Be Opened Within: Mark 7:32-34

Neville's Inner Vision

This scene is not about a miracle happening to another; it is a depiction of your own inner awakening. Deafness and a hindered speech symbolize beliefs you have accepted about what you cannot hear or say. Jesus drawing the man away from the crowd represents turning from outward bustle to the quiet presence within your own consciousness. The act of putting fingers in the ears and touching the tongue is symbolic practice: you interrupt habitual attention to limitation and deliberately touch the means by which you hear and speak—your inner senses, your imagination, your faith. The sigh toward heaven is the moment you acknowledge the I AM, the awareness that already hears perfectly and speaks truly. Ephphatha, Be opened, is not a miracle cast on an external person but a declaration of your inner state made real by your assent. In your life, repeat the inner image of clear hearing and articulate speech with the feeling of already having them. As you persist, the old impediments dissolve, and mercy flows from your trust in consciousness.