Foolish Walk, Inner Wisdom
Ecclesiastes 10:3 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ecclesiastes 10 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse shows that when folly walks the road of life, wisdom fails the one who walks it, and he ends up labeling others as fools. It exposes how inner confusion projects itself as outer judgments.
Neville's Inner Vision
Consider the fool not as a person apart, but as a state of consciousness that forgets the I AM. When the way you walk is dominated by fear or pride, your wisdom seems to vanish and you find yourself pointing at everyone else as fools to hide the emptiness within. Ecclesiastes whispers that the outward shout is but the echo of inward absence. The 'I' that truly walks is the awareness, and imagination is your instrument: you build the scene by what you suppose about yourself. If you declare, 'I am wise,' yet still judge, you reveal a split between your talking and your being. The remedy is simple: assume a new state and let it take command. Do not fight the old judgments; revise them by offering the witness of your own consciousness, 'I am the I AM, and I am seeing through appearances.' When you feel the impulse to call another fool, pause and turn the attention inward, inviting humility and discernment rather than attack. The true truth of the matter is accountability: you are responsible for the inner state that manifests as the world you call outer.
Practice This Now
Assume the inner state of discernment and revise every label: I am the I AM, seeing through appearances. Feel it real by repeating softly, 'I am the wise observer,' watching judgments dissolve.
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