Birth Through Inner Travail
John 16:21 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read John 16 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse speaks of a woman in labor who suffers, but the birth of a child brings lasting memory of the pain as joy. It hints that birth (new life, new state) supersedes suffering.
Neville's Inner Vision
John 16:21 speaks in the symbol of a woman in labor. The sorrow is not punishment but a necessary contraction within your mind, pushing you toward a new birth. The hour has come when you stop clinging to the old self and consent to a fresh state of consciousness. When the child is born, the memory of the pain dissolves, for the joy of the newborn reveals what your life has become—proof that you have entered a new degree of awareness. The 'man' born into the world is your renewed state of being, the I AM that awakens in the moment of realized possibility. You are not a victim of circumstance but the conscious parent of your creations. If you dwell in the present as the witness of this birth, you will notice that fear and lack fall away as you accept the truth that your desire is already formed in you.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Assume the state you desire is already real. Sit quietly, feel the birth of that joy, and revise any lingering pain into gratitude.
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