Neville Goddard on Amos 2:7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Amos 2 in context

Scripture Focus

7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

Amos 2:7

Biblical Context

The verse condemns the powerful who exploit the poor and trample humility, profaning what is sacred by their self-serving acts. It exposes how outer behavior mirrors an inner state of vanity and injustice.

Neville's Inner Vision

In your inner theater, the dust on the head of the poor is a symbol of your own sense of lack and appetite for status; the 'meek' are your quiet impulses toward integrity, and turning aside their way is choosing appetite over truth. The line about a man and his father entering the same maid depicts a shared false thinking—collective mind obeying a cheap authority and profaning the holy within. Your God is the I AM, the sacred presence that cannot be bent by external schemes. To heal, cease giving reality to the belief that you are separate from others or must dominate to feel secure. Return to the consciousness that you are already holy, and let your life reflect that order. When you align with this inner holiness, the outer scene will reorganize to harmonize with your inner state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit in quiet awareness and affirm, 'I am the holy I AM.' Then revise the scene by imagining you treating every being with dignity, and feel the reality of that inner state as your present experience.