Neville Goddard on Amos 6:2-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Amos 6 in context

Scripture Focus

2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

4That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

Amos 6:2-5

Biblical Context

Amos 6:2-5 portrays leaders who boast of borders and kingdoms, while wealth and ease mask a neglect of justice and the near day of judgment. It exposes how luxury, self-praise, and refined music can veil a hollow inner state.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville Goddard style the kingdoms and borders in Amos are not places you travel but states of consciousness you pass through in imagination. When you survey Calneh, Hamath, and Gath you are tracing your own centers of perception. The question be they better than these kingdoms invites you to notice the habit of comparing your inner life and to mistake outer privilege for inner safety. The evil day you would cast far away is the inner storm you refuse to face, a signal to wake to the I AM, the awareness that underwrites every perception of wealth, comfort, and music. The lie lying on beds of ivory and the feast on the flock describe a dream of self importance, a self image fed by images, not by truth. The music and instruments reveal the mind's longing to validate its grandeur. Yet the text asks you to revise: you are not the one who must chase kingdoms; you are the one who invites the kingdom of God into you by acknowledging I AM here and now. When you assume that state, consciousness arranges itself to reflect abundance rather than lack, power rather than pride.

Practice This Now

Take a moment to assume the state I AM as your constant wealth, and revise any comparison by affirming I lack nothing in this awareness. Then feel it real that abundance and safety flow from within as your natural, ongoing condition.