Wholeness Beyond the Marred Visage
Isaiah 52:14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 52 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Isaiah 52:14 speaks of astonishment at a figure whose face is marred beyond any man; the image serves as a symbol for a damaged inner self-image. It invites inner interpretation, not a literal history, pointing to how consciousness can shape appearance.
Neville's Inner Vision
Isaiah 52:14 speaks in symbol: crowds are astonished by a mask of suffering, yet the true drama is my state of consciousness misreading itself. The marred visage denotes a belief that awareness can be scarred by experience. In Neville’s terms, the I AM is unmoved; it is imagination that projects a 'face' in need of healing. When I abide as the I AM, I see that the outward world mirrors a former inner movement—pain, fear, lack—but these are only events in consciousness. By imagining a new state and feeling it as real, I reverse the fall. I must not fight the image but revise the inner assumption: I am whole, I am well, I am complete in God. The crowd’s astonishment becomes a cue that I have believed in a split self; I choose to awaken to the inner presence that never changed. My form follows my state of consciousness; therefore a renewed inner vision of wholeness must be cherished until it appears in the seen world. The verse invites inner repentance: turn from the old belief and enter the I AM.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and, in the present tense, imagine your face as radiant and untouched by time; repeat, 'I am whole now,' until the feeling of wholeness fills you and replaces the old belief that your form is marred.
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