Inner Converts at the Areopagus
Acts 17:34 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Acts 17 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Acts 17:34 tells us that a few clung to his message and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, with others joining them. The core is that belief arises as a personal decision to accept a new idea.
Neville's Inner Vision
Acts 17:34 invites you to see belief as a state of consciousness, not merely an event. Dionysius the Areopagite and Damaris stand for faculties within you—your noble reasoning and your intuitive heart—who hear a new idea and choose to cling to it. The Areopagus is the arena of thought; when you stop debating and start clinging to the vision, belief is born. You do not persuade others; you awaken the inner I AM to the truth you have chosen. The conversion described is inner: a shift of your inner weather so that the new idea becomes your default mood, the way you breathe, the way you move through the day. As you assume the feeling of the truth already being true, the inner converts multiply and your outer world begins to reflect that certainty. Remember: imagination creates reality, and a single disciplined assumption can bring forth a chorus of confirmations.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and imagine Dionysius and Damaris within your mind, both leaning toward your new idea as if clinging to it. Then repeat, 'I am belief; I am already the conviction that brings it to life,' and feel the feeling of it real.
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