Neville Goddard on Daniel 10:1-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

2In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

3I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

4And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

5Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

6His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

7And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.

8Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

9Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.

Daniel 10:1-9

Biblical Context

Daniel mourns for three weeks, fasting and refraining from pleasant foods; on the twenty-fourth day by the great river he sees a glorious man, and only he perceives the vision. The encounter leaves him weak, hearing the words yet falling into deep sleep with his face to the ground.

Neville's Inner Vision

Daniel's three weeks of mourning are the quiet of a mind preparing for a new idea. The long appointed time is the inner tempo of consciousness, an invitation to revise the self until the vision arises. The abstinence from pleasant food and anointing points to renouncing outward signs of identity, clearing the way for the higher image to take form. By the river of the subconscious I stand in stillness, and in that moment the linen-clad messenger appears as the divine idea I am now wearing—the I AM clothed in purity, radiantly alive. His body, like beryl; his face, like lightning; his eyes, like fire; his voice, like a multitude—these are symbolic attributes of the inner state when awareness awakens. I am not viewing an external event, but the movement of consciousness: the old self is dissolved, strength released from my former image, and a surrender precedes truth. The inner voice speaks, and a deep sleep yields to the certainty that I already am the vision I seek, transforming perception into reality.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of the I AM by the river of your consciousness and imagine yourself as the linen-clad figure with the fiery eyes. For the next moment, feel that you are already this vision—then let it softly take over your sense of self until your ordinary world reflects the new inner truth.