Neville Goddard on Mark 2:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 2 in context

Scripture Focus

1And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.

2And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.

3And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.

4And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

Mark 2:1-4

Biblical Context

Jesus returns to Capernaum and a crowd gathers so densely there is no room at the door. Four men bring a paralytic; unable to reach Jesus by the press, they break through the roof and lower him to Jesus, who heals.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the scene as a map of your inner life. The crowd pressing in is the clamor of thoughts that tell you you are limited, that you must push to reach the good you desire. The house is your own consciousness—the quiet center where truth abides. The word Jesus preaches is the living I AM that you are. The four bearers are four streams of faith within you: persistence, fellowship, courage, and hope, carrying the healing to the very seat of your being. They cannot force a change by surface effort; they appeal to a higher vision that breaks through the roof of limitation. When the roof is opened and the bed lowered, you see that boundary is imagined, not real. Healing arrives when you align your inner scene with the truth that you are already whole. Do not seek to acquire healing from without; awaken to it within, and the recognition of your oneness with God dissolves the impression of illness. The Presence of God is the I AM in you, always ready to manifest your true state. Hold this inner vision, and let the outer form reflect it.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and, in the imagination, acknowledge the healed state as already present. See the roof of your mind open and the healing flow downward to you; repeatedly affirm 'I AM health' until it feels real.