Inner Waters of Renewal
John 3:23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read John 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
John the Baptist is baptizing at a place with abundant water, inviting people to purification through baptism. This scene hints at an inner cleansing and turning that prepares the way for reconciliation with the true self.
Neville's Inner Vision
John 3:23 opens a scene of inner possibility. In Neville language, the water is not literal but the abundant consciousness in which you immerse your old self. Aenon near Salim represents the still space of your awareness where the mind rests in the fact you already are. The statement that there was much water signals the readiness of your inner life to dissolve separation, not a geographical fact but an invitation to enter a state. So when they came and were baptized, it is you who steps into a new identity moving from the belief that you are apart to the recognition that the I AM, your true consciousness, forgives and reconciles. The act becomes complete the moment you accept that fear dissolves in the sea of awareness and that your life is a pattern of purification by imagining yourself clean, whole, and united with the source. Baptism then is not a ritual you perform but a renewal you assume by the power of imagination and the steady insistence that you are one with the divine life in which all is forgiven.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and imagine standing beside a vast river of light; affirm I am forgiven, I am clean. Feel the water dissolving old beliefs and rest in the conscious state of oneness.
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