Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 11:12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 11 in context

Scripture Focus

12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

2 Corinthians 11:12

Biblical Context

Paul says he acts in a way to remove any opportunity for those who seek to judge or accuse him; his aim is to keep the community unified by preventing a ground for criticism.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the ear of today, Paul's line sounds like a policy of restraint, yet in the deeper field of consciousness it is a command to align the inner life with purity of purpose. What I do, I do to cut off occasion from them who seek occasion; not by argument, but by the undeniable fixity of my inner state. The 'occurrence' they crave is a drama born in mind; I withdraw it by assuming the end is already accomplished in the I AM. When I know who I am in God, there is no need to prove anything, no room for glory in their opposition. My outward acts spring from a single premise: unity with the one life. Thus the power to critique diminishes, for their glory can only be built on my belief in separation; when I revoke that belief, the ground disappears. The verse becomes a discipline of consciousness: by revising the inner picture, I enact the outer change. The world will mirror that inner alignment, and those who boasted against me will come to reflect the same truth as we—one mind, one action, one reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, rest in the I AM, and declare that you have already cut off all grounds for criticism by your unwavering inner unity; then act from that state, letting the outer scene harmonize with it. Watch your choices reveal that inner alignment in the world.