Besor Brook: Inner Pursuit
1 Samuel 30:9-10 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
David goes with six hundred to Besor, but two hundred stay behind because they are too faint to cross. He pursues with four hundred men.
Neville's Inner Vision
Besor is the inner crossing in consciousness, a boundary between what you think you can carry and what you can imagine. The six hundred are your awake faculties; the two hundred who linger behind are weary thoughts resisting crossing. Yet David’s forward motion—that persevering four hundred—embodies a shift in consciousness: you resolve to move forward, imagining the victory already accomplished. The 'enemy' is not out there but the claim of limitation in your mind. When you persist in imagination and align with I AM, the apparent divisions dissolve; the rear guard becomes part of your past, and the forward march proves your inner state is stronger than appearances. The I AM within you carries the plan to overcome, and the moment you assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, you cross the brook. The inner division collapses into unity of consciousness, and outward results follow as the natural expression of that state.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly for 1 minute and visualize crossing Besor with all six hundred; feel the strength of every step, hear the water, and sense the victory already accomplished. Then affirm inwardly that you have crossed and carry that feeling into today.
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