The Watch Within
Mark 13:35-37 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Mark 13 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Mark 13:35-37 urges constant watchfulness, for you do not know when the master will return. It emphasizes staying awake in consciousness and faithful anticipation.
Neville's Inner Vision
To the awakening mind, the watch is not a clock but a discipline of inner presence. The 'master' is the I AM within you, the consciousness that animates every scene of your life. The times described—evening, midnight, cockcrow, morning—are inner moods, old beliefs, and states of consciousness that would pull you to sleep. When you yield to sleep, you yield to an old dream; when you remain awake in consciousness, the master enters your day as new order, energy, and harmony. The outside world moves in response to the inner state; the 'sudden coming' is the moment you realize that nothing external governs you but your own assumed state. Therefore keep one habit: dwell in the truth that the master is here now and I am awake. Revise as needed: rewrite fears as certainties, replace lack with the felt presence of the I AM, and let your feelings confirm the new reality. Imagination is your instrument; belief is the hand that shapes form. Stay faithful to the inner watch, and your world will mirror the inner dawn.
Practice This Now
Assume the state of the master's arrival now—see yourself awake, attentive, and in harmony with the I AM. Then walk through your day with that inner knowing, revising any doubt until your outer world reflects the awakening.
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