Neville Goddard on John 12:37-40 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 12 in context

Scripture Focus

37But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

38That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

39Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

John 12:37-40

Biblical Context

Even with many miracles, many did not believe. Isaiah's prophecy speaks of blindness and a hardened heart, so they could not understand or be healed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let us read the verse as a mirror of your own inner state. The belief that the multitude would not believe is not outside you; it is a state of consciousness you have tolerated. The miracles witnessed symbolize levels of awareness available to you here and now. When you say, they could not believe, you are naming the habit of mind that clings to appearances and treats separation as real. Esaias speaks to your inner vision: the 'arm of the Lord' is the living power of I AM expressing as your perception. To be blinded and to have a hardened heart is to refuse the immediate implication that you are one with the healer. The conversion required is not a future event but an interior turning toward the truth that you already possess. Believe that you are healed, as you would a verity claimed by your own consciousness. The miracle is completed in the inner world first; then, as you reclothe your outer experience with that conviction, healing manifests.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM presence as your sole reality and revise 'unbelief' to 'I believe; I am healed now.' Close your eyes and feel the healing touch as if it is present in your body.