“You are in Barbados!”
In this article, we will know “How Abdullah Taught Neville Goddard the Law of Manifestation.
Neville Goddard tells the story.
“In November, 1933, I bade goodbye to my parents in the city of New York as they sailed for Barbados. I had been in this country for 12 years with no desire to see Barbados. I was not successful, and I was a failure in my own eyes. I was in the theatre and made money one year and spent it the next month.
I was not what I would call, by their standards nor by mine, a successful person.
Mind you, when I said goodbye to my parents in November, I had no desire to go to Barbados.
The ship pulled out, and as I came up the street, something possessed me with a desire to go to Barbados.
It was the year 1933, I was unemployed and had no place to go except a little room on 75th Street. I went straight to my old friend Abdullah and said to him, “Ab, the strangest feeling is possessing me. For the first time in 12 years, I want to go to Barbados.”
If you want to go, Neville, you have gone,” he replied”.
That was very strange language to me. I am in New York City on 72nd Street and he tells me I have gone to Barbados. I said to him, “What do you mean, I have gone, Abdullah?”
He said, “Do you really want to go?”
I answered, “Yes.”
He then said to me, “As you walk through this door now, you are not walking on 72nd Street; you are walking on palm-lined streets, coconut-lined streets; this is Barbados. Do not ask me how you are going to go. You are in Barbados. You do not say ‘how’ when you ‘are there’. You are there. Now you walk as though you were there.”
I went out of his place in a daze. I am in Barbados. I have no money, I have no job, I am not even well clothed, and yet I am in Barbados.
He was not the kind of person with whom you would argue, not Abdullah. Two weeks later I was no nearer my goal than on the day I first told him I wanted to go to Barbados. I said to him, “Ab, I trust you implicitly, but here is one time I cannot see how it is going to work. I have not one penny towards my journey,” I began to explain.
You know what he did. He was as black as the ace of spades, my old friend Abdullah, with his turbaned head. As I sat in his living room, he rose from his chair and went towards his study room and slammed the door, which was not an invitation to follow him. As he went through the door, he said to me, “I have said all that I have to say.”
On the 3rd of December I stood before Abdullah and told him again I was no nearer my trip. He repeated his statement, “You are in Barbados.”
The very last ship sailing for Barbados that would take me there for the reason I wanted to go, which was to be there for Christmas, sailed at noon on December 6th, the old Nerissa.
On the morning of December 4th, having no job, having no place to go, I slept late. When I got up, there was an air mail letter from Barbados under my door. As I opened the letter, a little piece of paper flickered to the floor. I picked it up and it was a draft for $50.
The letter was from my brother Victor, and it read, “I am not asking you to come, Neville; this is a command. We have never had a Christmas when all the members of our family were present at the same time. This Christmas it could be done if you would come.”
My oldest brother Cecil left home before the youngest was born and then we started to move away from home at different times, so never in the history of our family were we ever all together at the same time.
The letter continued, “You are not working, I know there is no reason why you cannot come, so you must be here before Christmas. The enclosed $50 is to buy a few shirts or a pair of shoes you may need for the trip. You will not need tips; use the bar if you are drinking. I will meet the ship and pay all your tips and your incurred expenses. I have cabled Furness, Withy & Co. in New York City and told them to issue a ticket when you appear at their office. The $50 is simply to buy some little essentials. You may sign as you want aboard the ship. I will meet it and take care of all obligations.”
I went down to Furness, Withy & Co. with my letter and let them read it. They said, “We received the cable, Mr Goddard, but unfortunately we have not any space left on the December 6th sailing. The only thing available is 3rd class between New York and St. Thomas. When we get to St. Thomas, we have a few passengers who are getting off. You may then ride 1st class, although you may have the privileges of the 1st class dining room and walk the desks of the 1st class.”
I said, “I will take it.”
I went back to my friend Abdullah on the afternoon of December 4th and said, “It worked like a dream.” I told him what I had done, thinking he would be happy.
Do you know what he said to me? He said, “Who told you that you are going 3rd class? Did I see you in Barbados, the man you are, going 3rd class? You are in Barbados and you went there 1st class.”
Abdullah taught me the importance of remaining faithful to an idea and not compromising. I wavered, but he remained faithful to the assumption that I was in Barbados and had travelled 1st class.
So I went down on the morning of 6th December with my 3rd Class ticket. I went up to the desk as they were checking in the passengers, and I put my ticket forward, and they said, “We have good news for you, Mr Goddard. Someone has cancelled, and you’re going First Class.”
And I went First Class all the way down to Barbados. Ten days down; ten days back, with three heavenly months in Barbados.
So all that I did… I tried to the best of my ability to with his almost insolence… he was rude. But he taught me by his rudeness that I cannot discuss how if I am doing what I’m supposed to do.
He tells me right away, “You are in Barbados.” Like someone comes to you now, and you would apply this principle toward their request, and they say, “Oh, I would love to be happily married.” And you say to her, or him, “You are now happily married.” They look at you as though you’re insane.
But that’s exactly what you’re supposed to do. “You are now happily married.” Well, if I am now happily married and I’m a lady, I would instantly begin to feel that ring there in my imagination. And I’d let others see that I have my ring – well, that would imply I’m happily married, a wedding ring… and so if I don’t wear it from then on, I’m not doing what I’m supposed to do.
So in my imagination, I have to go to bed wearing my ring, and actually do all that I would do in that state.
He said, “You’re in Barbados.” And I’m in New York City physically, but he put me in Barbados in my imagination. So I slept in Barbados to the best of my ability. But you know days go into weeks, and the weeks went into a month, and I’m trying my best to open the discussion with him, to get a little hope. No, no hope!
He wouldn’t give me any encouragement if I did what he told me to do. Well, we all are human enough to want another little discussion, another little push. And so he taught me the lesson that there is no such thing as “a little pregnancy”. No such thing. If you did it, then you’re pregnant. Let the child grow. And interference with it is going to be a miscarriage.
“You assume that you are in Barbados.” Now you are pregnant. The idea is that you are going to give birth to a journey which will land you right in Barbados. So you’ve assumed it. That is conception. Now, don’t try to argue. You have conceived. And all you have to do is be a faithful mother and bear that child, and don’t discuss it with me anymore.
He never discussed it after he told me I was in Barbados.“
This single story of Neville Goddard can teach us the entire law of manifestation. If you read this story again and again, you will have a clearer understanding of how this law works.
Living in the End
Abdullah taught Neville to live in the end. Neville followed Abdullah’s advice and began to imagine himself in Barbados. He walked New York City as though he was walking on the palm-lined street of Barbados. He felt the atmosphere of Barbados. In his imagination, he started dwelling in Barbados.
The Manifestation
After a period of persistent mental dwelling in the desired state, Neville got a letter from his brother that included both a ticket and money for the trip, manifesting his desire.
Remaining Faithful to the Assumption
Even though initially Neville received a 3rd class ticket, as he remained faithful to his assumption, a last-minute cancellation allowed him to travel 1st class. It demonstrates that the universe has unlimited subtle ways to fulfil our desire.
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