Bear of the Mind Restored
2 Samuel 17:8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 2 Samuel 17 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse likens David's forces to a bear robbed of her cubs—fierce, unsettled energy that will not settle into peace.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within you, the mighty men are your habitual thoughts and reactive feelings, the forces you believe make you strong. When they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps, they rise in defense, insisting on separation and combat rather than lodge with the whole of your life. Neville's reading says: God—your I AM awareness—dwells not in the clash of these parts, but in the unifying imagination that sees all states as one. To reclaim harmony, acknowledge the energy without judgment, then assume a new inner scene: these mighty thoughts return home, not to destroy but to serve the peace of the whole. You are the field where the bear and the son of war reconcile, because you are not the thoughts but the consciousness that notices them. By assuming the feeling of quiet unity and revising the scene I am the I AM; all parts of my mind are at rest with me—the warrior energy becomes disciplined, purposeful, and integrated. Your inner lodge is restored; you lodge with the people of your being.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and acknowledge the bear-like energy as a part of your mind. Now revise it with the feeling: I am the I AM; all my thoughts are gathered peacefully in one lodge.
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