Neville Goddard on Matthew 5:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

Matthew 5:1-2

Biblical Context

Jesus sees the crowds, goes up a mountain, sits, and begins teaching his disciples. This moment marks the movement from outer scene to inner instruction.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the mountain is the rising of consciousness, the multitudes the restless thoughts of the outer world. When he goes up and sits, he signifies the moment you pause the habitual chatter and settle into the I AM—your permanent awareness. The disciples drawing near are the inner faculties that come to listen when you invite quiet authority. Opening his mouth and teaching is the inner Word becoming flesh as you inhabit the truth you have assumed. The Sermon on the Mount then becomes a practical demonstration: the Kingdom of God is not a distant locale but the realization of divine being here and now, visible through faithful perception and disciplined feeling. As you hold yourself in the mountain-state, you rewrite what you accept as real, you attend only to the good you already are, and you permit the inner revelation to govern the day. Practice is simple: assume the state, revise any doubt, and feel it real that you are the teacher in your own life, speaking from the I AM within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In a brief quiet, ascend to your inner mountain, settle your mind, and imagine the I AM speaking within you as if on a mountain plateau; stay with the felt sense that you are the teacher and the taught.