Neville Goddard on Daniel 3:21-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

21Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

22Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

23And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:21-23

Biblical Context

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were bound in their coats, hosen, hats, and other garments and cast into the burning fiery furnace; the king's command led to the death of those who threw them in, and the three fell down bound into the furnace.

Neville's Inner Vision

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stand as figures for anyone facing a furnace of life. They were bound—coats, hosen, hats, and other garments—cast into the heat; the king’s command and the extreme fire slew those who threw them in, and the three fell down bound into the furnace. The outer scene shows danger and fate, but Neville teaches that the furnace is a state of consciousness and binding is a belief. The true self I AM remains untouched by heat; imagination is the force that can revise reality. If you dwell in the belief that you are bound by circumstance, you are simply reshaping the inner image. By assuming the feeling of freedom—"I am unbound now"—you align your inner state with a reality where heat cannot scorch your essence. Practice turning the heat into light by accepting that awareness is always intact, and watch the outer drama gradually reflect that inner truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, breathe, and repeat, 'I am unbound now; my awareness remains.' Then feel a sense of lightness and see yourself walking unharmed out of the furnace.