Neville Goddard on Exodus 3:5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 3 in context

Scripture Focus

5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Exodus 3:5

Biblical Context

Plain sense: In Exodus 3:5 Moses is told to remove his sandals because the ground where he stands is holy, signaling that a sacred presence dwells in consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the bush not as a distant spectacle but as your own awareness blazing with purpose. The instruction Draw not nigh and put off thy shoes is not for Moses alone; it is a message to every state of mind that would approach God with the ego still on. The ground under Moses becomes holy because the I AM—presence within you—has chosen to reveal itself there. When you remove your sandals, you let go of outward identity and all stories of lack, aligning with the living Presence that is always already there. The bush speaks from your interior reality: God is within, not somewhere outside you. Therefore you do not approach God with shoes on; you approach with reverent awareness, ready to be told what to do, ready to awaken to your true vocation in consciousness. The miracle is internal: you awaken to the fact that you are the I AM, and this recognition makes every place holy.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, imagine standing on holy ground within your mind, remove the sandals of past limitations, and declare I am on holy ground now, feeling the Presence.