Inner Sky, Inner Dominion
Job 38:31-38 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Job 38 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
These verses ask whether one can bind the sweet influences of the heavens or loose the bands of Orion. They point to a larger truth: ultimate governance rests with the divine order, not human striving.
Neville's Inner Vision
Observe that the speaker challenges the reader to bind the sweet influences of Pleiades and to loose the bands of Orion, but the inner meaning is that the entire outer world is but a projection of inner states. In the language of Neville, the heavens are not 'out there' to be commanded, but the laws of your own consciousness, the I AM that you are. When you entertain a belief about lack, you bind the lights; when you dwell in wholeness, you release the bands and invite order to descend. The 'ordinances of heaven' are the disciplined patterns of attention you set within; you set the dominion thereof in the earth by feeling the state of truth as already true in your experience. Can you lift your voice to the clouds? Yes, in imagination, you speak from the finished state and let response come from within. The question 'Who has put wisdom in the inward parts?' points to the source of understanding inside you—your own I AM. Numbering the clouds is simply tracking your thoughts; to stay the bottles of heaven is to stop fretting and dwell in the certainty that you already are governed by divine order.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume the finished state—'I am governed by divine order and live in abundance.' Then feel it real by proclaiming, 'The lights of heaven respond to my I AM now' and sense the inner weather shift.
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