Inner Union of Jacob and Rachel
Genesis 29:18-23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Genesis 29 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jacob loves Rachel and agrees to seven years of service; outer events occur at the feast, and Leah is given first, but the love remains focused on the intended union.
Neville's Inner Vision
Jacob's love for Rachel is a single, unwavering state of consciousness. His vow to serve seven years is an inner contract with the image of his beloved, the I AM using imagination to shape reality. The seven years become the rhythm of faith, the disciplined feeling that within the mind the outer form must yield to the inner truth. The feast and the late-night switch symbolize appearances that tempt the imagination to misread the situation; Leah's presence is the outer theater that tests your fidelity to the inner assumption. Yet the inner law cannot be dodged; the surface is only the stage on which the mind learns to hold its purpose. In time, the true wife—Rachel—emerges as the fulfilled state, when consciousness has reconciled the impression with its essential wholeness. What you seek is not a chase of events but a steadfast realization that you already possess the fulfillment within your I AM. The outer world aligns with your inward state when you persist in imagining the completion.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Assume you already possess the inner union you seek; dwell in that image for a few moments and feel it real as I AM. Then revise any contrary appearance by stating, 'The outer shows only the stage, the true marriage exists in consciousness.'
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