Neville Goddard on Daniel 9:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 9 in context

Scripture Focus

5We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

6Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

Daniel 9:5-6

Biblical Context

Daniel 9:5-6 records a corporate confession of sin and rebellion against God's precepts, and a failure to heed the prophets. It signals a turning point in their relationship to divine guidance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Daniel's confession is not history but a map of inner state. 'We have sinned' marks the moment a thought-form has occupied the mind and pulled it away from the I AM presence. The words 'iniquity' and 'rebellion' describe inner distortions—images of separation from the divine order your awareness once assumed. 'Not hearkening to the prophets' is the neglect of your own inner guidance, the whispered advice of the inner prophet I AM which speaks as intuition, impulse toward right action. To redeem this, you do not plead with outward authorities; you revise your state of consciousness. Assume now that you have already kept the precepts and judgments of the inner law; feel the certainty of alignment, and let repentance be a felt decision rather than sorrow. When you interiorly obey, the 'land' and 'people' of your life begin to rearrange themselves to reflect your new inner order. The key is to accept that the divine truth within you is constant, and your outer world obeys the conviction you cultivate in imagination.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the verse into your present state: I am the I AM, perfectly aligned with divine precepts. Feel this alignment as your immediate reality, and permit your outer life to follow.