Neville Goddard on Galatians 4:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Galatians 4 in context

Scripture Focus

15Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.

16Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Galatians 4:15-16

Biblical Context

The speaker wonders where the blessedness is and notes the fierce longing to surrender sensory attachments for truth. He then asks whether speaking the truth has made him their enemy.

Neville's Inner Vision

Blessedness is not a distant reward but a present state of consciousness. The verse reveals the conflict between the ego’s attachment to appearances and the I AM’s demand for truth. The gnawing wish to pluck out your eyes is symbolic of surrendering every limiting belief and preference that stands between you and the inner revelation. When you are told the truth, the mind that resists may turn on the messenger and declare you an enemy; this is the ego objecting to its own dissolution. But the speaker who tells truth is the I AM within—the unwavering observer who knows you are already complete. If you discern truth without recoil, you have entered the blessed state; the mind has released its grip on forms and conditions. The blessedness you seek is the felt unity of your awareness with the thing observed. In practice, refuse to identify with the conflicting thoughts and revise them into the truth you desire until the inner vision is restored. Let the inner speaker be your constant guide, and notice that when you answer with faith rather than fear, the apparent enemy dissolves and truth remains your companion.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, breathe into the I AM, and affirm, 'I am the blessed one who hears truth with joy.' Then revise all doubt by feeling that truth as real, right now.