Neville Goddard on Daniel 1:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 1 in context

Scripture Focus

6Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

7Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

Daniel 1:6-7

Biblical Context

Daniel 1:6–7 shows Judahites including Daniel having their names changed by the ruler; external labeling tests identity, while the inner self remains unbound by outward titles.

Neville's Inner Vision

Daniel 1:6-7 unfolds as a study in naming, the way life would tag the I AM with Belteshazzar and friends with foreign scripts. The prince of the eunuchs writes labels on flesh, but those labels are not the men. In Neville's language, every outward name is a state of consciousness, a temporary designation. The true self—the I AM—remains constant, un-named by appearances. The exile described is not geography but the illusion of separation between the self and its own power. When you accept a name imposed from without, you consent to a limited reality; when you refuse, you return to the sovereign inner state. The moment you realize you can re-name yourself in consciousness, you are free to inhabit a higher identity that does not bend to worldly labels. Therefore, see the scene as a mirror: the world labels, the I AM reinterprets, and the heart acquiesces to no label but the eternal self. Practice, then, by choosing the I AM as the true name and letting every other label dissolve in the glow of awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly and declare, 'I AM' is the true name of my life. Visualize Daniel as my inner self and rewrite every external label by renaming myself in awareness.