Inner Law Of Compassion
Exodus 21:20-21 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Exodus 21 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Exodus 21:20–21 presents a master punished for harming a servant; if the harm happens quickly, punishment is required, but if the harm lingers a day or two, punishment is avoided because the servant is treated as the owner's property.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within you, the 'master' and the 'servant' are inner dispositions, and the 'rod' is a mental judgment you wield against a part of yourself. When you imagine punishment coming quickly, you feel guilt and separation; when you pretend to wait and watch the scene, you are validating the belief that a part of you is mere property. The real Law is I AM—the consciousness that stands above all appearances. If you assume, 'I am the master of my inner world,' you can rewrite the script: there is no external creditor to blame; there is only a vibration you have the power to adjust. Treat the 'servant' as a valued aspect of you, not an object; release the coercive image and replace it with mercy, responsibility, and constructive action. By imagining that the scene is governed by justice that heals rather than punishes, you align with I AM and transform behavior and outcomes. This is not history, but your present state: the moment you revise the meaning, the evidence follows, for imagination shapes reality and inner states become outer circumstance.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Assume I AM the master in my inner room and revise the scene by declaring, 'I release punishment; I nurture every part of my being.' See the rod dissolve into light and watch mercy flow through the relationship between inner states.
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