Daniel's Inner Court Alchemy

Daniel 5:13-16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Daniel 5 in context

Scripture Focus

13Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
14I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
15And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
16And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Daniel 5:13-16

Biblical Context

Daniel is summoned before the king; the king recognizes his spirit and wisdom and asks for an interpretation. The other wise men fail, and Daniel offers the correct reading.

Neville's Inner Vision

Daniel is the inner I AM stepping into the royal chamber of your mind. The king is your outer circumstance asking for a reading of its writing. The line 'the spirit of the gods is in thee' points to a fundamental truth you already possess—the light, understanding, and excellent wisdom of your true self. The external wise men who cannot interpret symbolize the doubts and habits that think intellect alone can solve life. When you declare that you can interpret and dissolve doubts, you awaken the inner Daniel who does the reading from within. The act of interpreting the writing on the wall is a metaphor for discerning meaning in your situation from the state of consciousness you inhabit. If you can dissolve doubts, you become clothed with the symbolically regal robe and chain—inner authority and worth—because you have assumed the state that already knows. You rise to the 'third ruler' in your mind, a condition of elevated inner dominion. Practice this by affirming the inner interpretive state and letting it settle as your ongoing experience, until your outer world simply reflects your assurance.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly and declare, 'I am Daniel interpreting my life.' Then take a current problem and revise it with a definitive inner meaning, and feel that interpretation as real in your chest.

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