Neville Goddard on Genesis 3:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 3 in context

Scripture Focus

6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Genesis 3:6-7

Biblical Context

In Genesis 3:6-7, the woman eats from the tree, then Adam follows; their eyes are opened and they become aware of their nakedness, prompting them to sew fig leaves as coverings.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's cadence, the tree is a symbol for a belief or image that promises fulfillment outside the self. When Eve sees the tree as good for food, pleasant to the eyes, and desirable to gain wisdom, she is identifying with a separative mental image. The eating represents surrender to that image and a shift in consciousness. Their eyes opening signals a new awareness of a self-concept built on lack and separation. The fig leaves are the ego's coverings—temporary strategies to guard the vulnerable sense of self. The Fall, therefore, is not a punishment but a correction in state: awareness that the Life you are is the I AM, and your world is a projection of your inner state. By returning to the awareness of unity and refusing to act from a state of separation, you revise your reality. The practice is to assume the unity of your true nature and feel the wholeness that already resides within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and revise the scene by affirming 'I AM' as your constant reality. Feel wholeness replacing lack and act from that unified state today.