Neville Goddard on Luke 8:22-25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

22Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.

23But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.

24And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

25And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.

Luke 8:22-25

Biblical Context

Jesus and his disciples sail to the other side; a storm rises, they fear for their lives, and Jesus calms the wind and water, then asks, 'Where is your faith?'

Neville's Inner Vision

On the Neville plane, the sea is not out there; it is the sea of your own consciousness. The ship is your life, the disciples your waking thoughts listening to fear. The wind and the water that threaten to swamp you are restless thoughts and old patterns. When Jesus rebukes the storm and then asks, 'Where is your faith?', he is pointing to the I AM within you—the awareness that can command the elements. To believe is to claim, here and now, that you are the cause of your experience. The storm dissolves not by pleading but by turning your attention from the storm to the presence that governs all. The calm is the natural state when you stop arguing with reality and align with your true self. Faith, in this reading, is a present-tense certainty that your inner authority commands winds and waves, and they obey the decree of your consciousness.