Desert Bloom: The Inner Way

Isaiah 35:1-10 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Isaiah 35 in context

Scripture Focus

1The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
4Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
7And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
9No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
10And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 35:1-10

Biblical Context

The wilderness becomes glad, and the desert rejoices as God comes to save. It speaks of healing, restoration, and a return to Zion.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's lens, the wilderness you read of is not a distant landscape but the state of consciousness you tend with your attention. The verse’s promise that your God will come and save you is the simple assertion that your I AM presence answers the call you make in imagination. When the desert blossoms, it is your mind awakening to its own divinity, turning lack into provision, drought into source. The opened eyes and unstopped ears symbolize the clearing of limiting beliefs; the leap of the hearted lame stands for the release of old habits and identifications that no longer serve your inner totality. The highway of holiness is the alignment of your attention with the One Life that animates all; it is a disciplined focusing of awareness so that only the true, blessed state remains apparent. Fear, the lionish doubt, and all ravenous beasts cannot walk there because you have consecrated this inner road. The redeemed return to Zion with songs—your inner peace manifesting as outer experience—and everlasting joy becomes your present condition as you stop doubting and declare I am that I AM.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM is present now. Feel the inner desert begin to blossom; then picture stepping onto the Way of Holiness and align your life with that conviction.

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