Election And Change of Consciousness by Neville Goddard (02-24-1963)

Neville Goddard 1963 lectures Election and Change of Consciousness February 24, 1963 election. Election is an act of God, not based upon any inherent superiority of those elected, but grounded in the love and grace of God and in his promises to the Father. Let no one boast who is called. Let no one boast who is elected, for all will be called, but in God's own predetermined time. So tonight my subject is election and change of consciousness. God speaks to man through the medium of dream and reveals Himself in vision. And we are past masters of misinterpreting his words. Excuse me. A dream is a parable containing a single jet of truth. Don't try to give meaning to every word or event of the dream. Perhaps there will be several dreams, several stories in a single dream. Then each story contains its own jet of truth. Let me share one such dream of a friend. Her dream is in three parts. It's a wonderful dream on the. On the higher level. The lady states. I found myself in an old, comfortable farmhouse outside. An old horse grazed in the sun and an old dog slept under a tree. Suddenly a man appeared at my door and said, you have been chosen and must leave this place. For a moment I panicked. What would I do about the house and the animals outside? Perhaps I could sell them or give them away. Then the man, having read my thoughts, said, no, you cannot sell them or give them away. You must leave them as they are, and your leaving must be voluntary. The moment I chose to leave, the scene changed, and I am in an entirely different world talking to a man and a woman. Take note of exactly what the sentence started off with. The moment I deci. Excuse me. The moment I chose to leave. Very, very, very big point. The scene changed and I am in an entirely different world talking to a man and a woman. They tell me that I must play three games, of which two have been completed, although I couldn't remember playing them now. Standing in the center of a beautiful green field, I see an enormous mountain in the distance. I am told that I must run across this field, gather anything I can along the way, and reach the top of the mountain in 10 seconds. Then I must interpret what I have accomplished along the way. Scooping up a few stones, I begin to run. I began to run, stopping occasionally to gather more stones along the way. When I reached the top of the mountain, I discovered my stones had become golden nuggets which had fused together. Extending my hand for those who were there to see, I said, this is my mind of golden wisdom. And they Replied, you have found the way. Then the dream changed. And I am standing gazing at a child lying in a crib. Its head. Excuse me. Its head appeared to be. Its head appeared to be indented, as though it had been lying on rocks or sand. Rubbing the child's head, I smoothed its skin and it smiled. Then I dressed it, made it more comfortable. And as I was feeding it, I awoke still seeing the smile on its face. Whoa. Lots of wonderful, wonderful symbolism in there. Wonderful. God spoke to this lady in a glorious dream. A house is a symbol of the state from which you abide. Hers was very comfortable. A dog is the symbol of faith. Caleb, excuse me, called Caleb. In scripture, he is the one who crossed the river with Joshua. He is called the hound of faith. Now, a horse is the symbol of the mind. In her case, he represented a comfortable way of thinking. Then the man appears to tell her she has chosen. In Scripture, God's messenger is always the Lord himself, for my name is in him. So the Lord appeared, not as some strange creature from outer space or as an impersonal force, but as an ordinary man. He tells her she is chosen. Chosen to leave this age. She cannot sell or give her present state of consciousness away. She must voluntarily leave it for another to occupy. There should be a lot of signals going off in your brain right now. He tells her she is chosen. Chosen to leave this age. She cannot sell or give her present state of consciousness away. She must voluntarily leave it for another to occupy. Entering an entirely different age. She meets two, and there is conflict until she reaches the mountaintop where the God in her reveals the mind of golden wisdom. Now, in Paul's last letter to Timothy, he says, the time of my departure has come. Then he mentions three events, saying, I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. Oh, man. That puts together some visions I had, okay? I might as well put them on record during this coaching class. The beginning of 2024, I woke up. We were having a coaching call that very morning. I think it was a Saturday maybe or something. And I had a. I woke up in the. In total vision of my arms in the air. And I was now champion. I had. I had won a boxing fight, A boxing match. I was in the ring. I was literally in the ring. My arms were up. I had gloves on my hands. I could see them. And I. And it was all about, I finally won. I won, you know, I won. I'm the champion, you know, just like that. Just. Just like that, with my arms in the air. I shared that with the class. It puts together another one. The other one I've mentioned to you in these videos already where I met these three taller dudes that look like they were out of the movie Point Break. They had that same kind of hairstyle and scruffy looking surfer look. They, they told me I needed it. There was a contract. Member, I think I mentioned it's also, I mean, I know I mentioned it in the video. There was a contract and the contract said had a bunch of stipulation and it was, I was to get either three, either 3 million or 300 million or some big, big number like that. And it