Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 5:1 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Biblical Context

Keep your footing when approaching the house of God; be ready to hear rather than perform. Inner listening preserves integrity and avoids the 'sacrifice of fools.'

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the house of God as the inner temple of your own consciousness. Keep thy foot means steady the step of attention as you enter awareness; do not hurry to perform or 'give' anything to the outer world. The real sacrifice is not the offering, but the unrevised state of mind that makes the act mechanical. Therefore, be ready to hear—listen for the whisper of your own I AM within, for the mind that hears is the mind that loves truth. When you approach with vibration of fear, habit, or vanity, you are doing evil indeed, even while you speak of devotion. The discipline is not subtraction of ceremony but addition of discernment: you revise your thoughts to align with the inner fact that you are already with God; you imagine the scene inside where gratitude, stillness, and receptivity fill the room. In this way, ritual becomes a by-product of a living, aware consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume you are already inside the temple of your consciousness, and hear the whisper within. Revise any urge to perform into a quiet, listening stance.