Wounds as Inner Awakening
Zechariah 13:6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Zechariah 13 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Zechariah 13:6 asks what the wounds on his hands signify; the reply ties them to wounds suffered in the house of his friends, signaling inner betrayal and memory.
Neville's Inner Vision
Zechariah 13:6 speaks of a man with wounds on his hands, and a clue about where they came from: the house of his friends. In Neville’s sense, the body is a symbol of a state of consciousness, and hands are the deeds shaped within the inner theater of imagination. The house of friends represents an inner circle of beliefs, memories, and identifications by which the self defines itself. The wounds are not external injuries but memories that have hardened into a sense of self through companionship and trust. They mark a journey of suffering that paradoxically proves your capacity to awaken and to love, for you have engaged deeply with others in the dream of life. The key is to reinterpret the wounds as indicators that inner life has extended beyond itself and has grown. By assuming a new state of consciousness—the I AM, untouched by those past betrayals—you permit healing to begin. In such a shift, suffering becomes restoration, and redemption rises as you dwell in the present awareness rather than the remembered hurt.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, place your hands before you, and silently declare, 'I am the I AM; these wounds are only remembered, not real.' Then feel the wounds fade as you imagine your hands becoming whole, and rest in the sensation of restored wholeness.
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