Unsealing the Inner City
Isaiah 24:10 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 24 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse depicts the 'city of confusion' with shut houses, representing a mind blocked by fear and habit. It points to an inner movement: through revision and awakening, entry becomes possible.
Neville's Inner Vision
Isaiah 24:10 reveals not a geography but a state of consciousness: the 'city of confusion' whose houses are shut and doors barred from entry. These walls are your habitual beliefs, your fear, your self-doubt, the settlements of a life not yet realized. The invitation is not to conquer an external city but to revise the interior atmosphere by recognizing that consciousness is the author of every scene. When you assume that you already embody the life you seek—the return, the freedom, the clarity—you do not wait for permission from without; you grant it from within. The I AM, your fixed awareness, becomes the door, the gate, and the street by which you walk into reality. As you feel it real, the doors swing open, the houses loosen their grip, and entry is unblocked. The city is broken down so you can inhabit it as the self who experiences the world rather than the world that dictates you. In that sense, exile becomes a journey back to your own awakening, here and now.
Practice This Now
Place your attention on your heart and declare, 'I AM the open door.' Then imagine the walls dissolving and walk through into a bright inner street, feeling the relief as the city becomes yours to inhabit.
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