“If it is not true, you must completely discard it.” —Neville

**Neville Goddard and the Time Machine**

Lately, I’ve been trying to disprove the philosophy of Neville Goddard. In a nutshell, his philosophy is that you can imagine yourself into becoming the person that you want to be. But is that really true?

In his lecture, “Thinking Fourth-Dimensionally,” Neville says: “Take my challenge and put this philosophy to the test. If it does not work, you should not use it as a comforter. If it is not true, you must completely discard it. I know it is true. You will not know it is true until you try either to prove or disprove it.”

**Neville Goddard and the Screen of Space**

“Prove or disprove this law. I know that if you attempt to disprove it, you will prove it, and I will be the richer for your proving it, not in dollars, not in things, but because you become the living fruit of what I believe I am teaching in this world.” —Neville

**Neville would not compromise his teachings.**

I have been reading (and listening to) Neville’s books and lectures for years. I have drawn numerous portraits of Neville and other artworks inspired by him.

But have I proven (or disproved) his philosophy?

And so, once and for all, I am “putting it to the test” as Neville would say.

This philosophy has helped me through difficult times in my life—but has this philosophy been just a “comforter,” making me feel better until circumstances improved? In that case, this belief has just been a bowl of spiritual ice cream (a bowl? who am I kidding—I’ve been eating it straight from the carton) to console myself with. Not a philosophy that makes any concrete improvements in my life.

“If I would now assume I am what I want to be, and if I am faithful to it and walk as though I were, the very longest stretch given for its realization is three days.”—Neville

**One of Neville’s inspiring quotations, with a butterfly, a symbol of Resurrection.**

Starting today, I will be testing Neville’s philosophy. I’m going to give it three days.

“Too many of us have joined ‘isms’ and we are afraid to put them to the test because we feel we might fail; and, then, where are we?”—Neville

**The four mystical steps to using your wonderful human imagination to become the person you want to be.**

I know that if I disprove Neville’s philosophy, I will be left wondering, “Where am I ?”

But that is the chance I have to take. I will be keeping you updated on my attempt to disprove Neville’s theories.

“Neville’s Garden.” Neville says that “You are in your garden of Gethsemane or prepared mind if you can, while you are in a state akin to sleep, control your imagination and not let it wander away from its purpose. If you can do that you are definit… — “Neville’s Garden.” Neville says that “You are in your garden of Gethsemane or prepared mind if you can, while you are in a state akin to sleep, control your imagination and not let it wander away from its purpose. If you can do that you are definitely in the garden.”

“I hope you will be bold enough to challenge this instruction and either prove or disprove it.” —Neville

Mystics, Cats, & Places

Disproving Neville, Part I

“If it is not true, you must completely discard it.” —Neville

“Prove or disprove this law. I know that if you attempt to disprove it, you will prove it, and I will be the richer for your proving it, not in dollars, not in things, but because you become the living fruit of what I believe I am teaching in this world.” —Neville

“If I would now assume I am what I want to be, and if I am faithful to it and walk as though I were, the very longest stretch given for its realization is three days.”—Neville

“Too many of us have joined ‘isms’ and we are afraid to put them to the test because we feel we might fail; and, then, where are we?”—Neville

“I hope you will be bold enough to challenge this instruction and either prove or disprove it.” —Neville