Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 5:22-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 5 in context

Scripture Focus

22These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

Deuteronomy 5:22-23

Biblical Context

God spoke the commandments to all Israel from the mountain, amid fire, cloud, and darkness, and wrote them on two stone tablets. When the voice echoed in the darkness, the leaders drew near to Moses.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the mount of fire, cloud, and darkness is not a distant scene but the inner theater of consciousness. The voice is the I AM within you, speaking truth into your ongoing life, and the two tables of stone are the two faculties by which you live: awareness and conduct, seeing and acting. The assembly represents your rising states of self, and their approach to Moses marks your willingness to turn toward your higher self in a moment of decision. The commandment becomes inner law, not external decree, written on the very fabric of your being. When you hear the voice, you awaken to the fact that you are the one who gives the command and keeps it; the fiery mountain is your concentrated attention, and the darkness is the mystery you consciously enter. Obedience then relaxes into alignment: inner knowing flows into outer action, and the life you observe is the outward image of your present state of consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and assume you already embody the Law; feel the I AM writing the commandment on your heart and move as one who has heard and obeyed.