Neville Goddard on Luke 8:4-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 8 in context

Scripture Focus

4And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

6And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

8And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Luke 8:4-8

Biblical Context

Jesus tells of a sower and four soils, illustrating how receptivity of the mind determines whether truth takes root or is lost. Only the good ground yields fruit.

Neville's Inner Vision

Luke 8:4-8 reveals not a distant field, but the inner field of your own consciousness. The seed that falls by the wayside is the thought you neglect or condemn, crushed by habit and disbelief; it dies before it can sprout because you do not feed it with attention. The seed on the rock springs up quickly, then withers for lack of moisture—the moisture being the felt reality of your faith, the steady assurance that I AM is present here and now. The seed among thorns is crowded by cares and desires that choke its life; these thorns are not enemies outside you but thoughts and vibrations in your own mind. Yet the seed on good ground, nourished by disciplined imagination and the quiet assurance of I AM, grows into fruit a hundredfold. The Kingdom of God is within you, the state of consciousness you inhabit at this moment. Your awareness is the sower; your imagination is the soil; your feeling is the moisture. When you assume your desire is already fulfilled and dwell in that reality, outer events align to reflect the inner harvest.

Practice This Now

Choose a single desire and, for five minutes, feel it as already real. Revise every contrary thought and gently water the seed with the certainty of I AM.