Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 30:15-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 30 in context

Scripture Focus

15See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

16In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

17But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

18I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

Deuteronomy 30:15-18

Biblical Context

The passage presents a stark choice between life and death, blessing and calamity. It calls you to love God, walk in His ways, and keep His commandments to live and prosper.

Neville's Inner Vision

Treat this text as a map of inner states, not only laws for externals. God is not a distant judge but the I AM within you—the awareness you can dwell in now. Life and good are certain states of consciousness you freely entertain; death and evil come when fear or resistance dominate your mind. To love the LORD thy God and walk in His ways is to align your imagination with its natural order—clarity of thought, gratitude, humble trust, and steady discipline. The commandments become inner laws you agree to as patterns of consciousness that govern your feelings and choices. If your heart turns away and worships other gods, you close the doorway to your inner covenant, inviting limitation because you have forgotten the I AM. Yet the promise to live and prosper remains: by moving inward, you cultivate an inner climate that expresses as outward blessing. The whole message asks you to revise your state until your world reflects this truth.

Practice This Now

Imagine yourself already living in the land of life and blessing. Close your eyes, repeat, 'I am life; I love the Lord my God; I walk in His ways,' and feel that state as real now.