Neville Goddard on Numbers 24:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 24 in context

Scripture Focus

3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

4He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

Numbers 24:3-4

Biblical Context

Balaam speaks a parable as a seer with eyes opened. He claims to have heard the words of God and seen the vision of the Almighty, even while falling into a trance.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Numbers 24:3–4, Balaam’s speech is a cue for the inner drama of consciousness. The “parables” he utters arise not from distant events but from a state of awareness that is awake to God’s word and to the vision of the Almighty. The clause about his eyes being open while he falls into a trance indicates that true seeing occurs when attention turns inward, beyond the appearance of outer circumstance. In Neville’s terms, the Word of God and the vision of the Almighty are not external phenomena but the content and clarity of the I AM within. Prophecy, then, is the natural expression of a mind that has disciplined itself to listen to the divine formlessness and to behold possibility as real in imagination. The presence of God is the present state of consciousness you inhabit; wisdom and discernment flower as you remain steadfast in that inner certainty, rather than chasing signs on the surface. Truth and faithfulness are not earned from without but awakened by a steady assumption of your true, God-aware identity.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner state of the open-eyed seer: close your eyes, declare 'I hear the words of God and see the vision of the Almighty within me,' and let the feeling of that truth linger as your reality.