Neville Goddard on 1 John 3:14-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 John 3 in context

Scripture Focus

14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

1 John 3:14-15

Biblical Context

The verse says we pass from death to life by loving the brethren; hatred marks the old state. True life is evidenced by the loving action toward others.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the Scripture, death and life are states of consciousness. The brethren are not distant people but images of my own I AM, the life I awaken to through imagination. When I love, I awaken from separation and affirm that I have already passed from death unto life. Hatred is the sign of a mind convinced that life is scarce, a memory that the I AM is not present. Such hatred blocks the eternal life that is mine by awareness. The inward shift is simple: I must assume the life that loves and feel it as my present reality. By imagining the brethren as facets of my own being, I draw into my world the living proof of life. This is the inner law: love is the imaginative act that births reality; thus, to love is to live, and to live is to love.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume 'I am the one who loves,' and feel that warmth toward a real or imagined brother until it becomes your dominant sense of I AM.