Neville Goddard's Practice of Bi-locating
I usually just listen to Neville's lectures on YouTube, but the other day I did a general search on Neville Goddard and noticed "Who was Neville Goddard" by John Kironde (http://johnkironde.com/2015/09/18/neville-goddard/). I will say up front that I do not agree with Kironde's theology, but he highlighted something about Neville's practice that I have paid too-little attention to, that of bi-locating.
Speaking of the training Neville received from Abdullah, Kironde says:
"Neville spent the rest of his life teaching what he had learned from experience, albeit rudely (see comment by John Peter at 4:40, below). In order to do that, he experimented by 'bi locating': putting his imaginal body where his physical Self wasn’t. He would sit in his bedroom, with the door closed and imagine that he was seated in the corridor, by the telephone, a place that was not even visible from the bedroom. Upon opening his eyes, he would be shocked to discover that he had successfully deceived himself into feeling like he, indeed, was in the corridor.
"Neville discovered that assuming, in imagination, that you are at a different point in space and time, always leads to your physical body gravitating to that place, after a while. In other words, Abdullah was so sure that Neville would go to Barbados because he had imagined the outcome, knowing that the Law is very precise and unalterable. Neville then learned that, the more you practice, placing yourself where you physically aren’t, you will achieve a refinement of the inner senses, leading to a full awakening of your Imagination, the Being you really are."
Practice. Neville practiced the practice of bi-locating. This is what he meant by thinking FROM the desired state. In his mind, he actually went there. With intense effort that eventually became quite easy for him, he would hear good reports from people. In the evening he would review his day and revision its events as having happened the way he wanted them to happen. Says Kironde in "Who was Neville Goddard,"
"Neville taught the following technique as quoted from his book, OUT OF THIS WORLD:
1. Define your objective—know definitely what you want.
2. Construct an event which you believe you will encounter following the fulfillment of your desire—something which will have the action of self predominant—an event which implies the fulfillment of your desire.
3. Immobilize the physical body and induce a state of consciousness akin to sleep; then, mentally feel yourself right into the proposed action—imagining all the while that you are actually performing the action here and now so that you experience in imagination what you would experience in the flesh were you now to realize your goal."
Again, I do not mean to endorse John Kironde's theology -- he hasn't learned some the things I myself have recently found, that we are not 'gods' but God himself (which is the whole point of the revelation) -- but I certainly do appreciate his pointing out that Neville practiced . . .
. . . and practiced . . .
. . . and practiced . . .
. . . and practiced . . .
. . . bi-locating. I remember Neville's experience flipping back and forth in consciousness from lying on his bed to being inside the room pictured on the wall. Finding himself in that room, he went exploring past the door in the picture. In the hallway he scared the wits out of some ladies walking by. I wonder what they saw or heard as he greeted them. Was it just his imagination? His sister in Barbados saw him when he imagined himself there, while he was physically in New York!
He said that what the inner man experiences, the outer man shall also experience. But it takes practice for practice to make perfect. The word 'perfect' cuts two ways here:
1) You need to practice to make your practice perfect.
2) You need to practice to make YOURSELF perfect, for that is our high calling in Christ Jesus.
Said Abdullah to the unemployed, penniless (literally) Neville, "What?! Who said you are GOING to Barbados? A man of your stature? You are IN Barbados and you WENT 1st class!!!!"
Stature? Neville the penniless student? Neville, who couldn't afford a $12 suit or a $3 pair of shoes? Besides bi-locating Neville practiced bi-stating. Abdullah had him imagine himself to be noble, a man of character, status, and prestige; a kind man, a man of charity and patience, a benevolent man who invested his power and knowledge in the uplifting of others. We are not here just to get good, but to give good.
One reason I do not believe in the so-called Law of Attraction is its direction is all wrong. Our lives are the OUT-PICTURING of our inner selves. We are not getting, we are GIVING. The Law is the out-picturing, the out-flowing of our ASSUMPTIONS, of God's assumptions. Learn to assume well, and practice, practice, practice.
Speaking of the training Neville received from Abdullah, Kironde says:
"Neville spent the rest of his life teaching what he had learned from experience, albeit rudely (see comment by John Peter at 4:40, below). In order to do that, he experimented by 'bi locating': putting his imaginal body where his physical Self wasn’t. He would sit in his bedroom, with the door closed and imagine that he was seated in the corridor, by the telephone, a place that was not even visible from the bedroom. Upon opening his eyes, he would be shocked to discover that he had successfully deceived himself into feeling like he, indeed, was in the corridor.
"Neville discovered that assuming, in imagination, that you are at a different point in space and time, always leads to your physical body gravitating to that place, after a while. In other words, Abdullah was so sure that Neville would go to Barbados because he had imagined the outcome, knowing that the Law is very precise and unalterable. Neville then learned that, the more you practice, placing yourself where you physically aren’t, you will achieve a refinement of the inner senses, leading to a full awakening of your Imagination, the Being you really are."
