Neville Goddard on Mark 11:13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 11 in context

Scripture Focus

13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.

Mark 11:13

Biblical Context

Jesus sees a fig tree from afar and finds it has leaves but no fruit. The encounter reveals that outward signs can mislead when the inner life is barren.

Neville's Inner Vision

Mark 11:13 presents a tree full of promise, yet devoid of fruit when approached. So it is with a mind that wears leaves of piety while the inner life remains barren. The Teacher’s action is a mirror: you are not judged by outward signs, but by the inner conviction you carry as your identity in God—the I AM. If you seek fruit in the outer life and find only signs, you are confronting a state of consciousness that says, 'I am full of form and expectation,' not the living realization of your true nature. The kingdom is within; obedience is aligning your inner assumption with the truth of being. The decision to live by inner fruit rather than the season’s promise is how you awaken. Revise your sense of self, shed the false leaves, and claim that you already bear figs in the soil of consciousness. When you stop seeking fruit as something to possess and begin insisting that you are the fruiting tree, you will witness leaves fall away and figs appear as your immediate experience.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and revise the scene: 'I am the fig tree bearing fruit because I am the I AM.' Then dwell in the felt sense of inner abundance for 3–5 minutes.