Judgment's Quiet Turn Within
Lamentations 1:9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
It depicts a fallen state, where one forgets their last end and finds no comforter. The affliction is intensified by an external foe.
Neville's Inner Vision
Remember that this text reveals an inner drama: a mind clinging to appearances forgets its divine aim, and thus suffers as if the outer world is the enemy. In Neville’s reading, the 'filthiness in her skirts' signals a misalignment of thought with the I AM—the eternal presence within—while 'she remembereth not her last end' is a reminder of forgotten purpose. When you identify with a transient condition, you magnify an external enemy and invite pain. Yet the I AM within is unchanging and always present; healing arises when you cease resisting and assume the end you desire as already yours. Enter the state of consciousness that has remembered its last end—comfort, abundance, peace—not lack. In this inner revision, the outer scene yields to the peace of the now; fear and the enemy’s magnification dissolve as you reidentify with your true self, the I AM. Your work is not to chase results but to feel the truth of your oneness here and now, allowing the change to register as fact.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, declare, 'I AM within me now,' and revise the scene to the end of comfort already present; feel it as real.
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