Neville Goddard on Daniel 6:1-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 6 in context

Scripture Focus

1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

2And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

3Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

4Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

6Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

8Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

Daniel 6:1-9

Biblical Context

Daniel is raised because of an excellent spirit, yet rivals can find no fault in him. They then craft a royal decree designed to trap him by his God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Daniel's position in the king's inner cabinet is not a political accident but a manifestation of an inner state. The 'excellent spirit' he carries is a discipline of awareness, a steady I AM that keeps him intact when the outer world conspires to change the terms. The so-called princes and presidents are projections of your own opposing thoughts—the fears, the doubts, and the habit of seeking approval from a larger audience. The decree signed by Darius is simply a mental law that says, for a season, you must stop petitioning God in favor of the king's command; yet the Daniel within does not move. In Neville's view, events are movements of consciousness, not incidents in space. When you acknowledge the king as your outward circumstance and the lions' den as the arena of your own mind, you can revise the scene by assuming you are at rest in God, unshaken by any decree. Your valid identity is the I AM, which witnesses no loss and remains alert to the divine purpose, even when others plot against you. By remaining faithful in imagination, you reveal Providence.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the Daniel state: I am faithful; an excellent spirit sits in me; no external decree can touch my inner communion. Feel it real for several breaths, then carry that inner decree into your day whenever thoughts of limitation arise.