Damascus Within: I Am Law
Amos 1:3 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Amos 1 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Amos 1:3 speaks that Damascus' three transgressions incur punishment that cannot be turned away. Viewed through the Neville lens, this is a pattern within consciousness: violent force in thought or feeling returns as inner consequence, inviting inner change.
Neville's Inner Vision
Damascus here is not a city to conquer but a state of mind swelling with the urge to dominate. The phrase for three transgressions and four signals a complete, habitual pattern of harshness—an inner machinery that threshes Gilead with iron, symbolizing aggressive thoughts and feelings you press into your life’s territory. The ‘punishment’ described is the natural law of cause and effect revealing itself as your inner climate return to you, not a tribunal from on high. The Lord as I AM is the awareness that watches this drama, not an external judge; when you identify with this awareness you can cease feeding the cycle. The call is to awaken to power rightly exercised—shielding your inner borders with justice, not force—so your inner Gilead can be tended with tenderness and strength, restoring balance by the simple choice of changed state.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Assume the I AM as your steady inner ruler and revise the impulse to dominate into calm, protective power. Feel the shift as your awareness softens into just boundary.
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