Practice. Neville practiced the practice of bi-locating. This is what he meant by thinking FROM the desired state. In his mind, he actually went there. With intense effort that eventually became quite easy for him, he would hear good reports from people. In the evening he would review his day and revision its events as having happened the way he wanted them to happen. Says Kironde in "Who was Neville Goddard,"
"Neville taught the following technique as quoted from his book, OUT OF THIS WORLD:
1. Define your objective—know definitely what you want.
2. Construct an event which you believe you will encounter following the fulfillment of your desire—something which will have the action of self predominant—an event which implies the fulfillment of your desire.
3. Immobilize the physical body and induce a state of consciousness akin to sleep; then, mentally feel yourself right into the proposed action—imagining all the while that you are actually performing the action here and now so that you experience in imagination what you would experience in the flesh were you now to realize your goal."
Again, I do not mean to endorse John Kironde's theology -- he hasn't learned some the things I myself have recently found, that we are not 'gods' but God himself (which is the whole point of the revelation) -- but I certainly do appreciate his pointing out that Neville practiced . . .
. . . and practiced . . .
. . . and practiced . . .
. . . and practiced . . .
. . . bi-locating. I remember Neville's experience flipping back and forth in consciousness from lying on his bed to being inside the room pictured on the wall. Finding himself in that room, he went exploring past the door in the picture. In the hallway he scared the wits out of some ladies walking by. I wonder what they saw or heard as he greeted them. Was it just his imagination? His sister in Barbados saw him when he imagined himself there, while he was physically in New York!
He said that what the inner man experiences, the outer man shall also experience. But it takes practice for practice to make perfect. The word 'perfect' cuts two ways here:
1) You need to practice to make your practice perfect.
2) You need to practice to make YOURSELF perfect, for that is our high calling in Christ Jesus.
Said Abdullah to the unemployed, penniless (literally) Neville, "What?! Who said you are GOING to Barbados? A man of your stature? You are IN Barbados and you WENT 1st class!!!!"
Stature? Neville the penniless student? Neville, who couldn't afford a $12 suit or a $3 pair of shoes? Besides bi-locating Neville practiced bi-stating. Abdullah had him imagine himself to be noble, a man of character, status, and prestige; a kind man, a man of charity and patience, a benevolent man who invested his power and knowledge in the uplifting of others. We are not here just to get good, but to give good.
One reason I do not believe in the so-called Law of Attraction is its direction is all wrong. Our lives are the OUT-PICTURING of our inner selves. We are not getting, we are GIVING. The Law is the out-picturing, the out-flowing of our ASSUMPTIONS, of God's assumptions. Learn to assume well, and practice, practice, practice.
posted by Daniel C. Branham-Steele at
3:24 PM
4 Comments:
Neville was rude???
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chrissy, at 2:22 PM
"Albeit rudely" exists in the quote from John Kironde. Looking at the context, I do not think that he means rude in the sense of being curt to anyone. Perhaps Kironde refers to Neville being critical of his detractors -- people who would not read his books and church religionists, New Thought teachers and the like -- or his sometimes strained patience with audience members who weren't getting it. Even "after a 'rudimentary' fashion" is possible.
We read and listen to Neville's lectures over and over. I confess I've never heard him rude or impatient with his audience, the man was a saint towards them, but it is Kironde's term. You can ask him of what he speaks.
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Daniel C. Branham-Steele, at 12:14 AM
If reference to the above, if you listen to the lecture, Neville said Abdullah ended the conversation "albeit rudely", Neville said Abdullah was "albeitly rude".
John Kironde has got it right on the mark if you listen to that lecture, I think it gets mixed up if you dont know the lecture.
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John Peter, at 4:40 AM
In reply to this article, I think the author has hit on some majorly valuable points. The first one is what most people miss (which the article is about), you need to practice this and trust me you do get more effective and quicker at it, but it does take practise.
Another point that the author really hits the mark with is, if you actually grasp Neville's message he was not, nor ever was a LOA teacher and everyone seems to totally miss this. I could write an entire article about this. Neville didn't not teach attraction, he taught been a creator, he also taught using the law to play the game of life (IE to create your circumstances, not attract anything.) PS: There are actual lectures where he CLEARLY ditches raising kundalini, meditation, raising vibration etc....saying you dont need to waste your time with any of that.
Also in regards to another major difference, Neville taught we are one with God, expressing himself through us in this world and if you read his work, he splits it into 2 - the law and the promise, with the law been a simple byproduct to promote the law.
Great Article Dan.
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John Peter, at 4:50 AM
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