Neville Goddard on Daniel 5:22-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 5 in context

Scripture Focus

22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Daniel 5:22-23

Biblical Context

Belshazzar fails to humble himself despite warnings, and he uses sacred vessels to toast hollow gods instead of acknowledging the God who breathes life into all.

Neville's Inner Vision

Belshazzar's banquet is the outer scene of your inner state when you forget the I AM that sustains you. You may wear the crown of success, yet your heart has not humbled itself before the Lord of Heaven, the awareness that gives you breath. The vessels of his house are your cherished thoughts, habits, and stories you treat as sacred apart from God. To lift yourself against the Lord of Heaven is to refuse to bow to the one Life that animates you, and so you drink from the empty goblets of pride and appetite, praising symbols that see and hear nothing. The God in whose hand your breath is, the I AM, is always present, but until you glorify Him with your attention he remains a distant ruler in your imagination. When you revise now, honoring the inner Source as your only reality, the external world shifts to correspond. You awaken to a vision of yourself as the vessel through which divine life flows, not as a separate chooser of fate. The inner Daniel—your true state of awareness—speaks: acknowledge Me, and I will guide your ways.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the state: I am the I AM. Then revise a current boast by mentally bowing to the God within and feel the new harmony as your world rearranges.