said all I needed to do was go to the Northeast and I would pass everybody. It was like a contract of some sort. So I signed it. And these three guys, these three, they were like seven feet tall. I'm five' eleven. They were seven feet the tall one was. And the other two were a little bit less than him on, on each side of them. Again, long hair, surfer looking, scruffy. These visions exactly put together. Exactly. Because one's the fight. The one was the good fight. I have fought the good fight. And then I finished the race. And that one with the three men were. It was about taking a race, a motorcycle. I was going to pass everybody up and I was going to, basically I was going to win this race. I was told I was going to pass everybody and it was on a motorcycle. And it was just. I'm in Southern California here right now. So this was about going northeast. Back to the book it just puts together. So I want to get that recorded. Puts together two events right there for me. If another one pops in my mind, I'll tell you right now. Entering an entirely different age, she meets two. And there is conflict until she reaches the mountaintop where the God in her reveals the mind of golden wisdom. Now, in Paul's last letter to Timothy, he says, the time of my departure has come. Then he mentions three events saying, I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Okay, third one being faith. I, I could give you dozens of examples right now on that, but we're not going to go there. Like Paul, she has fought the good fight and finished the race. For she has kept the faith. There it is. It's built in, just as everyone will, for it is God who is doing it all. Okay, so just in case, just in case these videos come to an abrupt stop, you'll know, you'll know that I might have graduated, but I'm not going to try and graduate. I am staying the course. That's my intent. All right. But in case they come to an abrupt immediate stop, then you'll know my graduation probably went off then. She finds wisdom personifies as a little child. He who said before he created the heavens, I stood beside him as a little child, I was daily his delight. Rejoicing constantly before him and delighting in the affairs of men. Listen to me carefully. He who finds me, finds life. By the way, at that same time where I had the vision of being with those three men and at the same time I had the one in the ring, was also the time where I had the out of body, where I was in the corner of the room looking at a birth scene. And then next thing I know I'm actually holding the baby. A swaddled baby, Newborn, brand newborn. That was all within that. I think it was about a six week class at the time. Listen to me carefully. He who finds me, finds life. He who misses me injures himself. He who hates me loves death. She found the child. She found life. Animating bodies in this world of death, we are destined to become life giving spirits by finding life. Having won the race, having kept the faith, having fought the good fight, she has found the child. Wow. Don't be concerned about all the little pieces of a dream. Simply see the symbols present there. Now let me repeat once again. Scripture is not history and the characters depicted there are not persons, but personifications of eternal states of consciousness. We all started this journey into death in the state of Abraham. In the 23rd chapter of Genesis, it is said that Sarah dies and Abraham becomes a sojourner in a strange land for 400 years, called the Father of the multitude. God promised Abraham that he would return, bringing all with him. Going to the Hittites, Abraham tells them he has no land to bury his wife. And they say, heres my Lord, you are a mighty prince among us. Take the choicest of our sepulchres. None will withhold his sepulchre from you or hinder you from burying your dead. Wow. May I tell you, every child born of woman is God the Father buried in the sepulcher of the Hittites called Canaanites. Every black man, every white man, every nationality, race or creed born of woman is a Canaanite where God the Father is buried. This was a deliberate act, not a punishment. Listen to the words in the 82nd Psalm. God has taken his place in the Divine council where he holds judgment, saying, you are God's Son of The Most High. All of you. Nevertheless, you will die like men and fall as one man. O princes, we are the ones who deliberately fell into these garments, these sepulchres. A God is entombed in every skull. You didn't begin in your mother's womb. You are buried in the body your mother wove for you. And from that sepulcher you will be called in fulfillment of God's promise. So, let me repeat. Election is an act of God. Not based on any inherent superiority of those elected, but grounded in. In the love and the grace of God and in his promises to the Father. It is to the Father that the promise is made. Everyone has been promised that he will die and will be raised from that state. Everyone will be called from the age of death to once again enter the age of everlasting life. This lady has been called. She has been chosen. And all the events recorded in scripture will take place in her. It thrills me beyond measure to know that in this small circle so many are being called. Everyone will be called, for God is in them. And God cannot fail to lift Himself up in everyone. Having played all the states, as everyone must, you, you will have kept the faith and God will keep his promise and lift Himself up in you, just as he laid Himself down in you. It is the God in you who said, no one takes my life. I lay it down myself. I have the power to lay it down and the power to lift it up again. As God's power is lifted up in you, you depart this age.