Inner Healing Through Faith
Mark 9:17-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Mark 9 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
A father brings his son with a mute spirit; the disciples could not cast it out, revealing the limits of external methods.
Neville's Inner Vision
Picture the scene as a mirror of your inner state: the crowd, the plea, and the mute spirit gripping a part of you. The disciples’ failure is not a fault of talent but a sign that outward effort cannot reach a condition of consciousness that remains unseen. The remedy in Neville’s world is not a technique you perform apart from you, but a turning of your attention to the I AM within—your present awareness that never leaves you. When you assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, you are not casting out something from without; you are declaring the truth of your own nature: I AM, the power that speaks and moves. The ‘wherever he taketh him’ becomes a symbol of old habits that move by themselves; you bind their rule by repeated, confident imagining that the state you desire is already yours. The boy’s relief is your relief: once the inner self is reignited with faith and compassion, the dumb spirit dissolves. Your inner healing follows your inner assumption; you become the authority, not the spectator.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, declare I AM within, and revise any sense of limitation. Feel the outcome as already real, here and now.
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