Sorrow to Inner Comforter
John 16:6-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read John 16 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jesus explains that their sorrow comes from his words, but his going away makes room for the Comforter to come. The inner Presence is available to them now.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your sorrow, then, is not a sign of God’s absence but the old state clinging to your attention. When I tell you the truth that it is expedient for you that I go away, I am inviting you to notice what you have overlooked: the Comforter is the Presence within you, the I AM that never leaves. The departure is your renunciation of the outer dispute with God, a turning of your allegiance from lack to the awareness that you already are in communion with all truth. The Comforter arrives not as a distant rescue, but as your own consciousness awakened to unity with the divine source. The moment you stop seeking without and begin to feel, 'I am with thee,' you invite guidance, peace, and truth to become your lived experience. Sorrow dissolves as you assume the reality of this inner companionship; thoughts align, conditions rearrange, and you perceive life as the expression of your I AM, sustaining you from within. Remember: every perceived separation births pain; every realized unity yields the Comforter as the ever-present reality of God within you.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and imagine you are already living from the inner Comforter; feel its presence as your current reality. Repeat softly, 'I am with you,' and stay with the feeling until it registers as fact in your heart.
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