Inner Goat and First King Within
Daniel 8:21 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Daniel 8 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse identifies a rough goat as the king of Grecia and shows the great horn as the first king. It speaks in symbolic animal terms rather than as a plain historical account.
Neville's Inner Vision
Daniel's vision is not a history lesson but a map of your inner kingdom. The rough goat is Grecia, a mind that moves with swift, conquering momentum; the great horn between its eyes is the first king—an assumption, a ruling idea you have taken as true. When you allow that horn to govern your attention, you align with a state of consciousness that believes power comes from the outside and from swift dominance. But in Neville's view, the king you think governs your life is only a thought you have entertained. The moment you realize that you are not the body moving within events but the I AM, the consciousness that notices the movement, the horn loses its rule. The inner scene rearranges according to your revised assumption. The rough nature of the goat hints at the bold, impulsive energy of a mind that has not yet learned to imagine a different outcome. The inner king arises by imagining that your I AM rules from the end, not the need, and by feeling that authority as already present.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Assume a sovereign inner state and feel it real for three breaths. Rest in the I AM awareness, letting the inner king rule.
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