Neville Goddard on Mark 7:31-37 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

31And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

32And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

33And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

34And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

35And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

36And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

37And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

Mark 7:31-37

Biblical Context

Jesus heals a deaf man, opening his ears and loosening his tongue, showing that healing begins as a changing state of consciousness. The scene invites you to regard your own hearing and speaking as products of inner state.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this story the deafness and the impediment of speech are not a medical condition but a state of consciousness that refuses to hear the truth of I AM. When 'they' bring him to Jesus, the true listener—your attentive I AM—takes him aside from the crowd, places the fingers at the ears, and sighs a releasing breath, saying Ephphatha, Be opened. The external act represents a change of inner posture: to hear must be allowed to occur within, and to speak clearly must be claimed as your own. The moment the inner 'opening' occurs, the strings of speech loosen and the ear opens, not from without but from within. People around may marvel, but the marvel is your own awakening to the fact that all healing flows from the consciousness that identifies with I AM. So see yourself as the man, the healer, and the crowd: you decide now to listen to the still, small voice of awareness and to speak with clarity as the new reality you assume.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume you now hear clearly; revise any belief of lack; feel the truth of Ephphatha in your own chest and let your voice speak from there.