Pilgrim Soul, Purity in Action

1 Peter 2:11 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Peter 2 in context

Scripture Focus

11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 Peter 2:11

Biblical Context

You are a traveler in a sacred inner life, urged to refrain from desires that disrupt the soul. The command to abstain is a cue to shift your attention to the I AM within.

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear the call Dearly beloved as a whisper from your own I AM. In Neville's turn, the fleshly lusts are not external temptations but the weather of your own states of consciousness. They war against the soul only when you identify with them as you. You are strangers and pilgrims in a house of appearances, not bound to its appetites. Abstaining is not a rule you break but a power you exercise by ceasing to feed the image that fuels it. When you practice this, you remind yourself that you are the consciousness that witnesses all sensations, and sensations do not define you. By choosing a higher identification, you dissolve the charge of lusts and restore inner harmony. Your job is to dwell in the I AM, the steady, inner lordship, and let the mental pictures of desire fade as you turn away attention from them. Then you align with the timeless purity that was your birthright, and the world around you reflects that inner state back to you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, declare I AM the pilgrim in God; abstain from the impulse, and feel the state of purity as already mine. When a lustful impulse arises, revise it by returning to the I AM feeling.

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