Guarding Your Inner Truth
Philippians 3:2 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Philippians 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Paul warns to beware of those who rely on outward rituals and clever words. The true measure of faith is not the external, but the inward state of consciousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
Be aware that the 'dogs' and 'evil workers' are not people over there; they are the voices and habits in your own mind that claim authority over you. In Philippians, Paul points to the danger of concision—the worship of external forms—when the truth is that your salvation is the inward awakening to the I AM. See every such voice as a state of consciousness, not a separate foe. When you hear accusations of lack, or the fear-monger that says you must perform to be whole, rest in the awareness that you are already the I AM, the living imagination that creates. Do not resist the thoughts; simply align your feeling with the truth that you are one with the divine within. As you imagine from this center, the exterior world loses its grip; your faith becomes an inner certainty rather than a ritual.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, assume you are already seated in the I AM, the conscious observer. Feel it real that these outer criticisms and rituals have no power over your inner state; dwell there until awareness floods back into every moment.
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