Joy and Forgiveness Within
Psalms 51:8-9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 51 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Psalm 51:8-9 expresses a longing for renewed joy as the inner self is restored; it asks God to hide sins and blot out iniquities, signaling inner cleansing. It points to repentance and the healing that follows when the self awakens to forgiveness.
Neville's Inner Vision
In the inner theatre, the 'bones' you think are broken are the rigid beliefs you hold about yourself. To hear joy and gladness is to align your consciousness with the I AM that you are, the constant awareness that never departs. When you 'hide thy face from my sins' you are turning away from the old story, not asking God to change something outside you, but revising the memory that you are a sinner. Blotting out all iniquities becomes a mental erasure of the self-definition that kept you small; in that act, forgiveness is a re-creation of your state. As you dwell in this new consciousness, vitality returns; the body responds to the revived inner life as the bones rejoice, a symbol of structural support restored by faith in a renewed self. Remember: imagination creates reality; the moment you affirm the I AM as your only reality, the outward becomes a reflection of that inward truth. Your work is to persist in the feeling of the fulfilled state until it becomes your real experience.
Practice This Now
Practice: assume the feeling of joy now—'I am hearing joy and am free of guilt'—and revise the memory of sin by silently blotting it from your awareness. Dwell in the I AM until that state feels real.
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