Imagination and Inner Justice
Isaiah 5:22-23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Isaiah 5:22-23 condemns those who rely on wine and strength to justify the wicked for reward. It warns that such inner states remove the righteousness of the righteous by distortion.
Neville's Inner Vision
Isaiah 5:22-23 invites you to inspect the inner drink you sip in your mind—the habit of relying on sensation, power, or reputation to justify actions. The mighty who mingle drink are states of consciousness that defend wrongdoing when it serves appetite or status; they strip the righteous of true discernment by belief in external reward. In Neville’s language, you must recognize that consciousness creates reality and that judgment begins within. When you justify evil for gain in your inner world, you tilt the scales toward illusion. The remedy is to assume the state of the I AM, revise your sense of self, and feel it real that righteousness is your permanent condition. Practice imagining the scene as already resolved in you: the judge and the judged are one, and inner light corrects perception without force. By dwelling in the felt truth of being the I AM, you awaken true discernment and allow the outer world to reflect a corrected order once more.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, feel the I AM as your governing state. Revise by imagining the righteous already secure in your awareness and the illusion of reward dissolving.
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