Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 23:24-25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 23 in context

Scripture Focus

24When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.

25When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.

Deuteronomy 23:24-25

Biblical Context

The verses permit tasting the neighbor's fruit but forbid exhausting or hoarding it. They teach mindful sharing and restraint.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine that the vineyard and the standing corn are not places on a map but states of your own mind. When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, you are entering a thought-field belonging to another aspect of consciousness. To eat grapes thy fill is to allow the impressions of abundance to register in your inner life-desire, gratitude, joy - yet the command not to put any in thy vessel guards you from overfilling the mind with external possessions. Likewise, plucking ears by hand but not moving a sickle marks the limit between sampling and conquest: you may take what nourishes you in a moment, but you do not harvest the landscape of another's life, nor sever its balance. In Neville's language, see every person as a state of consciousness you may momentarily enjoy and learn from, without attempting to own it. The practical result is a generous, secure inner field where plenty can be tasted without fear and without depletion of another's truth. Your true supply arises from within you, attached to none but your I AM.

Practice This Now

Enter your neighbor's vineyard in imagination and taste the grapes to fullness. Then revise mentally, 'I take only what I need and leave the rest as seed for balance.'