Neville Goddard on Isaiah 58:9-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 58 in context

Scripture Focus

9Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:

Isaiah 58:9-10

Biblical Context

The verse asks you to call on the Lord and be answered, to shed the yoke of blame and vanity, and to feed the hungry and afflicted. When you practice this inner movement, your light rises in darkness and becomes noon-day.

Neville's Inner Vision

Call and answer is not outside you but a changing state of consciousness. The 'yoke' is your habit of blaming or pointing fingers; remove it in mind and turn your attention to the hungry soul within and around you. By drawing your own soul to nourish another, you shift your inner weather, and light that once hides in obscurity shines with noon-day clarity. The truth is simple: you are the I AM, and your awareness creates the world you perceive. When you revise your self-conception to be the answer and the feeder, the darkness dissolves because you have chosen the living presence of light within. Rest in the feeling that you are already seen, already supplied, already illuminated; your life will mirror the fulfilled state as you daily embody compassion and communion with the divine within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine a hungry soul before you; silently affirm, Here I am, and feel your own light rising as you extend quiet nourishment of attention and compassion to them.