The Inner Presence Revealed
2 Kings 2:16-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Fifty men seek Elijah for him; Elijah initially forbids sending them, they persist and search for three days, and return; Elijah reminds them of his prior instruction not to go.
Neville's Inner Vision
In this incident the fifty seekers symbolize the many states of consciousness in your mind, and Elijah stands for your higher discernment—the Master within. The Spirit of the LORD, far from a distant event, represents your innermost presence that you must awaken to. When the people urge to search, their insistence exposes a belief in separation and lack; the true answer lies not in an external chase but in the realization that the Master is already with you. Neville’s method teaches that the moment you revise your assumption and accept the fulfilled state—‘I am with the Master within now’—the sense of absence dissolves. The three days of seeking mirror periods of doubt you impose before you give up the outer pursuit; yet the only lasting result comes when you honor the inner guidance as real. Your faith is in the I AM that sustains you, not in external discoveries. By affirming that Elijah (your higher discernment) dwells within, you convert absence into immediate presence.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume the fulfilled state—‘I am with the Master within now.’ Feel the presence as real, then release the old belief in absence.
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