Inner Expansion of the Mind
Joshua 17:14-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Joshua 17 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Joseph's people press for more land. Joshua invites them to expand their inner estate and face the limits within, signaling that the true conquest is the enlargement of consciousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed spiritually, the passage is not about military conquest but the expansion of your inner estate. The people cry for more because they feel blessed; Joshua’s response is a summons to increase consciousness itself. You are the great people, and the power you seek already resides in your I AM. The wood country, the mountains, and the outgoings of the land symbolize the unseen reach of your mind. If mount Ephraim seems too narrow, go deeper into the subconscious until you find a wider plateau and declare it yours. The iron chariots and the giants are not outside forces but entrenched beliefs within; drive them out by defining a new, more spacious sense of self. This is not mere wishful thinking but a practical act of revision: assume abundance, imagine the field of your life extending, and feel it real now. As you acknowledge a larger inner territory, your feelings rearrange your outward circumstances, and your life begins to align with the bigger vision you have granted yourself.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and assume the expanded inner territory is already yours. Visualize cutting down the forest of limitation and driving out the iron chariots, then affirm, 'I AM the land claimed.'
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