Seasons of Weeping and Dancing
Ecclesiastes 3:4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ecclesiastes 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse teaches that life moves through contrasting seasons—tears and laughter, mourning and dancing—each arising in its own time. It invites inner awareness that every mood serves a larger rhythm of the I AM.
Neville's Inner Vision
In this line the ancient voice names the inner weather of consciousness. For Neville, time is not a clock but a state you cultivate. You, the I AM behind all seeing, experience weeping, laughter, mourning, and dancing as successive movements in your own awareness. When sorrow appears, do not deny it or fight it; acknowledge it as a season, and let your attention shift gently toward the one who is aware of the season—yourself. Then, when joy arises, greet it without clinging, knowing that even joy is a movement within an unfailing consciousness. The true miracle is that imagination precedes reality: you do not wait for circumstances to change to feel the new you; you choose the feeling and let it set the tone of your world. By sustaining a feeling of the wish fulfilled, you align with the end already accomplished in you and gradually rewrite the inner weather. Thus, the two pairs are not contradictory but woven steps in the same divine rhythm, inviting you to dwell as the constant I AM while the moods pass through you.
Practice This Now
Sit comfortably, close your eyes, and revise a recent sorrow by imagining the end: you are dancing with joy. Feel that feeling as real now and affirm, I AM the I AM, this season has shifted.
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