Dan's Lion Within
Deuteronomy 33:22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Deuteronomy 33 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Dan is spoken of as a lion's whelp, symbolizing a bold inner power. The verse promises a leap from Bashan—the dense ground of material life—into a more expansive inner Kingdom.
Neville's Inner Vision
To read Deuteronomy 33:22 through the I AM is to hear the assertion that your inner Dan awakens. The lion's whelp is not a relic of a tribal past; it is the vitality of your consciousness waking to itself, the I AM saying 'I am.' Bashan represents the dense, fertile ground of your life, the sum of appearances that seem heavy. The leap from Bashan is an interior move: a rising of awareness that refuses to be determined by outer circumstance. When you imagine and feel it real, you align with the lion's leap; you let the fearless energy of Dan surge upward, not against your world, but as its fresh center. The leap is not outward action but a shift of state—the I AM discovering itself as strength, courage, and creative power. Your practice is to assume the state now: I am the Dan who leaps; I am the lion in me, leaping from Bashan into the Kingdom of God within.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit with your eyes closed and declare, 'I am Dan, the lion-leaper; I leap from Bashan into the Kingdom of God within.' Feel this ascent as a real, steady inner movement for five minutes, then carry the newly claimed state into your day.
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