From Mourning to Inner Dawn
Psalms 38:6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 38 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse describes a heart weighed down by trouble, bowed and mourning throughout the day.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within the line I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly, I go mourning all the day long, lies an invitation to awaken into the I AM. In Neville's reading the trouble is not an external fate but a state of consciousness that your awareness has assumed. You are not a separate witness of sorrow in a sorrowful world; you are the I AM perceiving a belief in lack as if it were real. When you identify with the feeling of heaviness, you create a scene where mourning lasts hours; forgetfulness of your true nature dims the inner light. The remedy is to assume a new premise, to revise the inner scene until its reality eclipses the old one. Speak softly to the inner you that you are the source, that the tension is a mental posture, and that the effortless ease of your true nature is already present. Do not argue with pain; choose a fresh consciousness that declares I AM whole, I AM peaceful, I AM the light by which all is seen.
Practice This Now
Assume the feeling of I AM now and revise the inner scene to ease. Feel it real as you breathe, letting the new image dissolve the old mood.
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