Inner Guidance Beyond Hollow Counsel
Isaiah 8:19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 8 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Isaiah 8:19 warns against seeking knowledge from familiar spirits or the dead; true guidance comes from the living God within.
Neville's Inner Vision
Picture the scene as a call to remember your true nature. In the consciousness of the I AM, the kingdoms formed by external voices fade, for the living God within is the only source of direction. When the world cries out for omens or counsel from familiar spirits, know these are nothing but habit patterns seeking to avoid inward responsibility. You are not a spectator to your life; you are its creator, governed by awareness that neither ages nor dead stones can alter. To seek outside you is to deny the reality of your unity with God; to seek within is to awaken to the imaginative act that creates experience. Assume that you are the observer and the governor of your desiring, and let your inner voice revise every outer suggestion as if it never existed. Your worship becomes fidelity to the present consciousness—the truth that you are the I AM, here, now, and always, guiding you from within. In that stance you move from fear of illusion to the certainty of true presence, the living God within illuminating every moment.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quiet, assume the I AM as your governing consciousness, and declare, 'I am the living God within me, and I hear my inner voice.' Then rest in that feeling until it feels real.
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