Neville Goddard on 2 Peter 1:9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Peter 1 in context

Scripture Focus

9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

2 Peter 1:9

Biblical Context

Without these qualities you are blind to what lies ahead. You forget that you were purged from your old sins.

Neville's Inner Vision

To my understanding, the 'these things' are inner dispositions—awareness, faith, patience, and integrity—that colour how you interpret time. When you lack them, you are blind to what lies before you and you forget the reality of your purged past because your consciousness remains stuck in yesterday. But the I AM, that living awareness within, can revise the record the moment you choose. See that you are not the memory of sin, but the identity that has already forgiven itself; see the old sins as shadows dissolved by your present intent. By imagining yourself already possessing the added virtues, you cause the inner movements that pull events into alignment with that state. The outward world then reflects the inner sight you have claimed. You are not bound by what you were, but by what you affirm you are now. Practice this, and your interpretation of time will shift from fear to freedom, from forgetfulness to remembrance of your purged self.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a brief quiet session, assume you already possess the chosen virtue and feel it as your present reality. Let that feeling revise your memory of past sins as forgiven.