Neville Goddard Success Stories
Neville Goddard Success Stories
Neville did not tell success stories as decoration. He used them to show the Law in ordinary human situations: homes, money, travel, health, court decisions, business, love, work and changed circumstances. Each story below comes from Neville's books or lecture archive and keeps the focus on what Neville was teaching through the example.
How Neville Used Stories
Stories Make The Law Practical
Neville's principle can sound simple until life feels urgent. The stories show what the principle looks like when someone has rent to pay, a property to sell, a trip to make, a body to restore, a court case to face, a job to secure or a relationship to experience differently. In each case, the person turns from the outer problem to the inwardly accepted end.
The important movement is always the same. A desire is made definite. An imaginal act is chosen because it implies fulfillment. The person accepts the fulfilled state inwardly, often in a quiet and simple way. Then a bridge of events unfolds that the conscious mind did not plan. Neville used these accounts to train attention away from strain and back to the creative state.
Read the stories for their living pattern, not as scripts to copy. The scene that worked for one person belonged to that person's desire. Your work is to find the inner act that would imply your own fulfillment and then give that state reality in imagination.
Building And Money
The Doctor's Apartment Building
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- A doctor and his wife wanted an apartment building on their lot but did not want to endanger their savings.
- Imaginal act
- They mentally walked through the completed building, rented imaginary units, and heard a friend say it was beautiful.
- Result
- Plans, financing, construction and tenants arrived through a series of natural events, and the building was completed and rented.
Neville used this story to show dwelling in the end. They did not imagine money first; they occupied the completed result.
Completion
The Final Apartment Rented
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- After the apartment building was nearly complete, one unit remained unrented.
- Imaginal act
- They changed the inner scene and imagined visiting tenants who were already living in that unit and happily showing it to them.
- Result
- Within three days, the remaining apartment was rented.
When one detail of the fulfilled picture seemed missing, they did not worry over the fact. They revised the imaginal end.
Home
The House Sold After Sleeping In The New Home
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- A family wanted to sell their present house and move into a new one.
- Imaginal act
- For four nights, the woman went to sleep in imagination in the kind of home she wanted to own.
- Result
- A buyer appeared through an unexpected meeting, walked through once, and bought the house quickly.
Neville's point is the difference between thinking of a new home and thinking from the new home.
Home
The House And Acre Purchased At The Offered Price
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- J.R.B. wanted a house and land on terms that appeared unlikely.
- Imaginal act
- The desired result was accepted inwardly instead of being measured by the apparent difficulty of the purchase.
- Result
- The owner divided the property and the house with an acre was purchased at the offered price.
The story shows Neville's teaching that facts can rearrange around the accepted end.
Revision
F.B. Sells A Burdensome Piece Of Land
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- F.B. wanted to sell land that had become a financial burden, even after a real estate agent gave discouraging reasons.
- Imaginal act
- He mentally changed the unwanted message and lived in the feeling that the property was sold.
- Result
- The sale came through, and F.B. recognized the imaginal drama as the turning point.
This is one of Neville's clean examples of Revision: change the inner message and the outer sequence changes.
Love And Marriage
The Marriage That Began With An Imaginary Wedding Band
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- L.S.E. met the man she wanted to marry, then lost normal contact with him after moving.
- Imaginal act
- Before sleep, she felt herself in her own home as a married woman and twisted an imaginary wedding band on her finger.
- Result
- He found her, proposed, and they were married the following May.
Neville used this as a vivid example of living in the end rather than trying to control the means.
Revision For Others
The Trust Deed Property Restored
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- Mr. R.S. was troubled by a neglected property tied to one of his trust deeds.
- Imaginal act
- He repeatedly imagined driving by with his wife and seeing the yard beautiful, cared for, and secure.
- Result
- The household changed, payments became current, the children were cared for, and the property improved.
Neville used this to show that an imaginal act for another should place them in a better state, not condemn them.
Work And Recognition
The Reno Studio Expansion
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- A studio owner wanted his own location and later wanted the small Reno studio to be recognized nationally.
