Neville Goddard on James 3:11-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read James 3 in context

Scripture Focus

11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

James 3:11-12

Biblical Context

James 3:11-12 contrasts a fountain producing sweet water with bitter and a tree bearing incompatible fruit, signaling that inner life must be unified and free of contradiction.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your mind is the I AM; a fountain of living water. When you feel bitterness and sweetness at once, you are witnessing a mind split, not a law of God. The verse invites you to discover that truth cannot bear opposite fruits from the same source. By assuming the state of the one fountain—one stream, one nature—you imprint a new reality. See the inner water purified by the living Word within you; imagine the same consciousness pouring only sweet water, never salt. The feelings you attach to this inner scene become your causative power; your thoughts and actions align with the now-revised state. Speak and feel as if you are already the fountain: the present moment carries the fragrance of harmony because you have chosen unity. In time, events rise to reflect that wholeness, and the seeming contradictions dissolve into one, clear stream.