Arrows of Inner Pressure
Psalms 38:2 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 38 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Psalm 38:2 depicts arrows sticking fast in me and a heavy hand pressing sore, illustrating how pressure and suffering reveal the inner state. It invites us to see trials as calls to awaken to our true I AM.
Neville's Inner Vision
Here the imagery is not a threat but an invitation to know who you are. The 'arrows' are the thoughts and conditions that pierce your sense of separateness; the 'hand' that presses is the disciplined pressure of your own I AM moving you to shift state. In the Neville Goddard sense, nothing happens to you outside of your consciousness. What seems to strike you is you—your present beliefs about lack, limitation, or pain—holding themselves to you as if they were separate powers. Yet every sensation, every thrust from 'above' or 'around' is a reminder that you are the one choosing the response. The arrows seek to drive you deeper into the awareness that you are not the body, not the present condition, but the awareness that perceives. By consenting to a new state—the I AM as your home—you can notice the pain dissolving as you revise the inner premise. The hand pressing you sore is simply the discipline your imagination uses to press you into alignment with your ideal state, such that the outer world becomes the outward sign of that inner truth.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and imagine the arrows as your current limiting beliefs; say to yourself: I am the I AM; I choose a new state now, and feel the relief as the pressure shifts into quiet clarity.
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