Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 3:2-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 3 in context

Scripture Focus

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 3:2-8

Biblical Context

The verse lists many paired times, showing life as a sequence of seasons where different actions belong at different moments. It suggests that every feeling and situation has its proper place, inviting inner discernment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the I AM, Ecclesiastes reveals not a mere calendar of events but a set of inner seasons. Each line is a cue to shift your state of consciousness. When you claim a 'time to heal,' you are already in the state that heals—the imagination is the instrument by which you convert a feeling into form. Do not beg for a future event; revise your present mood until it matches the season you desire and feel it real now. The weeping becomes the seed for laughter, the war dissolves into peace, the stone cast away becomes the memory of a burden released. The trick is to treat the day as a temple where you rehearse the next season, and your I AM does the rest. Remember: imagination creates reality, and the changing of seasons is the changing of your inner states. You are the author, the observer, and the living image of the life you intend to walk.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes. Place a hand on your chest and declare, 'I AM now in the season of peace,' then feel that state saturate your being for five minutes and carry that feeling into your next moment.