The Law and The Promise

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The Law and The Promise

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en

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Neville Goddard's *The Law and The Promise* offers a concise guide to manifesting change through disciplined imagination. Asserting that imagining creates reality, the text argues that life is an imaginal activity where the individual, as divine imagination, can transform circumstances by dwelling in the feeling of the wish fulfilled. Through mystical interpretations of scripture and personal anecdotes, Goddard invites readers to revise their past and assume new identities to heal and transform everyday existence.

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In *The Law and The Promise*, Neville Goddard presents a radical metaphysical argument: the world is fundamentally a world of imagination, and man is essentially imagination itself. Goddard posits that objective reality is solely produced through imaginal activities; events occur because stable mental images create them. The central premise is that there is no fiction—life's drama is imaginal, not physical. To transform one's life, one must first alter their imaginal activity. Goddard introduces the concept of 'revision,' where readers mentally replay past scenes in imagination as they ought to have been played. This act results in the repeal of past causes for present evils, effectively changing the past to alter the present and future. The book asserts that self-abandonment to the feeling of the wish fulfilled is the secret to transformation. By entering into the image of the wish fulfilled and giving it sensory vividness through spiritual sensation, the reader unifies with that state. Goddard illustrates this with stories of financial miracles, the disappearance of warts, and the healing of physical ailments, attributing these results to the power of mood and imaginative occupancy rather than physical means. A significant portion of the text is dedicated to a mystical interpretation of the Bible, particularly the story of David and the birth of the Messiah. Goddard argues that the Bible is not merely history but a record of mystical facts to be experienced internally. He describes his own visions of being born from above, becoming the father of David, and the literal fulfillment of biblical prophecies within his own consciousness. He asserts that the 'Son' is a sign and portent revealing the reader as the Father. The work concludes with the promise that these mystical experiences are inevitable for those who wait for the appointed time, urging readers to abandon the 'eye of sight' for the 'eye of imagination' to find freedom and union with the divine.

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• Spirituality
• Self-Help