Inner Lamp and Sacred Honor
Proverbs 20:20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 20 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Proverbs 20:20 warns that cursing father or mother cuts off guidance and light, casting the person into obscurity. The verse invites you to see this as an inner law: inner disrespect yields an inner darkness.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Neville’s language, the lamp is your state of awareness, and parents or inner authorities are the voices that instruct your life. To curse them is to deny the order of your own consciousness, and darkness follows not from judgment but from misalignment with your I AM. When you condemn the outer figure, you reveal an inner rebellion against the law that holds your life together. The 'obscure darkness' is the dullness of perception that comes from resisting the authority that guides you. The remedy is simple: restore the relationship in your mind by recognizing that the inner father and mother are aspects of your I AM, guardians of your pattern and discipline. By honoring them, you realign your thoughts with the natural order of consciousness, letting your light—your discernment and imagination—flow freely again. Practice begins with a revision: see the parental figures as gentle laws through which you are led to growth, and affirm, I honor the I AM within me and within all authorities. Light returns as you claim this truth.
Practice This Now
Assume the inner authority is honored and the lamp is lit. Close your eyes, repeat I honor the I AM within me and see a bright lamp awakening in your chest.
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