Inner Wholeness of Deuteronomy 23:1

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville's lens, the command is not about anatomy but about the mind's state. The 'wound' and 'cut off' signify a claim of incompleteness lodged in consciousness—an inner story that I am imperfect and thus barred from the divine company. The 'congregation of the LORD' is the inner circle of awareness, the I AM within. When I believe I am unworthy, I separate myself from that inner assembly. But the law's outer form only reflects my inner perception; to overturn it, I must revise the belief and feel the reality of belonging now. By choosing a state of wholeness—seeing myself as complete, intact, and inseparable from God—I unlock the gate of my inner congregation. In practice, the moment I assume 'I am whole; I belong; I am one with the I AM,' the sense of exclusion dissolves and vitality, harmony, and community flow into my experience. The verse then becomes a map of inner psychology: a disciplined return from fear-based self-identity to the life-creating awareness that I am already accepted.