The Neville Goddard Lectures
Feed My Sheep
Lecture Summary
Nourish the States You Wish to Embody
In Feed My Sheep, Neville Goddard interprets the command "Feed my sheep" as an instruction to nourish the states of consciousness we wish to embody. The "sheep" are the thoughts, feelings, and imaginal acts that we tend and feed with our attention. What we feed grows. What we starve diminishes. By deliberately feeding the states of health, abundance, love, and fulfillment — and refusing to feed the states of lack, fear, and limitation — we shape the flock of our consciousness and thus our outer world.
Feed My Sheep
"Feed my sheep." [John 21:17] This is not a command about literal animals. It is an instruction about the care and nourishment of states of consciousness.
Your thoughts and feelings are your sheep. What you feed grows. What you starve diminishes.
Most people unconsciously feed the wrong sheep — they ruminate on problems, rehearse fears, and replay past failures. And so their flock of negative states grows fat and strong.
The instruction is to feed the right sheep: the states of health, abundance, love, and fulfillment. Give your attention to these. Nourish them with feeling and imagination.
Refuse to feed the states you do not wish to embody. When a fearful thought arises, do not engage it. Turn your attention to its opposite and feed that instead.
"Feed my sheep" — tend your inner flock with love and wisdom, and your outer world will reflect the health of your inner pasture.
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