Teachings of Neville Goddard vs AI
Version 1:
I am a huge fan of the American Mystic Neville Goddard (905-1972). Whenever I feel a little anxious and fear and panic begins to creep in; my go to corrective behavior is to go to YouTube and listen to a Neville lecture.
If I had to sum up my understanding of Neville’s philosophy, it is that we are all Christ Consciousness and part of source since we come from source we can not be separated from source. As we are not separate, we are actually god. We are creation and the creator. We are Christ as represented through our imagination. Our imagination is source. Imagination is consciousness. Our reality is a result of the thoughts that we think. When we live as if our wish is already fulfilled. To fully embrace what that would feel and be like.
To live in the end. Anything we can imagine is possible.
The Neville Goddard lectures were recorded at a unique time in the development of our recording technologies and many of his lectures were with audio only and poor quality audio at that. As a result much of the audio on YouTube has been cleaned up by AI.
Occasionally, I come across a “Neville Goddard” lectures that has been “enhanced” with AI and not just with clearer audio. The message has gone through AI and been scrubbed and then changed by AI. These lectures are just ever so slightly off. It is actually very hard to tell the different but I can because the message doesn’t resonate with me the way the real lectures do.
The energy that Neville talks about is real. We are Christ Consciousness.
The AI versions will still quote Scripture and put antidotes in but it is a preaching Neville. Or there is a yelling at the audience vibe to do something or to do nothing.
It is not an official Neville speech and AI can’t explain Christ Consciousness. When it's an official Neville speech, you can feel the love and the certainty of the true knowledge that he is sharing.
A main part of Neville’s teaching is that there is no fear or reason to doubt because the universe is always working for your benefit as you are source energy.
The AI lectures, simply are not Neville’s ideas and words. They are not mystical teachings. The AI tries to present his message but the core of what it means to mystical is lost. It's trying to share mystical concepts which the AI can never understand. And that's what I mean by “AI Don't Surf.” AI will never understand the human experience when it comes to love, making love, and catching a barrel. AI will never feel unique human feelings like burying a loved one, watching a sunset or hearing that perfect song at the perfect moment.
AI won’t grasp the full meaning of children laughing because “AI Don’t Surf.”
The AI corruption of the Neville Goddard lectures shows that the future ahead of us is going to be bleak. It will be a world where the mystical has been edited by AI. We already have the teachings of Neville Goddard watered down.
This reminds me of the way that Lama Oli and the Karma Kagyu Buddhist lineage preserve and protect the teachings of the Buddha. The lineage of the Karma Kagyu and DiamondWay Buddhism protect the authenticity by passing the teachings on from teacher to student in an unbroken chain of wisdom. The same teaching are shared from 2500 years ago in the authentic form. When people adopt or corrupt components of Buddhism, then it is just fake, made up New Age bullshit.
With AI interpreting mystical teaching that's where the whole world is headed to. A world where we can't tell real from fake, and mystical from non-mystical. A world where there is no art and just content. This is a big topic these days.
I wonder what that will mean to actually be human in this world?
What I think will happen is that all forms of media and entertainment will be like an old sitcom. We will live in one giant world of “Everyone loves Raymond” and “Friends” and it will be completely base, brutal and ugly. Basically the plot of “A Brave New World.” That's where we're headed.
For more Neville content check out this lecture. I made my children listen to 15 minutes of this lecture as my father’s day gift this year!
Here is an example of a great Neville lecture:
Full Audio and texts of Neville Goddard’s lectures:
https://www.thepowerofawareness.org/
Version 2
As a devoted student of Neville Goddard (1905-1972), I often find solace in his lectures during moments of anxiety.
His teachings speak to a profound truth: we are all manifestations of Christ Consciousness, inseparable from source. Through our imagination—which is consciousness itself—we create our reality. When we live as if our desires are already fulfilled, embracing the feeling of their completion, we tap into our divine nature as both creator and creation.
Recently, I've noticed something troubling. While searching for Neville's lectures on YouTube, I've encountered AI-"enhanced" versions of his talks. Initially, these appeared as simple audio cleanups of the original, often poor-quality recordings from the mid-20th century.
But something more concerning has emerged:
AI-generated content masquerading as Neville's wisdom.
The differences are subtle but significant. These AI versions quote Scripture and offer anecdotes, but they lack the resonant truth of Neville's authentic teachings.
Sometimes they preach aggressively or demand specific actions—missing entirely the loving certainty that characterizes Neville's genuine lectures. His core message—that fear and doubt are unnecessary because the universe works for our benefit as source energy—becomes diluted or lost entirely.
This brings me to my central observation: AI Don't Surf. Artificial intelligence can process and replicate mystical concepts, but it cannot truly understand them. Just as AI will never know the exhilaration of catching a perfect barrel or the profound grief of losing a loved one, it cannot grasp the depths of mystical experience. It won't comprehend the sublime joy of children's laughter or the transcendent moment when the perfect song meets the perfect sunset.
The corruption of Neville's teachings by AI portends a bleaker future—one where mystical wisdom is increasingly filtered through artificial understanding.
It reminds me of the Karma Kagyu Buddhist lineage's approach to preserving Buddha's teachings. For 2,500 years, they've maintained an unbroken chain of wisdom, passed directly from teacher to student. When these teachings are corrupted or appropriated without this authentic transmission, they become mere New Age platitudes.
As AI continues interpreting mystical teachings, we risk losing our ability to distinguish between authentic wisdom and synthetic approximations. We're heading toward a world where genuine human experience is replaced by content—like living in an endless sitcom loop of "Everyone Loves Raymond" or "Friends."
It's reminiscent of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," where authentic human experience is sacrificed for artificial comfort.
This transformation raises a crucial question: What does it mean to be human in a world where our deepest spiritual wisdom is increasingly processed through artificial intelligence? When mystical dissolution becomes the norm, how do we preserve the authenticity of human spiritual experience?
For those seeking Neville's authentic teachings, I recommend starting with this lecture.
It's so powerful that I had my children listen to 15 minutes of it as my Father's Day gift this year. You can also find complete audio recordings and transcripts of his lectures at The Power of Awareness website.
The wave of artificial intelligence may be rising, but some experiences—like the mystical depths of human consciousness—remain unsurfable for AI.
In preserving and sharing authentic spiritual wisdom, we maintain our connection to the divine imagination that Neville so powerfully described.