Inner Peace, False Healing
Jeremiah 8:11 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jeremiah 8 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jeremiah 8:11 names the hurt caused by superficial healing and the hollow promise of 'peace, peace.' It shows there is no true peace while the inner state remains unsettled.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within Jeremiah's cry, you recognize the inner court where the hurt is real and the comfort of borrowed peace is offered as a balm. In Neville's terms, the people’s 'peace' is a state of complacent expectation, a belief that relief comes from outward assurances rather than from a change in consciousness. The inner Israel is your I AM, and the 'daughter' is the feeling aspect seeking safety. When you hear 'peace' spoken by the ego and accept it as final, you soothe symptoms rather than address the cause; you quiet the mind with comforting words while the inner currents still churn. True healing comes when you stop seeking peace as a scene to be displayed and begin imagining the state you desire as already realized. Assume that the wounded belief is over, that the law of consciousness has delivered harmony, and feel the truth of that state until it settles into your heart. The healings of old wounds are not granted by others but by your own inward act of revision and the deliberate act of feeling-it-real.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and feel 'I am at peace now.' Revise the belief that lack governs you by dwelling in the imagined fulfilled state for a few minutes, letting the feeling-it-real take hold.
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