Name It (I AM): Neville Goddard’s Technique
What This Technique Is
Name It (I AM) is declare and dwell in "i am ___". This guide consolidates 14 independently extracted appearances across Neville Goddard’s lectures and books into one authoritative practice page. Repeated variations remain attached to their original sources instead of becoming hundreds of competing pages.
Key Concepts
- assumption
- persistence
- faith
- imagination
- desire fulfillment
- I AM
- wealth
- inner speech
- health
- idolatry
Neville’s Source-Grounded Explanation
To manifest any desire, persistently assume that you already are the person you want to be or that your desires are already fulfilled. This involves an 'undeviating persistence' in the feeling and conviction of the wish fulfilled, regardless of external circumstances.
— A Lesson In Scripture
To manifest wealth, one must consciously assume the feeling and declaration of being wealthy, using the divine name 'I AM' by stating 'I am wealthy,' and persisting in this assumption despite external evidence to the contrary.
— A State Called Moses
To manifest health, one must assume the state of being healthy, even when external authorities (like doctors) present contradictory evidence, recognizing that one's 'I AM' is the only true God and creator.
— A State Called Moses
To help a friend manifest a desire, imagine a conversation where you vividly hear them express that their desire is fulfilled (e.g., 'I've never felt better,' 'I have a wonderful job'). Engage in this imaginal conversation, feeling the joy and relief as if it were true.
— A State Called Moses
To manifest a desired state, consciously affirm 'I am' followed by the desired quality (e.g., 'I am secure'). Then, embody this state by walking, acting, and sleeping as if it were already true, ignoring sensory evidence to the contrary. This is a direct test of the Christ (God's power and wisdom) within.
— All Things Are Possible 2
To assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled and fall asleep in that assumption, as if the desired state is already a present reality. This involves engaging the senses in imagination (smelling paint, seeing repairs, feeling the check).
— Barabbas Or Jesus
Neville’s Words
The story of Jesus is a persistent assumption that you are what you want to be, that things are as you desire them to be. ... The story of Jesus is a complete and undeviating persistence in the assumption that you are what you want to be. If you haven’t experienced wealth and that is what you want, persistently assume ‘I am wealthy.’ If you have not experienced fame, assume you are famous, but ‘The day will come,’ saith the Lord ‘when I will send a famine upon you. It will not be a hunger for bread or a thirst for water, but for the hearing of my Word.’ If that hunger hasn’t come to you, then take the same story of Jesus and fulfill your every desire. ... His law is simply a persistent assumption in the claim: ‘I am what I want to be.’
— A Lesson In Scripture
Now that you know it, ask for wealth in the name of God by saying: "I am wealthy." You cannot point outside of self and call upon God's name. If I am in an impoverished state and desire the state of wealth, I must dare to assume I am wealthy... As you walk in the assumption that your desire is fulfilled, you are calling upon the name of God and conjuring that which you are assuming. You must dare to assume wealth, if that is your objective.
— A State Called Moses
If you desire health, you must assume it, even though the doctor's reasoning world produces proof to the contrary. You must be ever aware that they are not your God, that there is only one God and his name is I am!
— A State Called Moses
Perhaps you have a friend who desires to enjoy good health. You can give it to him in the name of God by listening to your thoughts and hearing your friend tell you he has never felt better. Who is hearing the words? I am. That's the Lord. Respond by telling your friend how great he looks in your imagination, and God is speaking. If your friend is unemployed, hear him tell you he now has a wonderful job. Congratulate him and feel the joy that would be yours were it true.
— A State Called Moses
Your I AMness is he. Say: "I am secure, I am wealthy, I am free." This may not be true based upon your senses, but I am simply asking you to say the words, for the moment you do you are subjectively appropriating security, wealth, and freedom. Reason will try to take these from you, so I ask you to play a little game with me. Go through the door and walk as though you are secure, wealthy, and free. Sleep this night as though it were true. If you do, you will not fall asleep seeing the world as you did last night, you will see it differently. If this morning someone gave you a check for $20,000 and you deposited it to your account, you would be $20,000richer, therefore you could not sleep tonight as you did before. Now, without waiting for someone to physically give you the money, go to bed as though it were true. Put Christ to the extreme test. If all things are possible to God and if all things are possible to the believer, can you believe? I am not saying you will succeed the first night, or even the second. Having been trained to accept only what your reason and senses dictate, you may find it difficult, almost impossible, to believe what you could believe - but you can!
— All Things Are Possible 2
Biblical Foundations
Common Misunderstandings
This is not a collection of unrelated “hacks.” The extracted variations describe applications of the same underlying discipline: a change of consciousness precedes a change in experience. The source links preserve the context in which Neville taught each variation.
How to Practice
- Clearly define what you want to be or what you desire to experience.
- Assume the feeling and conviction that you already are that person or that your desire is already fulfilled.
- Persist in this assumption, undeviatingly, regardless of external circumstances or sensory evidence.
- Understand that your imagination (Christ in you) will bring this assumption to pass.
- Identify the desired state (e.g., wealth).
- Dare to assume you are already in that state.
- Declare it using 'I am' (e.g., 'I am wealthy').
- Walk in the assumption that your desire is fulfilled, ignoring sensory evidence to the contrary.
- Identify the desired state (e.g., health).
- Assume you are already healthy.
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