Neville Goddard on Leviticus 19:2-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 19 in context

Scripture Focus

2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

4Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:2-4

Biblical Context

The passage commands holiness because the LORD is holy. It also commands honoring parents, keeping the sabbath, and turning away from idols.

Neville's Inner Vision

That command 'Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy' is not a rule imposed from without, but a revelation of your inner state. You are the I AM, and holiness is the steady radiance of that consciousness. When you regard your thoughts as voiced by the LORD of your life, your outer world rearranges to reflect this inner purity. The 'fear of man' toward mother and father becomes a reverent recognition of the Source that birthed your patterns; to honor them is to honor the discipline they symbolically represent - self-control, gratitude, obedience to your own higher law. The sabbath is not a day off but a pause in your thinking, a refusal to identify with transient images; in that stillness, the I AM speaks again as everything you need. Finally, 'Turn ye not unto idols' means release the fixed beliefs and substitutes you have allowed to captivate your attention; there is no rival power once you know the I AM. Your life is the living altar of this divine presence.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM as your central identity now; rest in that awareness and declare, 'I am holy, I am I AM.' Then imagine a bright inner light dissolving any idol-like belief.