Neville Goddard on Philippians 3:13-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Philippians 3 in context

Scripture Focus

13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13-14

Biblical Context

Paul says he hasn't yet attained perfection. His one practice is to forget the past and reach toward the future.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the inner ear I say: the past is a memory your imagination has agreed to relive. When Paul says he has not apprehended, he is describing the I AM that never leaves the now. Forgetting those things behind is not amnesia; it is a renaming of your consciousness—let the old self slip away so you stand newly aware. Reach forth unto those things before reveals the future as a present possibility in your mind. The prize of the high calling is a state of awareness you enter, not a distant goal. The mark toward which you press is the vivid feeling that your vocation is already yours in this moment, in Christ Jesus, the living consciousness within. Do not chase evidence in the outside world; close your eyes and feel the wish fulfilled as your current fact. This discipline makes faith practical: revise your self-image, assume the end, and trust that imagination is the only creator of your experience.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine your future vocation as if already realized. Silently declare, I AM the high calling now; feel the success and let the old self fade.