Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 22:6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 22 in context

Scripture Focus

6If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

Deuteronomy 22:6

Biblical Context

The verse commands not to take the mother bird along with her young when you find a nest; it upholds mercy and reverence for life within even the ordinary laws.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the Bible's letter is but the outer garment of an inner experience. The nest scene tells you that the dam and her brood belong to a greater harmony. If you would possess, you must first possess the consciousness that does not take what does not belong to your wholeness. The I AM—your awareness—does not plunder the life around it; it respects the order of creation. Therefore, you revise your sense of self to see life as sacred and interdependent. When you imagine yourself as the I AM who honors every creature, your possible world rearranges itself into mercy rather than demand. In practice, as you dwell in this assumption, you will notice choices soften, desires reorient, and circumstances echo compassion. You are not creating weakness by mercy; you are expanding the energy by which reality flows.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In stillness, assume the I AM refuses to take what does not belong to your wholeness; feel the decision as a calm power, and rehearse a real-life moment where you choose restraint toward a craving, letting mercy lead.