Neville Goddard on John 15:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 15 in context

Scripture Focus

5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

John 15:5-6

Biblical Context

You are connected to Jesus, the source of life. Abiding in him yields fruit, while separation leads to withering.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the vine as your inner state of consciousness, and the branches as your outward expressions. To abide in me is to dwell in the awareness I AM, the constant living presence that animates all degrees of life. When you identify with that presence—the sense that you are in God and God is in you—the whole field of possibility shifts. Fruit is not effort but alignment: thoughts, feelings, and actions flow from the unity you hold in mind. If you try to bear fruit by will alone, you edge toward drought and strain; but when you rest in the I AM, you are nourished by the life that is always there. 'Without me you can do nothing' means without that inner alignment you are a merely human branch, apart from the vine, not expressing real power. The discipline is not outward doing but inner being: accept the truth of oneness, and your results reveal that truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume the feeling, I AM in the vine; rest there and let your daily choices spring from that unity. If doubt arises, revise it by stating, I am in God, and God is in me.