Neville Goddard on Mark 2:23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 2 in context

Scripture Focus

23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

Mark 2:23

Biblical Context

On the Sabbath, Jesus and his followers walk through a cornfield, and the disciples pluck ears of corn as they go. The scene hints that true nourishment comes from inner impulse rather than outward rule.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ideally the scene is not about breaking a rule but about recognizing the law of life within. The Sabbath becomes a state of consciousness in which hunger is not a condemnation but a signal: life itself desires expression and nourishment. As I walk through the field of my mind, the disciples' plucking of corn is my own act of revision, choosing what feeds me rather than what deprives me. The ears of corn are the symbols I harvest—ideas, inspirations, even liberty from false limitation—taken without waiting for permission from an external order. In this inner interpretation, Jesus represents the I AM that moves through consciousness with awareness, not a distant person. The field is your inner environment, and the act of gathering is faith in your own supply. When I acknowledge the abundance inside, the Sabbath is no longer rest from life but a field ripe for nourishment, and I am freely fed by the imagination I dwell in.

Practice This Now

Practice: In a moment, close your eyes and imagine walking a sunlit field of your mind on a Sabbath of inner rest. Feel yourself as the I AM nourishing you by plucking ears of corn—each ear a remembered blessing or insight—and taste the life that follows.