This episode of The Neville Goddard Lectures Podcast features the lecture summary read by Lynna K Teer, and the full original lecture “Father, Forgive Them” by Neville Goddard.

In this powerful lecture, Neville Goddard redefines forgiveness as a psychological and spiritual act rather than a moral obligation directed toward others. Drawing from Jesus’ words on the cross, Neville explains that the “they” who are forgiven are not external enemies, but unconscious states within the individual.

Neville teaches that people act according to the states ofconsciousness they occupy. What appears as harm from others is, in truth, the out-picturing of assumptions active within one’s own awareness. Forgiveness, therefore, is the withdrawal of emotional energy from a former state and the release of blame tied to a past assumption.

The “Father” addressed in forgiveness is the deeper level of awareness within, the creative power of imagination. When forgiveness occurs, the meaning of an event is revised internally, dissolving resentment, guilt, and identification with suffering. This inner act prevents repetition by removing the state that produced the experience.

Neville emphasizes that transformation cannot occur while consciousness remains anchored to a former state. To forgive is to die to the old self and assume a new identity. In this sense, forgiveness is not weakness, but mastery, the deliberate decision to remain free.

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