Neville Goddard on Mark 11:25-26 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 11 in context

Scripture Focus

25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

26But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Mark 11:25-26

Biblical Context

Mark 11:25-26 teaches that when you stand praying you must forgive anyone you hold a grievance against; without forgiveness, your own forgiveness from the Father cannot come.

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember, the scene you read is not an external judgment but a statement about your inner state. The Father in heaven is the I AM within you; when you cling to a grievance you contract your consciousness and pretend separation is real. Forgiveness, therefore, is not a duty you grant another but a release you grant yourself from the image you carry. If you withhold forgiveness, you seal your own sense of trespasses and block the mercy that would otherwise enter your life. When you revise your inner weather by forgiving, you align your mind with the mercy and let your life reflect that inner shift. Your forgiveness becomes the cause that makes the Father’s forgiveness appear in your affairs. A practical way is to treat forgiveness as a daily revision: in prayer, imagine the person clearly, forgive them, and then feel that you are already forgiven by God, and that your consciousness is now in harmony with the I AM.

Practice This Now

As you begin to pray, choose one grievance and say, 'I forgive you; I release you.' Then rest in the felt sense of being forgiven by the Father, as if your heart has moved into unity.