Inner Return of Neighbor's Property
Deuteronomy 22:2 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Deuteronomy 22 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse instructs that if a brother is far away or unknown, you take the found item to your own house and keep it there until he seeks it, then restore it to him. It frames right action as an inner discipline of keeping and returning rather than possession.
Neville's Inner Vision
Faithfully, this decree is not a manual of external law but a rhythmic stage of your inner life. When you find something within your awareness that belongs to another, you bring it into the house of your mind and keep it there until the owner calls for its return. The 'brother' here is any part of you that has fallen out of harmony—perhaps a memory, desire, or impulse—so you hold it in the I AM, not to possess, but to claim rightful order. By withholding premature ownership and letting the inner movement of seeking arise, you restore it, and balance is renewed. Restoration is an inner alignment: the I AM recognizes all things as belonging to one life, and every fragment has its place. When you practice this, your outer world begins to reflect a settled sense of wholeness, because you have practiced justice as a state of consciousness rather than a rule to follow.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Pick a small item in your life or a feeling you’ve been clinging to and imagine placing it in the inner house of awareness. Then revise, 'I restore this to its rightful owner now,' and feel it as already completed in the I AM.
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