Coveting as Inner Doorway
Exodus 20:17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Exodus 20 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Exodus 20:17 forbids coveting a neighbor's house, wife, servants, or any possession; it exposes covetousness as an inner attitude rather than mere outward envy. It invites turning from lack to the consciousness of your own abundance.
Neville's Inner Vision
To covet is to imagine your life as a scarcity that depends on others' conditions. In the inner theatre, the neighbor's house or cattle are symbols for states you believe you must possess from without. The commandment is a reminder that your true power does not lie in rivaling others but in recognizing the I AM—your constant awareness—as the source of all. When you feel the urge to covet, you are simply witnessing a belief of lack arising in your mind. Do not condemn the thought; observe and revise. Imagine that the entire field of wealth, harmony, and relationship is already yours in consciousness, and let your images align with the truth that you are the owner of your own abundance. Speak from the end you desire, not from the need you fear. Gratitude for others' good dissolves the illusion of separation and tunes your inner instrument to abundance. Practically, dwell in the conviction that your present inner state creates your outer world, and the outer appears to reflect that state.
Practice This Now
Act: Assume, now, that you already possess the thing you covet; see it in your inner room and feel its presence as yours. Then affirm 'I AM the possessor of all good' until the feeling settles into your daily experience.
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