Inner Field Defense
Psalms 80:13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 80 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Psalm 80:13 speaks of ruin caused by a boar and a wild beast from the woods. In Neville's view, these animals symbolize invading states of consciousness that threaten the garden of your mind when you forget your I AM.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within this verse the boar and the wild beast are not strangers in a distant field but intruders in your own awareness. They represent fears, resentments, or appetites that ram into the cultivated thoughts you intend for your life. When you identify with the sense of separation or danger, your inner field is quickly wasted; your harvest—the health, prosperity, and harmony you desire—becomes devoured. The remedy is not to battle these beasts with willpower, but to awaken to the truth that you are the I AM, the field's controller, the perceiving presence that makes a thing real. Make the shift by assuming the end: you are already where you wish to be; you are the one who tends the garden, and Providence guides your hand. In practice, revise any perception of being overrun; imagine the beasts retreating, gates closing, and the crops thriving under your consciousness' sun. Your responsibility is to hold conviction in the I AM now, and let the inner peace that follows prove the truth of your dominion.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, assume the I AM as the perceiving presence in charge of your garden, and feel the field thriving despite past assaults.
The Bible Through Neville
Neville Bible Sparks
