Inner Hair, Inner Judgment
Ezekiel 5:1 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ezekiel 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Ezekiel 5:1 commands the prophet to take a sharp knife and barber's razor, then weigh and divide the hair on his head and beard. It marks a symbolic act of inner preparation, judgment, and control over self-state.
Neville's Inner Vision
Placed before your inner eyes, Ezekiel is not performing a bodily shaving so much as awakening the ruler of your own consciousness. The sharp knife and razor signify the sharp, decisive attention you bring to habit and thought. The hair you cut and divide becomes the record of who you have been, a tally of states you have inhabited. Weighing the hair with balances stands for weighing your thoughts and emotions, separating what serves from what yoked you to old patterns. When you divide and set apart, you are not punishing yourself but choosing a new alignment of I AM with your experience. This is a prophecy of return: by honoring the symbols you give to your inner life, you prepare the way for exile-free restoration within. The event is not external punishment but an inner rearrangement, a clearing of excess to reveal your true center. Your present reality is a state of consciousness; the knife and scales are tools to prune and re-balance until your awareness passes from bondage to freedom.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes now. Imagine using the knife and razor on your outer self, weighing and dividing the hair of your mind, and affirm that you are choosing a new state of consciousness, feeling it real.
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