Inner Captivity Of The Mind
Nahum 3:10 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Nahum 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage describes a city carried away into captivity, with the young harmed and leaders bound. It speaks of judgment and upheaval that arise in a collective state when it loses power to its beliefs.
Neville's Inner Vision
Nahum 3:10 lays before you a city carried away into captivity, its streets filled with the sounds of defeat. Do not seek the external nation; interpret the city as your own state of consciousness. What is carried away? The sense that you are separate from the I AM. What are dashed? The young possibility you once entertained—the tender imaginations and bold ambitions that fear has scattered. The lots cast for her honorable men are the judgments of the ego, the little decisions that say, 'This will be fate for me' before life proves it. The great men bound in chains are your fixed patterns and beliefs that keep the mind stuck in a familiar frame. In truth, every external scene is a dream of the mind; the quality of your waking draws it forth. When you label it as ruin, you feed it with attention; when you revise, you release it. The practice is clear: assume the feeling of the fulfilled state already present, and dwell there until the I AM speaks through the senses as if the city were free. The captivity dissolves in the light of your own awareness: I AM.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the feeling of freedom now; imagine your inner city reorganizing to reflect peace; feel the I AM already at the helm and dwell in that state until the outer scene harmonizes.
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