Neville Goddard on Psalms 1:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 1 in context

Scripture Focus

1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalms 1:1-2

Biblical Context

Blessed is the person who avoids the counsel of the ungodly and the company of sinners, and who delights in the LORD's law, meditating on it continually.

Neville's Inner Vision

This psalm reveals the inner architecture of blessing: the blessed state is a consciousness aligned with the inner law, not a social virtue. The phrases about walking, standing, and sitting with the ungodly symbolize habitual thoughts and inner dialogues that pull you away from the truth of your I AM. To walk in the counsel of such thoughts is to identify with limitation; to avoid them is to maintain the clear, unbroken attention to the inner law. The 'delight' in the law is not external obedience but steadfast communion with the patter n of reality that your I AM embodies. When you meditate on this law day and night, you are rehearsing the alignment between your inner state and its outward image. The world then reflects that harmony as if you were merely listening to the music of your own consciousness. Blessing, in this light, is not earned but realized here and now by choosing the inner law over external suggestion, for God is your I AM and imagination is the instrument of its manifestation.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of the blessed man now: walk away from the crowd's counsel and sit with the inner Law. Feel that your days and nights are immersed in meditation on this Law, until its reality animates every scene you meet.