Neville Goddard on Psalms 106:34-36 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 106 in context

Scripture Focus

34They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

35But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

36And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

Psalms 106:34-36

Biblical Context

The verse shows Israel failing to destroy the nations as commanded, which leads them to mingle with outsiders and learn their works. They then serve idols, which becomes a snare.

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 34–36 reads as a parable for your inner life. The 'nations' are persistent states of consciousness—fear, pride, habit—that you tolerate instead of cleansing. When you refuse to lay them aside, you mingle with those thoughts and learn their works; you borrow their confidence and enact their rituals in mind. The idols are beliefs you hold about yourself that pretend to govern your reality; serving them tightens the snare because you mistake the image for truth. Yet the I AM—the one awareness within you—remains untouched, waiting for you to awaken to its sovereignty. The remedy is to assume the consciousness of the one who has already destroyed the inner nations. In imagination, claim a land scrubbed of foreign gods and dwell there in the presence of the I AM, feeling true worship arise as your natural state. The moment you refuse the idols, your inner country returns to freedom and the whole life aligns with it.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a moment of quiet, declare, 'I AM free from inner idols'; then imagine the inner landscape clearing of foreign gods and rest in the awareness that I AM sovereign. Hold that feeling for a minute and treat it as already real.