Inner Reproof and Obedience
Proverbs 5:12-13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The speaker laments resisting instruction and despising correction, admitting they ignored wise voices and guidance from teachers.
Neville's Inner Vision
Here in the inner theater, despising instruction is a state of consciousness that has turned away from the feed of guidance. When you feel resentment toward reproof, you are wearing a hardened self that does not listen to its teachers. The remedy is to reverse the assumption: imagine yourself as a pupil within, utterly attentive to every inner note, and behold the teachers as facets of your higher, listening I AM. Reproof becomes compass, not punishment, guiding you back to harmony with your true state of awareness. By aligning with the voice that instructs—your own I AM—you dissolve pride, enter obedience, and awaken discernment through practice. Observe how neglecting correction narrows perception; welcome correction as the soft fire of awareness refining your inner sight, and the world you experience begins to bend toward wiser action.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Assume the feeling you are already a student of life, welcoming every correction as nourishment. Close your eyes, repeat, I gladly welcome instruction; reproof is my guide, and imagine the inner teacher extending a listening ear to you.
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