Inner Snares, Divine I AM
Psalms 38:12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 38 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse portrays enemies plotting harm, speaking wickedly, and imagining deceit all day against the speaker.
Neville's Inner Vision
All of the 'enemies' in Psalm 38:12 are not separate persons pressing in from outside; they are inner states—fear, doubt, and the habit of projection that lay snares in your mind. You, as the I AM—the witness and awareness—observe these thoughts, not be overwhelmed by them. The tricks and deceit imagined by others arise from your imagination, and therefore you can revise them by shifting your state of consciousness. By choosing to dwell in the awareness that God is I AM, you disarm every spoken word and every scheme, for you no longer identify with fear or with criticisms. When you feel it real that no thought or word can harm the immutable you, the inner movements change and the outer scene follows. This is the Neville path: imagine, revise, and feel it real, knowing your reality is a function of the inner state you inhabit. The world of plots dissolves into light as you affirm your unity with divine being and rest in that truth.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and repeat, 'I AM the I AM; no thought of harm can touch me.' Feel this as a present reality, then visualize the deceptive talk dissolving into harmless words and the scene shifting to peaceful awareness.
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