Neville Goddard on Exodus 9:31-32 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 9 in context

Scripture Focus

31And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

32But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.

Exodus 9:31-32

Biblical Context

Flax and barley are struck because they are ripe, while wheat and rye, not yet grown, escape. This signals a principle of timing and readiness in the inner order.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe how the outer event mirrors an inner order. In Neville’s method, places become states of consciousness and events express the movement of your inner being. The flax and barley, now in ear and bolled, point to parts of your life that have reached full expression of belief; these ripe states cannot remain hidden and thus appear to be 'smitten' as the old pattern makes room for the new. The wheat and rye, not yet grown, represent aspects of yourself that remain seeds—unripe, not ready to manifest under the current level of awareness. The plagues are not punishment, but an inner adjustment by the I AM you call God: the awareness that governs all, the immutable watcher within. As you accept this, you understand that your present circumstances reflect the maturity of your inner assumptions. If you insist a thing is already real and keep guiding your feelings toward that end, those ripe states will unfold and the unripe will fall away, until your life aligns with the truth you have assumed.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the fulfilled state now; feel the reality of it until it becomes your present sense of self. Revise any doubt and let the inner I AM carry the outcome into outer form.