Inner Cleanliness Revealed
Haggai 2:13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Haggai 2 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Haggai 2:13 presents a scenario where contact with something unclean renders it unclean, a rule confirmed by the priests; the passage frames impurity as a state rather than an external fact.
Neville's Inner Vision
To the awakened I AM, the corpse symbolizes a thought that has died to life. The question in Haggai concerns the state of consciousness that touches the world, not dirt on an object. The 'unclean' is the moment you identify with limitation and fear; when a 'dead body' touches your temple, you experience uncleanness because you believe death can enter your inner life. Yet the priests’ answer is a mirror: it shall be unclean. This reflects a law of inner psychology: your current state of awareness colors every experience you encounter. The true I AM remains untouched by appearances; purity is your natural condition. You can revise the scene by embracing the conviction that nothing external can contaminate your inner temple. The 'touch' of death is merely a thought-formed sensation. Affirm, I AM whole; I am pure; death lacks power over my awareness. In this light, purification is not an act done to the world but a re-assertion of your divine, indivisible state of consciousness.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, visualize a dead-hand touching your inner sanctuary, then affirm: I AM; nothing external can contaminate me. Feel the cleansing light of awareness flow through you and rest in your unassailable purity.
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