Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 11:3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 11 in context

Scripture Focus

3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

Biblical Context

External events echo your inner state: fullness within expresses as rain upon the earth. The direction of the tree's fall reveals the posture your mind has settled into.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the clouds as your thoughts and feelings being full of rain—the urge of desire, the conviction in your I AM. When they pour, the earth receives them as events; nothing comes to you from without, but from within. The tree's fall toward any direction is the trace of your present state, the place where your consciousness is fixed. If you are leaning toward a certain outcome, the events will fall there; if not, the direction remains as the current inner disposition. Ecclesiastes uses nature to teach that order and providence begin in the mind: the macrocosm is the veritable image of your inner state. If you want a different rain, or a different direction, you cannot change the outer world first; you must revise the state of consciousness and feel it real. The 'place' where the tree falleth is the place your attention has settled, the moment you imagine, and the act of attention completes the creation.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, take a calm breath, and assume the state: I am the rain now pouring through my life; the direction of my life is set in the finished act of imagination. Sustain the feeling for a few minutes, seeing yourself already where you wish to be.