- Imaginal act
- He heard his superior praising the work and later imagined speaking before a large audience about creative imagining.
- Result
- The studio arrangement changed in his favor, and the Reno studio became a topic of attention at the convention.
The story shows how hearing and atmosphere can form a complete imaginal scene.
Income
Income Equal To The President's
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- A man moved from low pay to wanting a far greater income.
- Imaginal act
- After reading Neville on Revision, he practiced revising daily and changed the inner pattern around his work and earnings.
- Result
- Neville records that two years later his income equaled that of the President of the United States.
This story connects Revision with long-range change in identity and income.
Money
The Caliente Race Track Winnings
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- T.K. wanted to solve a financial problem and chose the 5-10 pool at Caliente Race Track as his scene.
- Imaginal act
- He imagined sorting the winning tickets and receiving a large sum from the cashier until the feeling became intense.
- Result
- After three weeks, the event matched his imaginal drama and he received a check for $84,000.
Neville included the amount because the story demonstrates a definite imaginal act with a definite result.
Money
The Second Caliente Win
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- Another man wanted to know whether the Caliente story could be duplicated.
- Imaginal act
- Neville told him to create his own natural end scene and live in it with feeling instead of copying another person's exact drama.
- Result
- One month later, he showed Neville a check for $16,000 from another 5-10 pool.
Neville's point was not gambling. It was that the imaginal scene must be personally natural.
Relief And Supply
Isn't It Wonderful
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- A woman needed many things at once: money, rent, clothing, transportation and work support.
- Imaginal act
- Instead of imagining every item separately, she fell asleep in the feeling expressed by the phrase, Isn't it wonderful! Something marvelous is happening to me now.
- Result
- She received legal papers providing a continuing monthly income for the rest of her natural life.
Neville used this story to show that a single fulfilled mood can imply many solved details at once.
Health
The Boy's Warts Disappeared
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- A mother wanted her young son's many warts to disappear without a doctor's treatment.
- Imaginal act
- She made a simple imaginal game of buying the warts from him, making them no longer his to keep.
- Result
- Within ten days the warts began to fade, and within a month they had disappeared.
The story shows how acceptance can be made natural through a simple act the child could believe.
Experience
The Orchestra Seat
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- J.R. wanted to sit in the orchestra section at a performance but only had a balcony ticket.
- Imaginal act
- She sat quietly and kept her inward sight fixed on the stage from the direction of the orchestra.
- Result
- An extra orchestra ticket became available moments before the curtain rose, and she sat in the seat she had occupied in imagination.
Neville used this to show the difference between thinking of the end and actually being in the end.
Legal Trouble
The Courtroom Verdict
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- Mrs. G.R. faced a court case where her attorney saw no chance of winning.
- Imaginal act
- She heard the desired verdict inwardly and locked her attention on the words she wanted the foreman to speak.
- Result
- The jury returned with the verdict she had heard in imagination: not guilty.
This is one of Neville's strongest examples of inner hearing shaping outer speech.
Travel And Life Change
The Year In Europe
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- Mrs. M.F. and her husband wanted a year in Europe although their finances made it seem impossible.
- Imaginal act
- She persisted in falling asleep in England, gripping the imagined iron gates near Buckingham Palace.
- Result
- A teaching fellowship opened the way for the trip and the year abroad.
The story shows how touch, location and feeling make the imaginal act concrete.
Money And Business
The Loan Repaid In Full
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- R.K. needed a business loan repaid and realized he had been holding the borrower in inability.
- Imaginal act
- For three nights he imagined his friend telling him unexpected orders had come in and the loan could be paid in full.
- Result
- On the fourth day the friend called, reporting a flood of orders and full repayment including interest.
Neville used the account to show how a changed assumption about another can release the very result desired.
Receiving
The Desired Hat Arrived As A Gift
- Source
- The Law and the Promise
- Desire
- G.L. admired a hat and wanted it.
- Imaginal act
- She entered the feeling of having it rather than treating it as absent.
- Result
- The friend who had worn it sent it to her by special delivery, saying she thought it would look well on her.
