Inner Distinction of Purity
Leviticus 20:25 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Leviticus 20 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse draws a clear line between clean and unclean creatures and warns not to defile the soul with what God has separated as unclean. It frames holiness as a matter of inner discipline and discernment.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your life is a field of inner states; Leviticus 20:25 speaks not of beasts but of the margin you keep between clean and unclean within. The 'I AM'—your awareness—does not condemn, it discriminates, because you are the creator of your experience. When you harbor thoughts that feel defiling—fear, resentment, lack—you are treating your inner world as common and porous. God has separated these states within you by attention; to honor the separation is to guard what you allow to dwell in mind and feeling. To live clean is to align with the I AM, letting in only those thoughts that uplift, affirm wholeness, and sustain a sense of right relationship. The moment you accept yourself as already clean, you practice the feeling that this distinction is real in consciousness, and your life will follow as a healed, orderly expression of that inner state. Remember: imagination creates reality, so imagine yourself in the company of the clean, and the unclean falls away as you dwell in the truth of your I AM.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and assume you are already clean; when an unclean thought arises, revise it by declaring 'I AM' and feel the boundary thickening around your mind, choosing only thoughts that uplift and unite.
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