Names Of Inner Builders
Ezra 5:4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ezra 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The speaker asks to identify who built the building. It frames discernment about the forces shaping our life.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within the conscious life, the building is your lived world, and the names are the identities you ascribe to the forces at work within you. When Ezra asks what are the names of the men that make this building, he is not seeking names on stone but acknowledging the imaginative faculty that breathes life into form. You too stand before your own edifice and ask who is building this. The answer reveals your current states of consciousness—habit, fear, faith, desire, discipline. If you discover the builders are gloom and lack, you can revise by declaring I AM the builder; I AM the one who imagines; I AM the life behind every stone. The builders can be renamed as traits you want to inhabit: courage, clarity, patience, creativity. In this light, the act is not external but inward revision. The I AM, your innermost awareness, is the unseen architect. By the power of imagination, you can call forth new builders and watch the construction shift to reflect your redefining image.
Practice This Now
Practice: Sit in stillness and ask what is the name of the builder in this moment. Then declare I AM the builder and imagine replacing old builders with new traits, feeling it real.
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