Inner Kingship Realized
Psalms 82:5-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 82 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The psalm contrasts ignorance with the divine potential within; when consciousness wanders in darkness, the foundations of life seem off. It proclaims you are gods, God's children, yet mortality comes when this truth is forgotten.
Neville's Inner Vision
To the Neville reader, the words reveal states of consciousness rather than distant facts. 'They know not, neither will they understand' points to a mind that refuses to recognize its own I AM, a consciousness that walks in spiritual darkness while pretending to see. The line about 'the foundations of the earth are out of course' signals a misalignment of inner premises—pictures, beliefs, and feelings that govern your experience. Then comes the bold assertion, 'Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High'—not a boast about others, but a call to your own divine nature. You are the living idea in which the world is formed; you are not separate from God but the expression of God’s presence within. The final warning, 'But ye shall die like men' is not prophecy of inevitability but a reminder that mortality arises when you forget your true identity. Therefore, return to the I AM, dwell in the awareness that you are king and priest of your inner realm, and watch your outer world fall into line with that inner sovereignty.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit in stillness and repeat, I AM. Then revise the sense of self from mortal to divine by affirming, I AM God in this awareness, sovereign and eternal, and feel that kingship rising within.
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