Attentive Inner Word
Nehemiah 8:3 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Nehemiah 8 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Nehemiah 8:3 describes the public reading of the law from morning to midday, with all the people listening attentively.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Neville’s voice, the scene is not a mere historical event but a psychology of consciousness. The 'book of the law' is the inner order, the script your I AM writes upon experience. The 'ears of all the people' being attentive signifies the readiness of your inner faculties to hear the divine decree that you are the source of life, not external power. The long listening period represents sustained focus required for imagination to take form; the street before the water gate marks the threshold where sensation is guided by conviction. As you listen, you align with the law you already are; you revise your sense of lack by assuming the state of the fulfilled covenant. The unity implied by those who could understand points to inner harmony when imagination governs sensation. Obedience is simply steadfast inner alignment with the I AM, a covenant kept by consciousness that accepts already-present harmony as your truth.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the Law reading within me now.' Sit in stillness for several minutes, imagining the inner Word speaking your desired reality as already manifested; when doubt arises, revise by affirming, 'I have always known this is so.'
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