Neville Goddard on Acts 20:30-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 20 in context

Scripture Focus

30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

31Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Acts 20:30-31

Biblical Context

The passage warns that insiders can arise with misleading teachings to draw away followers. It calls you to constant vigilance and continual, compassionate instruction, even when those efforts feel painful.

Neville's Inner Vision

Whenever you read Acts 20:30-31, hear it as a warning from your own consciousness: inner voices that pretend to teach, yet seek to draw away the disciples of your true Self. These are not outsiders but states of mind—fear, pride, and clever rationalizations—trying to lead your attention after them. The cure is watchfulness braided with revelation: become aware of each impulse, and greet it with the I AM that you are. Paul’s three years of ceaseless warning night and day with tears shows the rhythm of inner discipline: a constant, compassionate resetting of belief until the mind rests in its unity. Do not fight the image or condemn the thought; simply revise it by assuming the state of undivided awareness, where every thought serves your wholeness. In that space, the disciples you fear losing are reinterpreted as reminders of your oneness, drawing nearer as you stand present in truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: In a moment of quiet, assume you are the I AM, the unshakable watcher. Revise a troubling thought by affirming its falsity and feel the reality of your undivided awareness now.