Neville Goddard on John 9:6-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 9 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

John 9:6-9

Biblical Context

Jesus heals a blind man by making clay, telling him to wash in the Pool of Siloam; the man returns seeing, and onlookers debate whether this is really him.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville Goddard's reading, the healing is a manifestation of inner awakening. The clay and spittle symbolize formed thought—beliefs you have arranged about yourself and the world. The instruction to wash in the Pool of Siloam, interpreted as Sent, points to turning attention to the inner source—awareness itself. When the man obeys, he does not become someone new so much as he awakens to a state that was already present; his outward sight mirrors his inward recognition. The neighbors’ questions reveal old mental habits resisting transformation; the healed man’s declaration, 'I am he,' embodies the shift from lack to the proven state. Thus, healing is not a miracle imposed from without but a reidentification with the I AM inside. The Pool of Siloam represents the inner fountain of life—awareness that flows into form. The scene invites you to revise perception by grounding it in inner state, for your seeing is a reflection of your I AM rather than an alteration of a separate body.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, declare 'I am awakened now,' and imagine stepping into the Pool of Sent inside you, washing away the belief of blindness; dwell there for a moment and notice the sense of seeing arising.