Inner Olive Tree Awakening
Jeremiah 11:16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jeremiah 11 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The LORD calls you a green olive tree full of fruit, while inner tumult and purging break away the old branches.
Neville's Inner Vision
To Jeremiah 11:16 is not a geography but a map of your inner state. The LORD calling thy name as a green olive tree is the I AM, the living awareness you truly are. The olive tree bears good fruit when you align with being; the great tumult you hear is the inner shifting of beliefs and the purging fire is your imagination at work, burning away old identifications. The broken branches symbolize the shedding of crowded personae that no longer serve your state of consciousness. Judgment here is inner restructuring, not punishment from without, returning you to the covenant of your true nature. Exile and return point to the movement of awareness away from old forms and back to the living tree of now. In this light you can use your imagination to stay with the sense 'I AM' as the tree and to see every changing scene as pruning that makes room for greater fruit. The inner reality of you remains intact even as appearances change.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and assume you are the green olive tree—rooted in I AM, bearing good fruit. With each breath, allow the tumult to melt into purification and revise any sense of separation, feeling the branches grow anew.
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