Two Baptisms, One Inner River

John 3:22-24 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read John 3 in context

Scripture Focus

22After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24For John was not yet cast into prison.
John 3:22-24

Biblical Context

John 3:22-24 presents Jesus and his disciples baptizing in Judaea, while John also baptizes nearby; the scene highlights concurrent acts of purification and the sense that John remains free before any earthly imprisonment.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's mood, the verses reveal that inner life moves in more than one stream yet remains one I AM. Judaea's field stands for active, outward living; Aenon's abundance of water points to an inner, capacious current of feeling. The two baptisms are not rival rites but two aspects of the same awakening: purification by awareness and the invitation to align action with inner truth. The line 'not yet cast into prison' signals freedom within—an inner state unbound by egoic limits. When you understand that you are both the baptizer and the baptized, you recognize that your imagination is the living water; you are cleansing and seeing through the same alchemy. The outward ceremony becomes a mirror of the inner conviction: you are one I AM, capable of purifying every corner of your mind and manifesting your unity with God. Let this awareness soften any division between doing and being, and watch your world respond as one flowing river of life.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe into your chest, and imagine a living river of water within you. Feel yourself both the baptizer and the baptized, and declare, 'I am the living water of my inner God-self' as the streams merge.

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