Neville Goddard on Luke 18:22-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 18 in context

Scripture Focus

22Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

23And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

Luke 18:22-23

Biblical Context

Jesus tells the rich ruler in Luke 18:22-23 to sell all, give to the poor, and follow Him; the man leaves sorrowful because his wealth. Wealth is an outer symbol of inner attachment, and the true call is to shift consciousness toward the Kingdom.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's lens, the ruler's wealth is a state of consciousness, not a bag of coins. Jesus' instruction to sell all you have targets the identified self that clings to possession as security. To 'distribute unto the poor' is an inner act: releasing the sense of lack and sharing the energy of abundance within the psyche, so that nothing remains to define you but the I AM. 'You shall have treasure in heaven' translates to treasure in the higher consciousness, where true security is awareness of God within, not external wealth. 'Come, follow me' invites you out of the old story into a living presence, a new arrangement of attention that follows the inner Teacher. The ruler's sorrow reveals the resistance of a mind tied to form; the invitation is not judgment but a revelation of the state you can inhabit now: wealth as a mirror of inner state. When you revise this, you begin to inhabit the Kingdom: abundance flowing from awareness, freedom from fear, and the courage to follow the inner call. In that moment you discover you are the I AM, and lack dissolves.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you have relinquished attachment to wealth; feel yourself living under the I AM's guidance, not the coin's allure. Revise the belief that security comes from possessions and let inner abundance reveal itself.