Inner Law of the Heart
Proverbs 3:1 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Proverbs 3:1 urges you to remember instruction and keep it in your heart. It frames obedience as an inner alignment with your consciousness rather than mere memory.
Neville's Inner Vision
Here the verse offers no external rule, but an invitation to align your entire being with an inner law. The 'son' is your current state of awareness; the 'law' is the living order of your consciousness, the pattern by which you interpret and attract. 'Forget not my law' is not a command to memorize, but a nudge to return to the principle that governs your inner atmosphere. 'Let thine heart keep my commandments' means let the feeling of your imagination dwell in obedience—let your heart hold a steady standard of truth and wholesome response. When the heart keeps the commandments, imagination is not idle; it becomes the faculty by which you anticipate events with confident faith. Notice that the commandments are not external constraints but inner habits you choose to enact in sensation, thought, and choice. Thus the verse asks you to renew your inner vow: live by the law as your living reality, so that your outward world follows the tempo of your inner accord. In this light, remembrance becomes the practice of becoming the person you intend to be.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Assume you are already governed by the inner law; close your eyes and feel your heart sustaining the commandments as your living standard. Repeat aloud or in imagination: I keep the law in my heart, and my world follows from that inner decree.
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