Neville used small stories like this to show that the Law applies to ordinary desires as well as large ones.
Travel
Neville's Barbados Trip
- Source
- Neville's lectures
- Desire
- Neville wanted to return to Barbados after years away, though the outer facts did not support the trip.
- Imaginal act
- Under Abdullah's instruction, he accepted that he was already in Barbados and viewed New York from that state.
- Result
- The means appeared and he traveled to Barbados.
Neville returned to this story often because it makes 'thinking from' a place easy to understand.
Travel
Passage Back From Barbados
- Source
- Catch the Mood
- Desire
- After the war, Neville needed passage back from Barbados when ships were crowded and waiting lists were long.
- Imaginal act
- He treated the return as settled in consciousness instead of accepting the steamship company's list as final.
- Result
- A place opened and he returned in time for his New York schedule.
The story shows that a crowded outer condition is still not the creative cause in Neville's teaching.
Freedom
The Army Discharge
- Source
- Neville's lectures
- Desire
- Neville wanted to be released from army service and return to his family and work.
- Imaginal act
- He slept in imagination in his own apartment, feeling himself already home.
- Result
- The discharge came through after the inner state had been accepted.
Neville used this account to show that the fulfilled state is entered inwardly before the document, order or permission appears.
Home And Money
Grace Roosevelt's Apartment Rented
- Source
- Secret of Imagination
- Desire
- Grace Roosevelt needed her New York apartment rented so she could open her Long Island home for the summer.
- Imaginal act
- Neville told her to sleep in imagination in Long Island and think of the New York apartment from there.
- Result
- The next morning she called from Long Island; a tenant had appeared immediately and rented the apartment.
This is one of Neville's clearest lecture examples of thinking from the fulfilled location.
Career
The Culver City Purchasing Agent
- Source
- Secret of Imagination
- Desire
- A man wanted the head purchasing agent position for Culver City, though the legal requirements appeared to exclude him.
- Imaginal act
- Neville told him to sleep in the state of already being the purchasing agent without pushing anyone out.
- Result
- The situation rearranged and he was appointed head purchasing agent.
Neville's lesson was that you occupy the desired office in consciousness and allow the bridge of events to form.
Success For Another
The Barber's Trophies
- Source
- Every Natural Effect
- Desire
- A student wanted his barber to rise from the lowest chair in the shop to the top of his profession.
- Imaginal act
- He imagined the barber as successful, saw trophies on the wall, and heard him telling the story of winning.
- Result
- The barber bought out the boss, rose to the top chair, and the shop won several contest trophies.
Neville used this account to show that the Law can be applied lovingly for another person.
Income And Vocation
Dr. Millikan's Lavish, Steady Income
- Source
- Arise
- Desire
- Neville tells of Dr. Robert Millikan, young and poor, setting a goal of greatness and security.
- Imaginal act
- Millikan condensed the desire into a present-tense statement of a lavish, steady, dependable income consistent with integrity and mutual benefit.
- Result
- Neville presents him as an example of rising into a higher level of consciousness and proving the value of a present-tense assumption.
The story shows Neville's emphasis on assuming the fulfilled state now, not postponing it into 'I will be.'
How To Study Them
Turn Each Story Into Practice
Find The Fulfilled End
Ask what result was accepted before it appeared: the home occupied, the money received, the journey completed, the verdict changed, the body restored or the opportunity secured.
Notice The Imaginal Act
Look for the simple inner act Neville highlights: sleeping in the desired place, hearing good news, revising an event, feeling ownership, wearing the imagined ring or accepting a new identity.
Name The State
Every story turns on state. The person stops living as the one waiting, lacking or fearing, and enters the consciousness of the one for whom the end is already true.
Apply The Pattern Simply
Choose one desire, one end and one short imaginal act. Let the story encourage faithful practice without turning another person's details into a rule.
Continue With Neville's Original Words
The richest collection of written success stories is The Law and the Promise. Many more appear across the lecture archive, where Neville retells personal experiences and student accounts to explain imagination, Revision, prayer, assumption and the fulfilled state.