Inner State, No External Change
Proverbs 27:22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 27 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Proverbs 27:22 shows that no amount of outward pressure can remove a fool’s folly. The inner disposition resists change regardless of pestle or mortar.
Neville's Inner Vision
Beloved, Proverbs 27:22 presents a simple truth: no amount of grinding the outward world can alter a fool’s inward state. The mortar and pestle are not tools to change a mind; they are signs that you are trying to force change where change must begin—in consciousness. In Neville’s terms, the fool’s foolishness persists because the I AM has not assumed the end of wisdom for him. You must stop attempting to prune the appearance and start living from the end you desire. Imagine, with your inner eye, the moment when he perceives rightly, when his choices align with worth and truth, and then dwell in the feeling that this is already accomplished. This is not negotiation with the outer—this is a revision of your own sense of him as separate from your desired state. When you shift your state, the outer scene changes to match the inner truth, for all previous incidents are only memories of a prior state. So you fix your attention on the end, feel it real, and let the rest be carried into the light of your I AM.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Sit quiet and assume the end: see the fool as wise, acting with discernment; feel the reality of that state as if it is now.
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