Inner Fire of Affliction
Job 5:6-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Affliction does not originate from the earth, yet human life is marked by trouble. This teaches us to look inward for the cause and the remedy.
Neville's Inner Vision
Affliction arises not from dust but from the inner theatre of consciousness. The I AM you truly are does not suffer; it merely observes images your imagination has cast into life. The sparks that rise are thoughts—fears, memories, and habits—that light the night of perception. You are not at the mercy of external dust, but at the door of choice: you can revise the state you entertain about yourself and your world. When you declare, 'I am within the one living; my I AM implies no lack, no fear,' you invert the implication of the verse and render trouble as suggestion, not fact. In this moment you embody a new inner climate: calm, assured, and beloved. Stay in the awareness that God in you—the I AM—is the source of all condition; let the old image evaporate as you repeat and feel the truth of your real nature.
Practice This Now
Assume the feeling of your desired inner state now: I AM at peace, perfectly safe and sufficient. Revise the image of trouble as a passing impression and feel the relief as though it is already done.
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