Inner Slaughter, Inner Choice
Proverbs 7:22-23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Chasing temptation leads to ruin. The seeker moves like an ox toward slaughter, unaware of the danger until judgment closes in.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed through the I AM, the boy who follows the seductress is the mind chasing a thought-dream without awareness of its consequence. The text does not speak of external women, but of inner appeals—images, cravings, or certainties that promise relief yet carry a dart into the heart of life. When you identify with the thought 'I must have this,' you become the ox marching to slaughter, a habit energized by belief in separation from your true wholeness. The liver’s wound is the stimulation of auto-causation—the belief that you are lacking and must seize immediate gratification—until the dart of consequence pierces the aura of life itself. The bird to the snare is your attention, drawn by a glittering lure that you fail to perceive as a trap. The remedy is simple in principle: recognize the inner scene you are imagining and revise it with the sense that you already possess fulfillment in the I AM. Imagination is the means by which you authorize your reality; choose a new inner posture now, and the outer scene conform will follow.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, breathe, and as you exhale, imagine yourself turning away from the lure, stating, 'I AM discernment; I choose life.'
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