The Way

The story of David and Bathsheba is often viewed simply as a moral lesson on lust, deceit, and repentance. Yet, through the teachings of Neville Goddard, it emerges as an allegory of consciousness, imagination , and the vital process of inner transformation necessary for true manifestation. A Story of Desire, Deception, and Divine Order King David, Israel’s beloved ruler, experiences a moment that forever changes his life. One evening, as he walks on the roof of his palace, he sees a woman bathing. The woman is Bathsheba, “very beautiful to look upon”: “And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.” — 2 Samuel 11:2 (KJV) In a narrative similar to Amnon and Tamar , struck by desire, David sends for her and sleeps with her, despite knowing she is the wife of Uriah, one of his most loyal men. When Bathsheba beco...

The story of King David’s sin with Bathsheba, the death of Uriah, and the loss of David’s child (2 Samuel 11–12) offers a lesson in the law of Assumption—the very foundation of Neville Goddard’s teaching. In a story similar to Amnon and Tamar , this narrative reveals how our inner states of self perception shape outer reality, and how awareness and revision can transform our lives. David’s Misaligned Assumption: Desire, Control, and Its Consequences David’s journey begins with a moment of weakness: seeing Bathsheba bathing, he desires her and acts impulsively. “One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful.” (2 Samuel 11:2) Instead of living from a state of fulfilled desire, love and faith , David lacks self-mastery and acts from a state of lack and impatience. He summons Bathsheba, sleeps with her, and she becomes pregnant. To cover this, David arranges the death of her ...

For centuries, certain biblical figures have been cast in the shadows—seen as fallen, sinful, or morally weak. Yet Neville Goddard taught that the Bible is not a record of external sins or virtues. It is a psychological allegory , a symbolic journey of the awareness, where each character represents a state of consciousness within us. When we understand this, those once-condemned figures reveal spiritual concepts, not cautionary tales. Let’s unravel some of the most common myths through the symbolic vision Neville offers. Mary Magdalene: Not a Prostitute, but the Cleansed Imagination The myth: That she was a former prostitute. The truth (Neville’s view): Mary represents the imagination purified —a woman no longer tormented by unlovely states (the " seven demons "). She becomes the first to witness the resurrection , not because of morality, but because the awakened imagination is the only part of us capable of perceiving fulfilled desire. “She turns from the world o...