Inner Word, Pure Heart
1 Peter 1:22-25 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Peter 1 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The text calls believers to purify their souls by obeying truth through the Spirit and to love one another fervently; it contrasts transient human life with the enduring Word of God.
Neville's Inner Vision
Here, the 'you' is the living consciousness that discovers itself as I AM. Purifying your souls by obeying truth through the Spirit means you align your inner state with a demonstrable reality, not by outward ritual, but by the steady assumption of truth in awareness. When you love the brethren with a pure heart fervently, you are not performing behavior so much as tuning your inner channel to the living Word, incorruptible and everlasting. The comparison of flesh to grass reveals the flutter of appearances—people, situations, bodies—fading with time; what remains is the Word of the Lord, alive in consciousness. This Word is not distant doctrine but an inner decree you entertain, imagine, and feel as real. The Gospel you hear is the reminder that you are rooted in a never-ending actuality, and your obedience is simply the corrective act of narrowing attention to that reality. Your world shifts as you perceive yourself purely as consciousness loving through you.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, breathe, and assume the state of purified soul now; mentally declare 'I am the Word of God in action,' and feel the pure heart’s fervor as if it already is.
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