Neville Goddard on Acts 28:25-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 28 in context

Scripture Focus

25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

26Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Acts 28:25-27

Biblical Context

Paul quotes Isaiah to show that hearing without understanding and seeing without perception come from a hardened heart. The message invites inner turning so that true healing can occur.

Neville's Inner Vision

On the level of the I AM, the words of Esaias reveal not a distant judgment but the state you inhabit. Hearing without understanding and seeing without perception arise when attention is fixed on surfaces and identity clings to fear, doubt, or lack. The Holy Ghost is the inner inspiration of your own consciousness, speaking to you as a compassionate reminder that you are more than a restless array of thoughts. When you believe the heart is waxed gross and the ears dull, you dismiss the whisper of the I AM and seal your own captivity. Yet the prophecy also teaches conversion: a turning of the entire being from projection outward to the inward light of awareness. To convert is to shift your state of consciousness from limitation to wholeness, from separation to unity with the divine Presence that heals. Heal means return to natural alignment with your true self, the I AM that never departed from its own creation. Your task is not to chase facts but to revise the interior assumption until you perceive with inward sight and hear with inward hearing.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, place a hand on your chest, and declare 'I AM consciousness now,' assuming you already understand and are healed. Dwell in that feeling until you perceive with inward sight and hear with inward hearing.