Truthful Witness Within
Proverbs 25:18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 25 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Proverbs 25:18 warns that bearing false witness harms both the neighbor and the liar; the outer accusation mirrors an inner misperception. In Neville's view, the 'neighbor' is a projection of your own mind, and false witness arises from a faulty state of consciousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
To bear false witness is to wield a weapon from a state of distrust. The man, the 'neighbor,' is not a separate target but a mirror of your inner beliefs. When you narrate another's guilt, you are not policing the world; you are testing your own I AM, your level of clear perception. The maul, the sword, the sharp arrow symbolize the aggression of thought that destroys harmony within the psyche, and by the law of imagination, the world echoes your inner conviction. Faithfulness to truth is not about external reporting but about inner alignment: you choose to witness without judgment, to revise the story until it aligns with universal love and order. The moment you refuse to accept the false testimony of your conditioned mind, you dissolve the weapon and return to the calm center where all are images of the One. Remember: truth is not a fact to be asserted but a state of consciousness to be realized. As you consciously assume the unity of all, your world rearranges itself to reflect that inner truth.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, stand in the I AM, and revise any judgment about a neighbor by affirming their innocence and your own unity with them. Feel-it-real that truth flows through your perception, and the imagined weapon dissolves into quiet clarity.
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