Inner Life For Life Insight
Exodus 21:23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Exodus 21 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Exodus 21:23 teaches that when mischief happens, there is a life-for-life consequence, anchoring accountability and proportional justice in the law. It points to a standard of balance rather than vengeance.
Neville's Inner Vision
All mischief in your world is a signal of an inner misalignment. The so-called law of 'life for life' is not a decree against others, but a summons to the inner judge you are for your own consciousness. When a disturbance, fear, or hurt arises, you do not retaliate in the same form; you return to the living energy that animates all forms—the Life that I AM. The 'life' here is the sustaining awareness that cannot be harmed; to give life for life means choosing to end the old pattern by reviving your attention to the divine within you. Your imagination is the operator of the only reality that matters; by preferring a scene where harmony prevails, you displace the image of harm with an image of wholeness. Thus, the verse whispers: change your inner state, and the outer world answers in kind. The remedy is a revision, a conscious shift from reaction to the perception of eternal life present in you now.
Practice This Now
In moments of disturbance, assume the state 'I AM the Life that gives life' and revise the scene until peace becomes your felt reality. Close your eyes, breathe, and imagine the other person bathed in light as you affirm your inner life.
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