Neville Goddard on Amos 6:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Amos 6 in context

Scripture Focus

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;

6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Amos 6:4-6

Biblical Context

The verses describe people lounging in luxury while ignoring the suffering of Joseph, signaling a consciousness that lacks justice. Their delight in wealth and ritual masks the need to heal Joseph's affliction.

Neville's Inner Vision

These words are not about them out there; they are states of my own consciousness. To lie on ivory beds and stretch upon couches is to identify with a self-satisfied I, a mind that has plenty yet ignores Joseph—the inner image of need within me. The music and perfumes symbolize rituals that gloss over truth while inner afflictions remain unhealed. Amos is pointing to a mental habit: wealth and ease without justice become a deafness to suffering. When I inhabit such a life, I am refusing the affliction of Joseph, the living reminder that my inner world must be fed and healed. The cure is a revision of consciousness: I imagine abundance flowing as I acknowledge Joseph, I give, I care, I remember the other as part of my own state. Then the sense of separation dissolves and the inner kingdom asserts itself, where compassion and justice are not acts but the very tone of awareness. In that tone, wealth becomes a servant of life rather than its tyrant.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit in stillness and assume, 'I am the abundance that feeds Joseph within me.' Visualize passing the inner lambs from your flock to Joseph, and feel the relief of justice flowing through your consciousness.