Inner Mourning, Inner Awakening
Genesis 37:34-35 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Genesis 37 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jacob mourns for his son Joseph. His family tries to comfort him, but he refuses to be comforted, declaring he will go down to the grave mourning.
Neville's Inner Vision
Genesis 37:34–35 becomes a map of inner states. Jacob’s lament is the feeling of separation the I AM can spare you from by revision. The mourning shows that a belief in lack has taken hold; the comforters are voices of the world, not your true self. In Neville’s view, you are the one who imagines and thereby creates. The remedy is to assume the opposite of lack: insist the fulfilled state is present as awareness now. The grave is the boundary line of the old self; when you enter it with the intention to emerge, you awaken the consciousness that the son is alive in your inner scene. So, feel the living certainty within, not the ache of absence, and let your inner I AM draw the desired state into expression. Your true self already holds the completed fulfillment; mourning dissolves as you claim it with imagination.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, place your hand on your chest, and assert: I am the I AM; the state I seek is already mine here and now. See in your inner scene the beloved son restored and feel the relief as if it already occurred.
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