Inner Mercy, Perfect Heart
Psalms 101:1-4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 101 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage pledges to sing of mercy and judgment while living wisely with a perfect heart, and to guard inner sight from wickedness and harmful influences. It treats inner discipline as the path to true fellowship with the divine.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your Psalm is not a history but a map of consciousness. When you say, I will sing of mercy and judgment unto thee, you are naming the two movements of your own I AM: mercy — the quiet, inclusive love that forgives and renews; judgment — the discerning line that separates what elevates from what depletes. To behave yourself wisely in a perfect way is to occupy a state of mind in which contradiction cannot find a foothold. The question 'O when wilt thou come unto me?' is the soul’s invitation for the divine Presence to settle in the ‘house’ of your awareness. Walking within your house with a perfect heart means you refuse to permit any image or impulse that would violate harmony; you set no wicked thing before your eyes, for your inner sight becomes your law. A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person: here you reject the rebellious thought that pretends to rule you, recognizing that you are one with the divine idea that hates confusion. Live from that state, and your world will reflect it, in mercy, wisdom and order.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Close your eyes, and assume the state of a perfect heart; imagine walking through an inner house where nothing untrue or wicked remains in sight. Feel the certainty that the I AM is resident, and let this vision revise every moment you would otherwise react.
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