Inner Law, Listening Now
John 7:51 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read John 7 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse challenges the habit of judging others without hearing them. It calls for due process inside the inner courtroom of consciousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
Imagine the scene as an inner court in your own mind, where the law you trust is the I AM—your perpetual awareness. When you declare you know what someone does, you reveal a belief that awareness can be separated from its object. Neville taught that God is the I AM and that imagination shapes reality; thus every judgment you voice springs from a state you actually inhabit. Before judging, listen to the inner movements of consciousness as the judge and witness, and allow the scene to pass through the filter of compassion and non-resistance. By choosing to hear first, you align with true justice that arises from awakened awareness rather than fear or habit. Seen thus, righteousness is not a verdict against another but a clear seeing from the I AM that all life is whole and unfolding in divine order.
Practice This Now
Assume you are the I AM, the inner witness who hears fully before any verdict. Silently revise a tense judgment by affirming, 'I hear and know the truth of this situation in the I AM,' and feel it real.
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