Neville Goddard on John 9:1-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

2And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

6When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

7And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

8The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

9Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

10Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

11He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.

12Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

13They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

14And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

15Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.

16Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

17They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

John 9:1-17

Biblical Context

Jesus heals a man born blind, saying the works of God should be manifest in him. The scene points to awakening within, not a ritual.

Neville's Inner Vision

Plainly this scene stands for a state of consciousness that has not yet seen. The disciples' question about sin is the mind arguing about what was done or left undone; Jesus, the light within, answers that the works of God must be manifest in the man. The clay on the ground represents the sensory images formed by imagination, the material you mix with attention. When He anoints the eyes and says, Go wash in the pool called Siloam (Sent), you are being told to move by inner guidance, to trust the inner command. He goes, he washes, and sight returns; not by external ritual, but by alignment with the inner Reality. The neighbors and Pharisees symbolize the mental voices clinging to old laws—the Sabbath of limitation. Healing comes when you refuse their verdicts and declare, I am the one who sees. The final note—He is a prophet—points to the truth that the inner light reveals: you are not separate from the Light; you are the light in expression. The work, then, is to awaken to the eye-seeing I AM within you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the state of seeing now—declare 'I am the light of the world' and feel the inner wash restoring sight. Revise one lingering limitation by dissolving it in the light of I AM.