Neville Goddard on Isaiah 21:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 21 in context

Scripture Focus

1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Isaiah 21:1-2

Biblical Context

The passage warns of an inner burden arising from a barren mental desert, foretelling trouble and treachery, and ends with a directive to rise and end the sighing.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, the burden is a state of consciousness, not a distant army. The 'desert of the sea' is a dry mind, unaware of its I AM. The whirlwinds are wandering thoughts; the terrible land is fear born from identification with lack. The grievous vision shows a self-made storm, as the treacherous dealer and spoiler spoil joy when you identify with danger. Yet to 'go up' is to rise in consciousness and revise the scene by assuming the state you desire. When you treat the present feeling as only a passing picture and anchor yourself in I AM, the imagined siege dissolves and sighing ceases. The inner world rearranges the outer; you awaken to an inner kingdom where you govern your being. The enemy is not out there but in old identifications; your decisive act is to declare 'I AM' and dwell there until the vision changes.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, close your eyes, and picture the desert within as a still sea. Then declare, 'I AM,' and revise the scene by imagining a peaceful outcome replacing fear; feel it real until it is so.