Neville On Fire

The truth about the monetary system and what it says about our psychology.

[Update: The paragraph mentioning 'fractional reserve lending' has been deleted, as this practice is now superceded by 'capit…

Indications from the worlds of literature and visual art help to approach Neville's ideas.

1. Summary of E25 and E26: The poet and his protege.
2. How do their views align with Neville's precepts?
3. F…

Author, artist and the poet’s biographer Eustace Mullins relates his revealed truth.

1. Inspiration from E025: Ezra Pound.
2. Follow up with his biographer: Eustace Mullins, Conversations with John F …

The poet and scholar Ezra Pound gives inspiration to overcome seeming defeat. 

1. Essential assumption: “I am the creative source”. Doubt: Do I really believe this?

2. Negative state surruptitiously en…

The deliberate use of the imagination has a healing effect...

1. Key revelation: deliberate engagement of imagination in speaking has healing effects.

2. Nicoll: instructed by Gurdjieff that consciousn…

How to establish beneficial assumptions and maintain them?

1. Assumptions may be held relatively consciously or subconsciously, in the background of the mind.
2. Try to observe, bring to light, and dis…

I must “act by clear imagination and intention”...

Introduction
Here is the premise: to stop wasting energy and go directly to what we want. Neville’s brilliantly confident formulation is this: I must…

Did Neville have any definite political or social views?..

1. neville: positive view
2. neville: transcendental view
3. neville: asserting the power of the imagination
4. principled position to inform ou…

Discussion of motivation and experiential technique...

Neville quotes philosopher Douglas Fawcett, one of the philosophers of transcendental idealism.

1. Rationale for podcast series.  2. Encountering the archetype...

Introduction
Part I  I feel compelled to reiterate the purpose of this podcast series. The listener should know exactly what my intent…

Drifting (devoid of vision) vs. shifting over...

Introduction

Both Napoleon Hill (Interview with the Devil) and Maurice Nicoll warn against drifting, as does Neville himself. There are many ways of dri…

Several challenges to human freedom - how does Neville answer?

Introduction

1. The institutional retraints on freedom and imposed formation of self:

• family
• education
• religion
• work
• popular commercial cultur…

We are too used to self deprecation. How to hold on to spiritual gains?..

Introduction

1. Recent reviews of first principles: self creation; meditation; appropriation of the wish fulfilled. 

2. Possible…

How to do meditation, consistent with Neville’s instructions.

Introduction

Meditation has many connotations and practices. What is important here is an underlying concept of the mind and spirit, an und…

The only way to acquire consciousness is consciously.
Introduction

Let’s consider the idea of self-creation. We can see the intersection of the ideas and instructions of authors: Neville; Rolf Alexande…

Many ways to die to oneself are considered.

Introduction

I did not post in the last 2 weeks. Discussion of illness. 

1. Planet in its orbit - proximity to and remoteness from conscious source, as a test…

Mental sovereignty: escape the hypnotic influence of dominant narratives.

1. Dominant narratives as hypnotic programs, and our own mental sovereignty.
2. Mass hypnotic sleep -- society.
3. Hypnotic slee…

Explore Neville's claim: the Bible as “fantastic psychological instructions.”..

1. Why do we bother to entertain in a serious way Neville’s claim?

2. Why I consider Neville’s presentation to be so comp…

Maintain the connection to the higher.

1. Mind model
i. Personality (Artificial) and Essence (Genuine; Higher Self)
ii. Subconscious

iii. Conscious

2. Relaxation

3. Receptivity and acceptance

4. Connectio…

Continuing exploration of paradoxical aspects of Neville’s teaching.

Introduction

1. Awareness of being as God.
2. A seeming contrast in experience.
3. The promise - same for everyone?
4. Our nature: un…