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Isaiah 8:3-4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 8 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Isaiah 8:3-4 presents a symbolic birth: a son is born and named, signaling that outer upheavals come as the fruit of an inner shift in consciousness, before the child can even cry. The outer changes are the consequence of an inner acceptance.
Neville's Inner Vision
The prophetess is your inner imagination; she conceives a son whose name signals a swift movement of change. By naming the new state, you call into being a consciousness that can dissolve the old kingdoms within you. The line about the child not yet knowing to cry shows that outer conditions—riches or spoil—are not the cause but the effect of your inner state maturing. In Neville's terms, you are the I AM, and the kingdom you seek is already present as an inner fact awaiting acknowledgment. When you dwell in the truth of this newborn state, the so-called powers of Damascus and Samaria vanish in your awareness before the ego's old claims are echoed by habitual thought. Your attention to this birth is what makes it real: imagining, assuming, and feeling as if the new state already exists, not as a future hope but as present fact.
Practice This Now
Choose a single new state of consciousness (e.g., “I Am Free Now”). Assume it as already true, name it aloud or in your mind, and feel the reality of it for several minutes daily until your outer circumstances reflect the inner revision.
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