Seed and Sacred Duty
Genesis 38:9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Genesis 38 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
In Genesis 38:9, Onan refuses to fulfill his duty to provide offspring for his brother, acting from a mindset of defiance. The text points to an inner resistance to the law of rightful responsibility.
Neville's Inner Vision
From the Neville vantage, Onan's act is not about biology but about a state of consciousness that resists the law of life within. The seed represents your inherent capacity to bring forth forms in consciousness; when Onan spills, he declares, 'the life of this seed is mine to waste, not mine to give to the line that calls it forward.' This is the very movement your own psyche knows when you claim separation from your I AM. The moment you witness such resistance, you are being invited to reframe: you are the creator of your circumstances by the state you hold. The Bible uses physical acts to describe inner movements; so the moral is not judgment on Onan, but an invitation to examine where you evade the obligation of your inner seed—your creative impulse—by clinging to selfish fear. To heal, assume the consciousness of the seed as life moving through you for the sake of your inner lineage; feel the reality of abundance already present, and your external outcomes align with that inner law.
Practice This Now
Imagine the seed of your life as already given to you by the I AM; revise any thought of waste by declaring, 'I will let life flow through me now.' Close your eyes, breathe, and feel the reality of this inner seed birthing new forms in your days.
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