Neville Goddard on Mark 8:22-26 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

24And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

25After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

26And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

Mark 8:22-26

Biblical Context

Jesus heals a blind man in Bethsaida with a two-stage process: first partial sight, then complete vision after a second touch, with the man sent home and told to avoid the town.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Mark 8:22-26 we witness a parable of consciousness. The blind man is led away from the town, a symbolic withdrawal from the crowd of appearances, and touched by the I AM presence. The first touch yields partial sight—the eyes show, yet the mind still perceives others as trees, illustrating that perception at first is shaped by lingering beliefs. The second touch—the command to look up—restores full sight, a metaphor for complete realization when the inner state is steadied by durable conviction. This is not about physical eye repair but about the shifting of inner awareness from identification with surface appearances to knowing oneself as the perceiver and creator within. The cleansing comes as the mind accepts a new reality: you are the consciousness that sees, not merely the organ that sees. The two-stage healing mirrors our awakening: initial revision and trust, followed by the felt sense of complete clarity, inviting you to dwell in the I AM until all is seen clearly.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already seeing clearly; revise the impression of lack by declaring, 'I am seeing clearly now,' then place the attention on your inner eyes and feel the full sight arising as real.