Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 1:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 1 in context

Scripture Focus

5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

Ecclesiastes 1:5-7

Biblical Context

The sun and wind move in cycles, and rivers return to the sea; all motion seems to circle back to its origin. This suggests that life’s events arise from an inner order of consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ecclesiastes speaks of cycles: sun rising and setting, wind circling, rivers rushing to the sea and the sea not being full. In Neville's lens, these outward motions reveal the inner theater of consciousness. The sun's cycle mirrors the fluctuation of thoughts in awareness—the momentary rise of a state, followed by its return to the I AM who notices. The wind's circuits show desires moving in and out, always turning, never apart from the pattern of your self-creation. The rivers and sea remind you that all movement seeks fulfillment, yet true fullness is a function of awareness, not of external accumulation. Therefore the law is not to chase events but to recognize you are the source of every turning. When you accept your I AM as origin, your life reshapes itself to fit a single, orderly rhythm. You are not a spectator of change; you are the impulse behind it.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume the feeling 'I am the source of all motion' and dwell in it until it feels real; then imagine the sun rising in your inner sky and the rivers already meeting the sea within you.