Neville Goddard on John 9:39-41 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 9 in context

Scripture Focus

39And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

41Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

John 9:39-41

Biblical Context

Jesus speaks of judgment as a movement of consciousness: those who think they see may be guided to true seeing, while those who are certain they see may be led to blindness in spirit. The Pharisees ask if they are blind, and Jesus explains that claiming to see while still resistant to revision keeps sin alive.

Neville's Inner Vision

To me this passage is a map of inner sight and inner blindness. Judgment is not punishment from God but a shifting state of our awareness. When you say 'I see,' you may have closed a doorway to deeper truth, for fixed sight resists the living revelations of consciousness. Conversely, the claim of blindness—'I know I do not see'—loosens your grip on certainty and invites renewal of perception. The world Jesus enters is your inner theater: the only sin is clinging to a stale image of yourself or others. By acknowledging you are blind in some dimension, you permit the I AM to reveal more to you, to brighten the room within. Thus judgment becomes a compassionate invitation to revise, not a sentence of doom. Practice now: assume the role of the one who does not yet know, and imagine being shown the truth you seek as if it were already yours. In that inner revision, salvation dawns as your natural state of consciousness waking to itself.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the stance of the one who does not yet know, then revise one stubborn belief by declaring, 'I now see this as the I AM would see it.' Feel the truth as already present in your chest.