Neville Goddard on John 16:16-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 16 in context

Scripture Focus

16A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

17Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

18They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

19Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

John 16:16-19

Biblical Context

Jesus speaks of a short period when he will be unseen, followed by his return, prompting the disciples to seek understanding. The scene points to an inner shift in consciousness rather than a merely external sequence.

Neville's Inner Vision

John 16:16-19 invites you to see the little while as the inner cadence between states of consciousness. When you feel unseen, you are not separated from the Father; you are being invited into a deeper awareness of your I AM. Going to the Father is a choice to live in the present, where God is the awareness that never leaves you. The disciples' confusion mirrors your own tendency to measure reality by outward events, yet the Jesus who speaks is teaching that the future is already present in your inner feeling. Resurrection and new life arise as you revise the moment into its fulfillment, choosing to dwell in the end you desire. Faith and trust grow as you refuse to interpret absence as final and instead persist in imagining as real. In this sense, the little while becomes your doorway from lack to abundance, from fear to trust, from separation to unity with God within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled as if it is happening now; linger there for a few breaths, then carry that sense into daily moments as if the return has already occurred.