Inner Wisdom From Above
James 3:17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read James 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
James 3:17 presents wisdom from above as a pure inner state that becomes peace, gentleness, mercy, and good fruits, free from partiality and hypocrisy.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within you, the wisdom spoken of from above is not an external rule to chase, but a state of consciousness you assume until it becomes your seeing. First, the purity of awareness—no grains of guilt or fear clouding your moment—then a peace that allows you to respond rather than react, followed by gentleness that softens judgment and invites cooperation. The heart that is easy to be entreated is open to guidance, not stubbornly clinging to outcome. When you live from this state, mercy flows naturally, and your acts bear good fruits in the form of harmony and trust, free from partiality and hypocrisy. The secret is to regard the I AM within as your sole ruler of experience, and to persist in the feeling that this higher wisdom is already established in you. As you dwell there, apparent contradictions soften; you do not condemn, you align. Pray, then act, from the certainty that imagination is the law by which reality is formed. This is not trickery but the natural operation of your inner life, revealing itself as outer peace and constructive action.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: For five minutes, close your eyes and assume the I AM is the source of all right action. In that mood, revisit a current decision and revise it to reflect purity, peace, gentleness, and mercy—feeling it real as you go.
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