Inner Correction and Wise Receptivity
Proverbs 9:8-9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 9 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage says avoid scorners when rebuking, for they may hate you; rebuke a wise person and they will love you. Giving instruction to the wise makes them wiser, and teaching the just increases their learning.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Neville's psychology, the 'scorner' is a resistant state of consciousness within you that refuses truth. Do not attack that inner resistance by forcing external rebuke; instead shift your own focus to the inner wise Yes. When you reprove the scorner in mind, you merely reinforce its defense; when you acknowledge and align with the wise inner state, correction becomes a warm invitation rather than a clash. The wise man loves correction because it confirms your alignment with truth and the I AM. To give instruction to the wise is to exercise imagination, not to impose will; you assume the wise state and listen for greater clarity, knowing that every instruction is a renewal of your capacity to discern. The just within you grows in learning as you stay teachable. Accordingly, the world will reflect this inner correction: opportunities to learn, deepen justice, and refine discernment will appear as you persist in the receptive atmosphere you have cultivated inside.
Practice This Now
Imaginatively assume the state 'I am receptive to correction'; in stillness, invite a gentle rebuke and feel it as nourishment that deepens wisdom, then declare, 'I love instruction and I grow through it.'
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