The Man Who Awakened As God - The Neville Goddard Story

Introduction and Early Life00:00:00

The video introduces Neville Goddard, a man who lectured for 34 years claiming God is human imagination and every person is God in the act of forgetting. It outlines his biography, starting from his birth in Barbados in 1905 into a poor Anglican family, contrasting this with rumors of a wealthy merchant dynasty. The narrative covers his childhood mystical experiences with an infinite ocean, his strict religious schooling, and his emigration to New York in 1922.

Dance Career and Meeting Abdullah00:16:00

This section details Neville's time as a professional dancer in New York and Europe, performing at venues like the Hippodrome and Broadway. It describes his move to a basement apartment during the Great Depression and his pivotal meeting with Abdullah, a black Ethiopian rabbi who taught him Hebrew and the Kabbalah for five years. Abdullah's method of refusal and lack of sympathy is highlighted as a core part of Neville's early training.

The Barbados Assumption and Military Service00:34:00

Neville applies Abdullah's teachings by assuming he is in Barbados despite being in New York during winter, eventually receiving funds from his brother to travel there first class. Following this, he begins lecturing in 1938 and marries Katherine Willa Vanmoose in 1942. Shortly after, he is drafted into the Army but secures his discharge by assuming he is already home in his New York apartment, demonstrating his doctrine that assumptions harden into fact.

Rise as a Lecturer and the 1959 Awakening00:56:00

After leaving the military, Neville establishes himself as a public speaker in New York and Los Angeles, teaching that the Bible is a psychological blueprint rather than history. The narrative focuses on the pivotal event of July 20, 1959, where Neville claims he was born out of his own skull in a San Francisco hotel room, experiencing himself as sealed in a tomb before emerging as an infant witnessed by his brothers.

The Four Signs and Later Years01:13:00

This part covers the subsequent spiritual experiences Neville dated: seeing his son David in December 1959, the tearing of the temple veil in April 1960, and a vision of a dove in January 1963. It explains how these events shifted his teaching from the 'law' of assumption to the 'promise' of divine identity. The section also describes the decline in his audience size after he began sharing these personal mystical experiences instead of just manifestation techniques.

Legacy and Conclusion01:39:00

The final section discusses Neville's refusal to stop telling his awakening story despite professional pressure from his agent. It covers his later years, including appearances on the Joe Pine show, his published books, and his death in 1972. The video concludes by emphasizing that Neville taught the outer world is a shadow of the inner one and that every human being is destined to awaken as God.