Inner Quest for Wisdom
Ecclesiastes 1:13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ecclesiastes 1 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse records a deliberate turning of the heart toward wisdom about everything under heaven, framed as toil allowed by God for growth. It presents this toil as a divine invitation to deepen discernment and inner awareness.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your heart in this verse is the seat of your present inner state. To seek and search by wisdom means turning attention from outer happenings to the inner sight that generates them. The sore travail becomes the mind's exercise, a sign that you are waking to a higher pattern of awareness. God did not cast you into punishment; He offers a training ground for consciousness—the arena where you practice discernment until it becomes natural. When you assume the truth you seek—as I am wise, I am guided—you reshape the outer world to reflect that inner state. The under heaven is the realm of your awareness illuminated by imagination, not a distant sky. The path is not efforting to obtain wisdom but confirming it by belief and feeling. Align with the I AM, revise any sense of lack, and let daily events testify to your now-present discernment.
Practice This Now
Assume the state of being already wise and guided; feel the I AM as source of truth and see yourself navigating a situation with effortless discernment now.
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