Inner Ships of Tarshish
Isaiah 23:14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 23 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Isaiah 23:14 speaks of the ships' howl because their strength is laid waste; in Neville's view, external power collapses when the mind identifies with the inner I AM.
Neville's Inner Vision
See the ships of Tarshish as your outer measures—jobs, assets, status—that you have trusted to bear you. When the verse says they howl because their strength is laid waste, it is teaching you to turn from reliance on external power to the indwelling I AM. In Neville's psychology, God is the awareness you are, not a distant judge. The collapse of the ships reveals that true power comes from the inner state you entertain. If you revise your sense of self to align with I AM—feeling and assuming you are already whole—you reframe the outer world: circumstances become the expression of your inner dream, not its master. Your imagination becomes the causal force; the old ships’ destruction clears space for a new, creative reality. Allow the lament to become a invitation to awaken your inner sovereignty, and notice how what seemed impossible begins to move as you dwell in the I AM.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and assume the state of I AM as your sole power. Then revise any reliance on outward strength by affirming, 'I AM the source of all power' and feel this truth as reality.
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