Neville Goddard on Matthew 7:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 7 in context

Scripture Focus

1Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Matthew 7:1-5

Biblical Context

Jesus calls us to judge not, for judgment returns to the one who judges; focusing on others' flaws blinds us to our own conditions. The deeper call is self-examination and the cultivation of mercy within consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

To judge not is to guard the mind against imprisoning judgments, for the moment you judge another you craft a mirror of that judgment in your own life as your state of consciousness. When you notice a mote in another's eye, recognize that this is a reflection of a beam still present in your own eye—your belief, fear, or insecurity seeking proof. The other is not external; they are your image formed by habit. If you wish to change your outer world, you must first revise your inner image: dwell in the I AM within, the pure awareness that sees all as one. By shifting your assumption to wholeness, mercy, and understanding, you dissolve the beam and soften the mote into clarity. Your life begins to reflect mercy rather than critique, because you have cast out the beam within you and you see with a clarity that arises from a revised self-conception.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of nonjudgment: I AM the witness who sees without condemnation; in imagination, revise your image of the other to wholeness and feel the beam lift as mercy fills your inner eye.