Inner Liberty of Conscience
1 Corinthians 10:29 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Corinthians 10 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Paul states that conscience belongs to the other, not to me, so my liberty should not be judged by someone else’s inner standard.
Neville's Inner Vision
Conscience here is a state of awareness, not a law imposed from without. When I read 'Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other,' I am reminded that liberty exists only as I inhabit the inner state that allows another to be as they are. The moment I demand their conscience conform to mine, I imprison my I AM in a narrow image and call it deliverance, while it is merely resistance. Deliverance comes when I revise the scene inside, not by changing the other but by changing my fundamental assumption: in God I AM, the other is also I AM in expression, and their inner standard is theirs to keep, no longer my judge. Thus I am free to love, to bless, and to see liberty as a shared atmosphere of consciousness. When I live as if my liberty is not mine to impose but mine to honor, I lift both myself and the other into a higher field of awareness, where judgment dissolves and true freedom emerges as natural consequence.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: For 5 minutes, sit in stillness and silently assume 'I am free; the other is free.' Visualize a moment of judgment and respond in your imagination with a blessing and the inner certainty that both are held in the I AM.
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