Neville Goddard on Acts 27:14-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 27 in context

Scripture Focus

14But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.

15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

17Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.

18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

Acts 27:14-20

Biblical Context

A violent wind rises against the ship; the crew fights to hold course, lightens the load, and, after days of darkness, they lose all hope of being saved.

Neville's Inner Vision

What Acts records as a tempest is your inner weather. The Euroclydon that rages against the vessel is the storm of doubt arising in consciousness. The ship is your life, and the wind you cannot bear up against is the habitual thought that you are separate from the One I AM. As the crew fight the waves, they also undergird the ship and strike sail—an unconscious attempt to manage fear through outward means. In Neville's inner workshop, you learn that the true navigator sits within: imagination. The moment you 'let her drive'—not resisting the movement of feeling—you awaken to the fact that awareness is the sea on which scenes move. When the sun and stars disappear and 'all hope' seems lost, we are invited to awaken from the belief that crisis governs us. Instead, assume the end you desire: you are saved, you are intact, you are in the hand of the I AM. By returning to the feeling that this is only dream-time and you are already whole, the tempest dissolves into quiet trust.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the scene: imagine the ship already safely moored on Clauda's calm, your body at ease, and give thanks as the inner weather subsides. Then repeat, 'I AM,' until the feeling of certainty anchors you.