Silence at the Inner Gate
Lamentations 5:14-17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The elders and the young withdraw from public doors; joy ceases and the dance becomes mourning. The crown falls, and the heart grows faint with dim eyes.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your Lamentations 5:14-17 are not about a people in stone, but about you, reader, in the moment of self-awareness. The gate stands closed because you have forgotten that the gate is your own awareness; the elders and the musicians are the outer expressions of consciousness you once used to measure yourself. When the joy of the heart ceases and the dance of life turns to mourning, it is a signal: you have believed a state separate from I AM. The crown that is fallen is the sense of authority you wore as your own, now seen as a fallen image in a dream. In truth, you are whole, and the condition can be reversed by a simple act: assume the feeling of the restored inner reality. Say to yourself, I am crowned, I am joy, I am the life that dances within. Let the inner vision return; imagine the gate opening; hear the music of your own vitality. I am, therefore I choose.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly and claim, 'I am the I AM, crowned and joyous.' Feel it real until the inner state matches the vision.
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