Neville Goddard on Acts 27:11-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 27 in context

Scripture Focus

11Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

Acts 27:11-12

Biblical Context

The centurion trusts the shipmaster and owner over Paul’s word. Because the harbor is not commodious for winter, the majority urge departing toward Phenice.

Neville's Inner Vision

Acts 27:11–12 unfolds as a drama of states of consciousness. The centurion’s belief in the master and the shipowner represents the habitual mind—the dependency on appearances, authority grounded in external conditions, and the fear-dominated plan to escape winter by moving on. Paul’s spoken warning embodies a higher stage, a call to trust an inward lead that transcends surface probabilities. Neville’s psychology would say that the true haven is not a port but a state: the I AM within you who remains awake to possibility while conditions seem adverse. When the harbor proves commodious to wintering, the majority align with the known plan; but the inward sense speaks a different truth: you are guided by a spiritual discernment that can override the visible odds. If you learn to treat the inner word as more real than the outward arrangement, your voyage becomes an inward voyage toward your desired state. Providence is the ongoing alignment of your inner conviction with outer events, so you arrive at the harbor your imagination has already chosen.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, and repeat, 'I am in the harbor of safety now,' feeling the body settle as if the ship is already secured in calm waters. Then revise your plan by allowing the inner guidance to supersede any external advice, and act from that inner certainty.