Inner Honor, Outer Blessings
Deuteronomy 5:16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Deuteronomy 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Honour your father and mother so your days may be prolonged and life goes well in the land. The verse links family obedience to practical flourishing within the land.
Neville's Inner Vision
Beloved reader, the command is not an address to passivity toward a parent in time but a directive to awaken to the inner authorities: the Father and the Mother are the inner aspects of the I AM within you—the compass and the nurturing power of your consciousness. When you hold these inner currents in reverence, you align your state with the divine order by which life unfolds. The 'land' becomes your current field of awareness, and 'prolonged days' signal the steady cadence of health and harmony when your inner atmosphere is harmonized with the Whole. If you harbor resentment or neglect toward any inner parent, you disturb your inner rhythm and your world reflects that disturbance. Yet when you choose to honor, gratitude rises, tension dissolves, and circumstances rearrange to reflect your inner respect. The law is psychological causation: the posture of reverence generates corresponding outer conditions. Thus the verse invites a shift from outward duty to inward alignment: regard the inner Father and Mother as governing powers of consciousness, and your life will unfold in accord with their perfect order.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly and imagine the inner Father and Mother as two luminous aspects within you; feel gratitude toward them, and affirm, 'I am in alignment with the governing powers of my mind.' Use that reverent stance to revise any memory that is out of harmony.
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