Neville Goddard on Luke 8:35-39 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

35Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

36They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.

37Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

38Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

39Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

Luke 8:35-39

Biblical Context

Jesus heals a man possessed by demons; the man sits at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind, and the crowd fears. Jesus instructs him to go home and testify to all that God has done.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the healing arrives not through a crowd’s approval but through a reversal in the man’s identification. The devils are not beings but misprisions of selfhood—thoughts that you are less than divine. When he sits at Jesus’ feet, he has assumed a state of consciousness in which fear is present but not ruling. The fear of the Gadarenes is the old knowledge clinging to appearances; Jesus withdraws the fear by restoring the inner sight. The command to return home and tell what God has done is not a marching order to travel; it is an invitation to testify from your new center. Your testimony is the magnetic proof that your inner state has become your external condition. Practice: dwell as the healed man now; imagine yourself as seated at the feet of your I AM, clothed in certainty, and gently revise any lingering fear by stating, I am free now. Then go about your day as the living testimony.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, replay the scene: you are seated at the feet of your I AM, whole, calm, and clothed in certainty. Revise any lingering fear by declaring I am free now and go forth to testify to the truth within.