Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 22:26-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 22 in context

Scripture Focus

26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

28And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

2 Samuel 22:26-28

Biblical Context

The passage says God reflects your inner states: mercy to the merciful, uprightness to the upright, purity to the pure, and frowardness to the unsavory; the afflicted are saved while the haughty are exposed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the Neville lens, this passage is a map of consciousness. God is your I AM, your perpetual awareness. When you dwell as mercy, your consciousness returns mercy in the world; when you stand as upright, your life mirrors uprightness; when you keep the pure state, purity radiates back; and when you encounter the froward—those who resist—your awareness reveals their unsavory nature as a mirror of your own mind. The afflicted are saved not by judgment from on high, but by the compassion you harbor; your attention to their pain invites healing into your experience. Your eyes do not punish the haughty, they simply reveal your own choice of stance; in truth, the cutting edge of judgment is the unveiling of falsehood within your own persona. Seek not to alter others, but to revise your inner state until mercy, purity, and humility become your habitual condition. In that shift, the world answers, not by force, but by the consistency of your inner supposition becoming external form.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume, 'I am merciful; I am upright; I am pure.' Then imagine a situation where someone you deem difficult receives your compassionate response, and feel-it-real the state of being saved through your awareness for several minutes.