Inner Mountains of Luke 23:30
Luke 23:30 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Luke 23 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Luke 23:30 depicts people asking the mountains to fall on them and the hills to cover them, a vivid image of wanting to escape judgment by collapsing the external scene.
Neville's Inner Vision
Imagine the mountains and hills as inner landmarks, not distant places. In Luke 23:30, the cry 'Fall on us; cover us' discloses a mind overwhelmed by an approaching judgment, a scene the ego would rather vanish than transform. Yet in the I AM—the aware you that never leaves itself—these hills and mountains become symbols you can command. They are beliefs and defenses you have allowed to stand, fixed as rock, until they seem to frighten you into surrender. When you assume that the mountains will crush you, you are only projecting a state of fear your consciousness is hosting. Neville taught that you are not a spectator to a cruel world but the very mood that fabricates it. By choosing a new state—calm, courage, compassion—you reverse the equation: the external image shifts to reflect the inner condition. The moment you refuse to flee and dwell in the awareness that you are the I AM, the scene relaxes. The mountains recede not because they disappeared, but because your awareness moved, and with it the world conforms to your quiet, empowered notice.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: In the next few minutes, close your eyes and assume the state you want—peace, courage, or clarity. Feel it as already real, and softly revise the scene by telling yourself, 'I am the I AM; these mountains are but symbols I can move with my mind.'
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