Casting Pur, Casting Mind
Esther 3:7-9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Esther 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
In Esther 3:7-9, they cast a lot to fix a day for destruction, and Haman persuades the king to annihilate a distinct people, offering silver to fund the plan. It frames obedience to a feared decree over justice.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Neville’s tongue, the casting of Pur is not a prophecy in time but a mental habit, a forecast etched into the inner calendar. The king represents your present state of awareness; Haman is a belief that certain thoughts cannot belong to your ruling mind. The claim that this people are diverse and will not keep the king's laws mirrors the inner accusation that some thoughts threaten your order and must be controlled or expelled. The offer to destroy and the payment of silver symbolize the price you pay to sustain a fearful scenario in your imagination—a fear that powers external consequences and drives your sense of self into a corner. The remedy is not found in external acts, but in revising the underlying assumption: the I AM is king, and all aspects of consciousness are governed by divine law. You can revoke the decree by affirming that there is only one law in you, one life, one unity; cast a new lot that aligns every part of mind with that decree. When you accept that you issue the decree, the old plot dissolves and the mind steadies into wholeness.
Practice This Now
Assume the I AM is king over every part of your mind; revise the 'destruction' decree to a decree of wholeness, and feel the reality of unity as if it already is.
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