Neville Goddard on John 6:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 6 in context

Scripture Focus

5When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

John 6:5-7

Biblical Context

Jesus asks Philip where to buy bread to feed the crowd, exposing the disciples' reliance on external funds. The story reveals that outward provision is insufficient, inviting inner trust.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe the scene as a drama of inner states. Jesus lifting up his eyes is the moment awareness turns inward, the I AM that sees beyond appearances. The great company is the crowd of beliefs pressing for sustenance from the outer purse. Philip’s reply, "Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient," is the old consciousness measuring life by coin and time; it proves only the futility of trying to feed many from the external fund. Yet Jesus already knows what he will do because the solution rests in the one power you share: awareness. The test is not arithmetic; it is a shift of state. When you align with the I AM, provision flows as you imagine it, not as you count coins. The miracle is the reorientation of mind: from lack to fullness, from doubt to certainty, from the sense of separation to the recognition that you are the one who feeds. The feeding comes when you refuse to look to externals and affirm, with feeling, that you are already supplied as the I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the end and feel-it-real that the I AM feeds the multitude within you. Revise lack into abundant presence and linger in that conviction.