Neville Goddard on Acts 1:13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 1 in context

Scripture Focus

13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

Acts 1:13

Biblical Context

Acts 1:13 shows the apostles entering an upper room in Jerusalem. The scene signals a gathered unity among the disciples.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the dozen men are not simply bodies in a room; they are states of consciousness assembling in the one I AM. The 'upper room' is the quiet center of your mind where all faculties—courage, faith, perception, action—convene under one awareness. The names listed are not external persons; they are the aspects of yourself you choose to awaken and unite: Peter as steadfast faith, James and John as vision and zeal, Andrew as practical connection, Philip as seeking, Thomas as doubt transfigured into trust, Bartholomew as innocence, Matthew as record and memory, James the son of Alphaeus as humility, Simon the Zealot as zeal rightly ordered, Judas the brother of James as loyalty that remains. When you consent to be one with the I AM, the outer event (the coming of the Spirit, the mission) is simply the inner movement of your life toward wholeness. The act of gathering in the upper room is the decision to claim a single inward state that animates your outer action.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and enter the upper room of your mind; see all your faculties gathering as one under the I AM and feel the unity already accomplished.