Neville Goddard on Isaiah 58:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 58 in context

Scripture Focus

6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Isaiah 58:6-7

Biblical Context

Isaiah presents fasting as social righteousness: loosen wickedness, undo burdens, free the oppressed, and break every yoke. Neville reads this as an inner awakening.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your true fast is a conversion of consciousness. Not a ritual of deprivation but a decision to move in harmony with the I AM that dwells in all. To loose the bands of wickedness is to release the stubborn judgments you carry about others and yourself; to undo heavy burdens is to revise memories until they dissolve in awareness. Let the oppressed go free by choosing the feeling that freedom is your natural state and that others are not separate from you—in your imagination you see them as kin in the same flesh. When you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, you are merely reflecting the abundance you already hold within. The poor cast out are parts of you cast aside—bring them into your own house in awareness, and they fade in the light of love. The act of mercy is the rectification of your character’s inner weather; by dwelling in the I AM and acting as if you are the answer to the world’s need, you awaken a reality that mirrors that mercy.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: For one minute, close your eyes and image feeding the hungry with your inner abundance; revise any sense of lack until you feel the room overflow with warmth. Then open your eyes and carry that feeling into your next action.