Birth, Sorrow, and the I AM
Jeremiah 20:18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jeremiah 20 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jeremiah laments being born into labor and sorrow, fearing a life consumed by shame. The verse frames suffering as a mental condition to be transformed.
Neville's Inner Vision
From Neville's inward eye, the womb is a field of consciousness, not a sentence. The labour and sorrow Jeremiah names are inner movements—habits of thought that convince the self it is lacking. You came forth not to endure misfortune but to awaken to the I AM, the timeless awareness that knows itself as complete. When the mind clings to lack or shame, life seems to be a continuous stream of shameful days. Yet you can revise that fate by returning to the I AM and choosing a new meaning. In imagination you reframe your inner weather: fear loosens its grip, joy returns, and a sense of dignity becomes your natural posture. The sorrow you fear is a state you may dissolve by insisting, again and again, “I am the whole, I am the presence that knows.” The more you feel you exist in fullness here and now, the more your outer world reflects ease instead of struggle. This is not magic but awakening to your own divine imagery, a deliberate turning of the story you live.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and revise the scene of birth as the birth of awareness. Feel the truth I am in your chest and, for 5 minutes, imagine a day where labour dissolves into understanding and days glow with dignity.
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