Inner Union, Sacred Discipline
1 Corinthians 7:2 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Corinthians 7 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse counsels that each person should have their own spouse to guard against sexual immorality.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your life is not a mere outward duty but a state of consciousness. 1 Corinthians 7:2 reveals inner alignment: the man and woman are two aspects of your own mind learning to love in fidelity. To 'have his own wife' is to own your masculine energy and unite it with your feminine principle within, so restless appetite is guided into a stable, exclusive communion with the imagined partner. The 'fornication' Paul names is the misalignment that occurs when desire roams without inner union; the mind scatters its power rather than directing it toward a single, intimate acknowledgment of oneness. When you decide to marry in your inner life—to commit to a single, faithful companion in imagination—you form a temple where every thought, feeling, and urge can settle. This inner marriage does not demand external social rules; it invites your entire being to be faithful to the I AM, and through that fidelity your outer life harmonizes.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Assume the state of intimate unity with your ideal partner as already accomplished; say softly, 'I am one with my partner' and feel the surrounding sense of faithful, exclusive union until it becomes vivid.
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