Neville abandons his youthful vows before the Christ pattern unfolds

In his twenties, frustrated by a first marriage he calls a living hell, Neville took a vow of celibacy and lived seven years as a strict vegetarian and teetotaler believing he was acquiring merit; on discovering he was not, he 'arrested John' in himself, did everything he had abstained from without self-condemnation, and then the whole story of Christ unfolded within him.
Date (happened)
between 1925 and 1934
unresolved
  1. between 1925 and 1934 stated · preferred
    Source The Mystery of Forgiveness ¶27"when I was in my twenties", told in The Mystery of Forgiveness (nid 2004)
Place
New York City possible
Persons
Neville Goddard
Told / reported
  1. 13 January 1969 estimated · probable
    Source The Mystery of Forgiveness
    Reasoning Passage 551361 directly recounts Neville's youthful vows, seven-year abstention, abandonment of that attitude, and later mystical unfolding within lecture node 2004. The authoritative L7 adjudication rejects the 1963 lower bound as a delivery date and confirms the node's chrome dateline 1969-01-13 at probable. Because the telling date is inherited from the carrier, this told claim is estimated/exact and capped at probable.
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Source

  • The Mystery of Forgiveness ¶27 (I know in my own case I was seven years a strict vegetarian, teetotaler, a celibate, and all when I was in my twenties. Here, when the sap of life is running rampantly in my body for expression, and because of my own frustration in my first marriage, whi…)