Neville Goddard on Acts 9:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 9 in context

Scripture Focus

3And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Acts 9:3-5

Biblical Context

Saul travels toward Damascus when a sudden heavenly light surrounds him; a voice identifies as Jesus, prompting Saul to question and awaken to the Lord within.

Neville's Inner Vision

On the road to Damascus, the light that suddenly surrounds him is the inner light of awareness—the I AM that you are. The 'heaven' shining round about him is the dawning awareness of the Christ within—that within you is already awake. The voice declaring 'I am Jesus whom thou persecutest' is not an external speaker but the inner identification: the self you call 'I' is being called to the truth of your own divinity. Persecution here is your resistance to awakening, the pricks you kick against when you refuse to yield to the inner promptings. When Saul asks, 'Who art thou, Lord?' the answer rises as certainty: 'I am the Lord within you, your own awareness, the Christ in you.' This is not a change of place but a shift of perception—from separation to unity. The moment you accept the Lord as the I AM within, the resistance dissolves and you shine. The Damascus road becomes your present act of consciousness—an invitation to live as the light that you already are, right now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, imagine a bright light surrounding your head—the inner Damascus light. Say to yourself, 'I am the I AM; I am Jesus within me,' and feel that awareness guiding every thought.