Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 3 in context

Scripture Focus

1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Biblical Context

The verses tell us that all things have their proper season, and life moves in appointed times. Your mind's season shifts with your inner state.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ecclesiastes 3 presents a map of inner seasons disguised as outer events. The heaven of the Bible is your awareness, and every line—birth, death, healing, war to peace—describes inner movements you can master. You are not at the mercy of time; you are the I AM who writes time by what you assume and feel. When you fix your attention on a present problem, you are living in a season of limitation. Instead, revise your state by assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled and letting that feeling saturate your whole being. Heal the wound by dwelling in the season of wholeness; break down doubt and build up conviction; choose to laugh, then dance in your imagination. The law of consciousness teaches that there is a season for every purpose, and you determine that season by the inner images you persist in. Persist, and the outer world aligns with your inner climate.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, declare, 'There is a season for every purpose in my life, and I am now in the season I desire.' Then dwell for several minutes in the felt reality of that state.