God Laughs Within
Psalms 59:8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 59 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse states that God will laugh at the nations and hold them in derision.
Neville's Inner Vision
The psalm speaks of God’s derision of the nations, but in the Neville manner, the entire scene is a chart of your own consciousness. The 'LORD' is the I AM that sits in you, and the heathen, the derided powers, are not outside rulers but states of fear, doubt, and limitation you have accepted. When you refuse to identify with them and instead align with the I AM, you find that the outer world shifts to mirror your inner laughter. Your awareness, not the surrounding circumstance, is the judge of what wins your heart. Imagine God, within, as the sovereign comedian who knows that every troublesome form is a thought in motion, destined to dissolve when met with your unwavering recognition of being. The laughter is not contempt but clarity—an inner revision that says: I have never been governed by these appearances; I am rather the authority by which they pass. As you dwell in this I AM presence, the inner derision of your fears yields to order and calm, and the so-called nations yield to your peace.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume the feeling 'I AM' with the sense that this I AM is laughing at every troublesome outer power; revise the scene by affirming, 'I AM the ruler here; these appearances dissolve in awareness.' Hold the feeling for a minute, several times today.
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