of identical harvest — the principle that what you reap in life is not just similar to what you've sown inwardly , but identical in nature. It is the " I AM THAT I AM ". Your outer world mirrors your inner state of self-perception with unwavering precision. Just like nature, this law is exact and impartial: the seed you plant in imagination bears fruit after its own kind. Double Creation: The Inner and Outer Realms Neville often highlighted what many see as a contradiction in Genesis — yet he saw it as a revelation of the structure of reality itself. In Genesis 1, creation is declared finished: “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.” But in Genesis 2:5, we read: “No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.” This, Neville taught,...

Genesis 24 is often read simply as the story of Abraham’s servant finding a wife for Isaac. Yet, through Neville Goddard’s profound teachings, this narrative unfolds as a vivid allegory for the inner workings of imagination — the creative power shaping our reality. The chapter reveals how faith, inner assumption, and subconscious confirmation work together in the process of manifestation. Why Not a Canaanite Woman? Understanding Abraham’s Warning Early in Genesis 24, Abraham makes a clear instruction to himself: “You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live; but you shall go to my country and to my kindred and take a wife for my son Isaac.” (Genesis 24:3-4) At first glance, this might seem like a historical or cultural command — a concern for lineage or ethnicity. But from Neville Goddard’s perspective, the Canaanites symbolise limiting states of consciousness or old, unhelpful patterns that resist spiritual awakening. The land of Cana...