Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 15:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 15 in context

Scripture Focus

7If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

Deuteronomy 15:7-8

Biblical Context

When you encounter a poor brother among you, do not harden your heart or close your hand. Instead, open your hand wide and lend him what he needs.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this ancient call to generosity lies a profound inner arrangement. The poor brother is not a distant figure but a symbol of lack within your own consciousness. To open the hand is to open your awareness to give energy, attention, and belief to what you want to cultivate. The command to lend sufficient for his need becomes a law of consciousness: you supply the image, not the coin; you supply the feeling of sufficiency so your life mirrors it. God, your I AM, is the liberating source that frees your heart from constraint. When you assume abundance and act from that assumption, the gate of limitation loosens, and the life you live is rewritten by the effect of your inner decision. Your generosity is not an external favor but an act of aligning with the truth that there is always enough in the mind that knows itself as I AM.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and see the poor brother as a symbol of lack within your own mind. Open your inner hand wide and imagine giving him all that you already know exists in consciousness as abundance, then feel that abundance until it colors your next act.