Inner Law of Life
Exodus 21:22-23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Exodus 21 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Two verses prescribe penalties for harming a pregnant woman: if no mischief follows, punishment is set by the husband and judges; if mischief does follow, life is demanded.
Neville's Inner Vision
Beloved, see that Exodus 21:22-23 speaks not to distant judges but to your own I AM, the central life-knower. The 'woman with child' is the unborn idea within your consciousness, the seed at the gate of manifestation. When you strive with others or force your will upon external conditions, you injure that seed, and the fruit of your inner birth departs. The law says if mischief follows, life for life; this is the inner balance—when you feed fear or hardness into your imagination, you awaken a corresponding experience. But the same law is gentle: if you hold the image of wholeness and speak only what you desire as already present, the inner authorities—your own disciplined awareness and the I AM—determine a just outcome, preserving life. The moment you refuse to aggress in thought or word, you align with the truth that you are the creator and observer of your world. Let your assumption settle on the end you seek, feel it as real, and trust the inner law to translate it into form.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly and imagine the unborn idea thriving; revise any recent conflict by declaring, 'I am the I AM; no harm shall come to my inner birth,' and feel the satisfaction of its life-fulfillment.
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