Neville Goddard on Mark 10:46-48 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 10 in context

Scripture Focus

46And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.

47And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

48And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

Mark 10:46-48

Biblical Context

Blind Bartimaeus sits by the roadside, and when he hears Jesus's approach he cries out for mercy. He ignores the crowd's commands to be quiet, and his persistence leads to healing.

Neville's Inner Vision

You are not begging on a road; you are returning to awareness. Bartimaeus is the state of your consciousness that says I cannot see, and Jesus of Nazareth is the inner recognition that the I AM, the Son of David within, comes with mercy. The crowd that hushes him represents the conditioned beliefs of others and fear that would silence your true discovery. When you hear the name Jesus spoken as the Lord within, you awaken to the truth that mercy is your natural attribute. Your cry is the act of attention, the deliberate turning of thoughts toward the inner ruler who heals by revealing through sight what was always there. The healing is not external; it is the revival of your inner sight, a reorientation of consciousness from lack to fullness. Do not seek mercy from without, but identify with the inner I that both cries and answers. As you persist in that awareness, you will find the blind seeing, and the path of Jericho becomes your own inner Jericho where sight returns.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and assume you already see. Silently declare I am the I AM that sees, and feel the calm of clear vision as you revise lack into fullness.