Neville Goddard on Matthew 7:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 7 in context

Scripture Focus

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 7:3-5

Biblical Context

Jesus warns against judging others for faults you do not address in yourself. First remove the beam from your own eye, then you can see clearly to aid your brother.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your 'mote' in another's eye is the stubborn image you carry of yourself that refuses inward examination. The 'beam' in your eye is the thick belief in separation—fear, guilt, pride—that distorts every judgment. When you accuse another, you are not seeing the other, but the state you refuse to dissolve. To cast out the beam, assume a new state of consciousness: I AM the light by which all things are seen; I am one with my brother in the unity of God. As you inhabit that I AM, your condemnation fades and the mote appears as a mere appearance, not a fixed truth. You will discern without condemnation, and your words become a healing reach rather than a strike. The outer act of helping flows from the inward healing of self-awareness. The key is to revise your inner landscape until you feel the eye is clear and your thoughts are aligned with love and truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the I AM as your present state until you feel the beam dissolve. Imagine your gaze lifting inward and the mote fading as your inner light becomes your measure.