Inner Law of Queenly Choice
Esther 1:15-16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Esther 1 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Esther 1:15-16 presents a question about what to do with Queen Vashti's refusal, and Memucan's assertion that her act affects not only the king but all the provinces. The passage centers on obedience, law, and the ripple of inner choices into the outer world.
Neville's Inner Vision
Esther 1:15-16 invites us to read a queen who refuses a king’s command alongside a royal adviser who claims the act wounds the whole realm. Read as Neville would, Vashti is your inner queen—the self-respect and dignity you wear when you refuse to bow to a decree that would bind your freedom. The king’s command is the outer law of appearances; the chamberlains are the small voices of social pressure; Memucan’s claim that the offence ripples to all provinces is the belief that one inner movement contaminates the whole life. This is not punishment but a clarifying moment: when you stop acting from the voice of external authority and begin obeying the higher law of awareness—the I AM—the entire kingdom reorganizes itself. The events are inner movements becoming outer forms. By choosing to align with your true inner law, you revoke the decree of limitation and restore the rule of your sovereign consciousness.
Practice This Now
Step into the role of the inner Vashti and revise the decree in imagination. Say to yourself, I bow to the higher inner law and feel the freedom flooding my being.
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