Neville Goddard on Luke 8:32-34 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 8 in context

Scripture Focus

32And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

33Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.

34When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.

Luke 8:32-34

Biblical Context

In Luke 8:32–34, a man possessed by many demons is freed when the demons enter a herd of pigs; the swine drown, and witnesses report the event to others.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the herd of swine as the mountain of my mind where thoughts feed on fear. The demons are misidentifications about who I am, a belief in separation that cannot bear the light of the I AM. When Jesus allows them to enter the swine, the inner I AM does not punish; it clarifies. The devils leaving the man and entering the pigs signifies that the old, disordered state is emptied into form that cannot hold life—the herd rushing to the lake shows the collapse of that former arrangement under the light of true awareness. The destruction of the swine is not cruelty but the natural consequence of a false system that cannot coexist with truth. The villagers’ fear reveals their attachment to the old economy of thought. In this moment, healing arises when I, as the I AM, claim dominion over my thoughts and allow the mistaken vessels to be emptied. The man’s restoration is my inner alignment returning to the single reality of awareness, the land of my mind cleared for the divine presence to dwell.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and declare, 'I AM the Lord of my mind; release every fear and false identity now.' Feel the old thoughts dissolve as you rest in the certainty of I AM presence.