Inner Unity Amid Apparent Divisions
1 Corinthians 11:17-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Corinthians 11 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Paul says their gathering is not for the better but for the worse. Divisions and even heresies surface to reveal who among them is truly aligned.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed through the inward eye, the church in Corinth becomes your own state of consciousness when you come to a 'gathering' within. The divisions you notice are not external judgments but inner dispositions separated by fear, pride, or unmet desires. The word 'heresies' points to the many currents of thought that arise to test which part of you is aligned with the I AM. The hard teaching is not to cast out the discord but to recognize it as a signal that you have forgotten your unity. When you refuse to identify with the fragments and instead assume the whole as one, the inner conflict loses its force. In the turning of attention to the I AM, you unify the scattered attitudes, bringing the sense of oneness into the room of your mind. This is how divisions are made manifest and then dissolved—by consciousness aware of itself as the sole reality. The inner 'church' is not a building but the living I AM you are, and imagination, rightly used, makes this unity present.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and revise by declaring, 'I am one with all within me.' Feel the inner room settling into unity as you imagine every tendency gathered into the I AM.
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