Prodigal Awakening: Inner Return

Luke 15:17-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Luke 15 in context

Scripture Focus

17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Luke 15:17-19

Biblical Context

The prodigal realizes his hunger and the insufficiency of his own schemes, then resolves to return to his father. He prepares to confess his wrongs and accept a lower place, seeking restoration.

Neville's Inner Vision

When Luke says 'he came to himself,' Neville would read this as a shift in consciousness. The hunger is the sense of separation from the source of life, the belief that nourishment lies outside the I AM. The father's house represents the inner state of awareness where the I AM dwells; bread enough and to spare symbolize the abundance available to the awakened mind through proper imagining. The decision to return signals turning attention from lack to the truth of sonship. Saying 'I have sinned' becomes a humble acknowledgment of mistaken identifications, not a cosmic verdict. The Father’s response—restoring the son, even to a servant’s status—points to the inner law that your true state is that of heir, accepted and provided for by the I AM. The practical path is to return to consciousness, reassert your divine identity, and permit abundance to flow from within as a natural expression of who you are in God.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of returning to your Father; declare silently, 'I am the I AM, and I am perfectly loved and provided for.' Then dwell in the image of abundance as if bread is always enough, until this inner state feels real.

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