Many people are struggling with the transition from a religious background to Neville’s teachings — a shift that can challenge everything you’ve been faithful to until discovering this work. This is usually where most people stop. Or give up. Without guidance or understanding, panic kicks in, and fear takes over. I’ve been there. I tried to find answers in different churches, with different pastors. I genuinely tried to silence my doubts and make myself believe again. But no matter how hard I wanted to, I couldn’t. It took a long time to make peace with the new information and to allow the old identity to die — and let’s be honest, that process can feel like living hell. But when clarity finally came, the old identity simply stopped making sense… and it faded on its own. I’m sharing this to let you know you’re not alone. And that this community can support you through it. Just ask.

I’ve been sitting with this for a while, and the more I look at it, the more it makes sense to me. Neville’s idea of a “state” and what we now call the nervous system are describing the same thing — just from different angles. Neville spoke about states of consciousness. Modern psychology speaks about nervous system states. Different language. Same mechanism. A state, in Neville’s terms, isn’t something you think your way into. It’s the position you live from. It’s: – how safe or unsafe you feel – what feels possible or impossible – what reactions are automatic – what feels normal for you That’s not logic. That’s the body. You don’t choose a state intellectually. You inhabit it physiologically. This is where one of Neville’s lines finally clicked for me: “You cannot assume being something you are not aware of being.” If your nervous system is in: – fight or flight → danger feels real – freeze → collapse and hopelessness – fawn → people-pleasing and self-abandonment then the state you’re occupying is survival. Trying to assume “I am secure” from there isn’t a failure of faith or belief. It’s a biological mismatch. Neville said an assumption must feel natural to be accepted. Natural doesn’t mean positive. It means regulated. This is also why SATS works. The state akin to sleep: – slows the body – reduces vigilance – quiets the old identity – softens the sense of “me” Neville didn’t say “regulate your vagus nerve.” He said “enter stillness.” Same doorway. And yes — even if we accept the truth that we are God experiencing itself, consciousness still chose to experience through human bodies. Being God doesn’t cancel biology. It moves through it. We don’t bypass the nervous system by declaring truth. We embody truth through it. That’s why jumping from: “I am unsafe” straight into “I am abundant and relaxed” usually doesn’t work. The system doesn’t trust it. Neville actually implied bridge states when he spoke about persisting in assumptions that feel natural. Natural might be: “I’m allowed to relax.” “Nothing is required of me right now.” “Support exists.”

Neville Goddard’s teachings can feel simple… but also challenging. I’m curious — how do you personally experience them? Do they feel natural, confronting, empowering, or confusing? Drop your honest thoughts below — no “right” answers, just real experiences.

Day 1 — You Don’t Get What You Want, You Get What You Are (The Power of Awareness) This is the heart of Neville’s teaching, and it’s much simpler — and more confronting — than it sounds. You don’t get what you want. You get what you are aware of being. Life responds less to what we desire and more to what feels true about us inside. Our inner state. Our assumptions. The identity we quietly live from every day. Most of us are trying to change life while still being aware of the same old self. We want love, but deep down we feel unchosen. We want money, but our body is still familiar with lack. We want healing, but we’re still identifying with being broken or unwell. So even when we affirm, visualize, or try to “do the work,” the same patterns keep repeating — not because we’re doing it wrong, but because the awareness hasn’t shifted. Neville isn’t asking you to deny how you feel or pretend pain doesn’t exist. He’s asking you to notice who you are being while you feel it. Because the moment awareness changes, the cause changes. Today’s practice (gentle, no pressure): Pause for a moment and check in with yourself. Not your thoughts — your sense of self. Ask quietly: Who am I aware of being most of the time? Then ask something softer: Who would I be if what I desire were already true? How would I feel in my body? How would I move through the day? Close your eyes for 30–60 seconds and let yourself feel that version of you. No forcing. No perfect images. Just a subtle sense of “this is me.” Even touching that state briefly matters. Life always reorganizes around who you are being, not what you’re trying to get. Reflection: What old awareness do you notice showing up for you today — and can you meet it without judgment?