Inner Death Invades Doorways

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the ancient text speaks in outward terms, yet the true warfare is inward. Death, in this sense, is a state of consciousness that has wandered into the mind’s windows and the mansion of belief, not a neighbor at the door. When you hear of death entering the palaces, understand that your inner dispositions are being pressed by fear, limitation, or habit, and vitality (the children and the young) seem to be driven from the streets of your awareness. Neville Goddard taught that God is the I AM within, and imagination alone fashions reality. Therefore, to interpret this verse creatively, you must notice what state you are entertaining. If the sense of lack or danger holds sway, you are inviting that death-like entrance. But you can reverse it by assuming a higher occupancy: that the I AM is alive, your inner house is intact, and life flows through every room. Begin to imagine the doors swung open, the inner halls echo with possibility, and the vitality of your youth return to action. Death then becomes simply a mistaken thought, easily revised by a single, decisive assumption that life is always here.