The Inner Water Of Strife
Proverbs 17:14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 17 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Strife begins as a small release of energy, like water letting loose. If you feed it, conflict grows; therefore cease contention before it is meddled with.
Neville's Inner Vision
Verse shows that the first spark of strife arises in the mind as a leak of inner energy. You are not the quarrel but the awareness in which it stirs. The I AM within you remains untouched by outward appearances; you determine the scene by your inner state. When you assume harmony and revise the narrative to say that the matter is already resolved, you stop the flood before it starts. Do not argue with appearances; argue with the assumption behind them. Feel the quiet relief of peace as if it is already present. In that mood, the other becomes cooperative within your imagined scene; the world follows that inner decree. By persisting in this conscious state, you practice the practical act of God: peace arises through intentional imagination, not through force. The beginning of strife is but a threshold you step over into unity.
Practice This Now
Assume the end of the dispute is already true in the I AM. Feel the relief as you breathe, and hold that revised state for a minute, then move forward with quiet certainty.
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