Neville Goddard on Mark 12:32-33 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 12 in context

Scripture Focus

32And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Mark 12:32-33

Biblical Context

The scribe affirms monotheism and says that loving God fully and loving neighbor as self surpass all burnt offerings.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this moment the scribe's words reveal the true altar: there is one God—the I AM behind all experience. The 'sacrifice' is not a rite outside you but a withdrawal of attention from the living presence of God within. To love Him with heart, understanding, soul, and strength is to align every function of consciousness with the one Creative Being. And to love your neighbor as yourself is to recognize that the other is your reflection in the same living I AM; hence no separation to offer offerings for, but a unity to live. Your inner world is the temple; imagination is the fire. When you dwell in the knowing that you are the single, indivisible awareness, you naturally act from love rather than need or fear. Your prayers become not petitions but states you persist in until they are YOUR experience. Sacrifices lose meaning as you realize every action born of love is a true offering. What you behold as reality is the state of your own consciousness; by choosing love you choose God, and by choosing God you elevate every neighbor into harmony.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the I AM loving God with all my heart now.' Then imagine every neighbor as myself in the same divine light, feeling the unity as already real.