Neville Goddard on Mark 4:26-32 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 4 in context

Scripture Focus

26And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

30And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

32But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

Mark 4:26-32

Biblical Context

Jesus likens the kingdom to a seed cast into the ground that grows of itself. Fruit comes as the earth yields, and the mustard seed becomes a great tree where birds find shade.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that the kingdom is not a distant place you reach by effort, but a state you become by assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled. The seed is your assumption; the ground is your subconscious soil; sleep and day and night are the natural vigil of consciousness during which the invisible germ grows without your knowing the mechanics. When you are aware of the I AM within, the earth brings forth fruit of herself - first the blade, then the ear - signs in your life that the harvest is near. The parable of the mustard seed shows that a tiny faith, properly sown in a disciplined imagination, expands beyond apparent limits, sheltering all manner of experience under its shadow. Do not chase outcomes; cultivate the inner state that would have produced them, and the outer world will comply in due season. Your task is to assume and to remain faithful to the assumption until it feels established as reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Tonight, feel yourself as the sower of your desire, plant the seed in quiet certainty, and imagine the earth yielding fruit. Rest in the sense that the harvest is already yours.