Beauty's Pride and the I AM
Ezekiel 28:17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ezekiel 28 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The text warns that vanity, sparked by beauty, lifts the heart and distorts wisdom. In consequence, one is humbled and publicly revealed before others.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your verse speaks to a state of consciousness where beauty is mistaken for substance. The heart that exalts itself by appearance lacks the awareness of the I AM that animates all. Pride, born of brightness, persuades you that you are the light and the sun. Yet this brightness is only the image you have clung to; wisdom, which comes from the silent observer within, is corrupted whenever you identify with the image rather than the I AM. Ezekiel's declaration—you will be cast to the ground and laid before kings—reads as a correction of sense: when you place yourself as the center of light, you are made to face reality in humility, so that the true power of your mind may stand revealed to rulers of your experience. The inward shift is simple: assume you are the I AM having this experience, not the beauty it displays; revise the thought that beauty equals value. As you feel this, the inner atmosphere clears, and discernment returns, guiding actions toward wisdom, accountability, and rightful influence.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Assume the I AM is the observer of this moment; revise pride into gratitude for awareness and feel it real by silently affirming 'I am the I AM' while noticing vanity fading. Let that truth settle in your chest as you go about the day.
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