Neville Goddard on John 9:14-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 9 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

John 9:14-16

Biblical Context

On the Sabbath scene, Jesus heals by a clay-imparted act and the Pharisees debate, symbolizing the pull between ritual rule and inner perception. True sight arises from within, not from external law.

Neville's Inner Vision

On this scene, the Sabbath is a state of consciousness in which I rest in the I AM. Jesus' clay, meant to heal, is my disciplined imagination at work, and washing is the inner acknowledgment of the realized sight. The Pharisees' division mirrors the internal debate between rule-bound thinking and the living miracle I am capable of creating. When I assume the state of healed sight—imagine the clay upon my eyes, feel the cooling wash, and declare 'I see' in the presence of God—I align with the truth that imagination is the instrument of reality. The resistance of old judgments merely shows where I have forgotten the I AM; in that forgetting I am invited to revise. I do not seek the miracle outside, but enter the Sabbath of inner awareness where God’s presence is the seeing. The miracle is thus a shift of state: from limitation to the clear, quiet knowing of God within me.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of healed sight now; imagine gently applying the inner clay to your eyes, washing, and affirming, 'I now see clearly.' Rest in the feeling of divine perception until it seems real.