Inner Vision Against Oppressive Thought
Psalms 14:4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 14 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse names an oppression—those who plunder the faithful and avoid prayer. It contrasts external harm with an inner state that forgets the LORD.
Neville's Inner Vision
In the inner view, the 'workers of iniquity' are not far-off villains but states of consciousness that forget the I AM. They 'eat up my people as they eat bread' when fear, grievance, or domination feed on vitality, draining energy from peace and unity. The cry 'call not upon the LORD' shows a habitual drift where attention ignores the I AM within and acts as if God is absent. But the Psalms invite a rewiring of perception: awaken to the Lord within as the sovereign act of awareness, the I AM that I am here and now. When I dwell in that truth, these oppressing tendencies lose their bite; the 'bread-eaters' cannot feed on nourishment that comes from the I AM. The mind returns to its rightful king and discovers that imagination is the instrument by which reality is made. So this verse is not a rebuke of others, but a reminder: my inner state determines the world I call real.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, say I AM here now, and feel the presence of the LORD within. Then imagine a table of divine bread nourishing all my inner people—thoughts, feelings, and body—until oppression loses its grip.
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