Inner Man, Inner Speech
Ecclesiastes 7:20-22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ecclesiastes 7 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
No one is perfectly righteous; avoid taking every spoken word to heart, and recognize that your own heart knows you have cursed others as well.
Neville's Inner Vision
From the standpoint of the I AM, there is no perfectly righteous man on earth, for the world of appearances arises from inner movements. The admonition not to heed every spoken word is a call to attention to the inner critic that speaks through you as you judge others. When your heart tells you that you have cursed others, you are seeing the mirror of your own assumed separations and judgments. In Neville's practice, your enemy, your curses, your blame are invitations to revise the state you dwell in. Therefore, choose a new state now: assume you are the I AM, the unchanging awareness in which all events appear as drama, and bless what you once cursed. Let the sense of forgiveness and unity fill you until your outer words begin to align with this inner peace. By dwelling in that state, you dissolve the sense of fault in yourself and others, and the world changes to reflect your inner state.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly, recall a recent spoken word against you, and in the I AM revise it by affirming: 'This word has no power over my being; I release it with love and bless the speaker.' Do this until you feel steady, then notice your outer speech softening.
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