Inner Fragrance of Christ
2 Corinthians 2:15-16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
We are a sweet savor of Christ to God, touching both those who are saved and those who perish. The effect reveals the inner state of others, and our sufficiency rests in God, not in ourselves.
Neville's Inner Vision
See yourself as the living fragrance of Christ, offered to God as your inner consciousness. The terms 'saved' and 'perish' are two inner dispositions—receptivity and resistance—within you. To the awakened part of your mind, your fragrance becomes life unto life; to the resistant, it may feel like death unto death, as it stirs their sense of separation. Do not seek to change others; align your awareness with the I AM, the warm, unchanging presence. When you imagine yourself as this sweet savor, you are not persuading souls but affirming your own reality as Christ-consciousness made manifest. The question 'Who is sufficient for these things?' is answered in God, for God is your awareness and your sufficiency. By feeling yourself as the fragrance, you invite the conditions you seek: life, transformation, and unity with the divine.
Practice This Now
Assume you are the fragrance of Christ now. Close your eyes, breathe in the I AM, and feel yourself radiating this fragrance; revise any sense of lack and dwell in the conviction 'I am Christ within, alive to life in all who are receptive.'
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