Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 5:13-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 5 in context

Scripture Focus

13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

15As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-17

Biblical Context

The passage warns that hoarded riches harm the owner. Wealth that seems secure can perish through toil, leaving the labourer empty, and life may end in darkness with sorrow and sickness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that the 'sore evil' is not in wealth itself but in the conviction that I am the one who owns; wealth becomes a movable image in the mind, and when the mind shifts, so does fortune. The text speaks of riches that perish by evil travail and a son born to the owner; the imagery is the dream of security slipping from the dreamer’s hand. In Neville's cast, the only real 'wealth' is consciousness. You are not the body that counts coins, you are the aware I AM that gives meaning to every outcome. When your state looks for fulfillment in possessions, you are bereft; but when you assume the feeling of fullness as the natural condition of awareness, money and provision rearrange to match your inner vision. The returning to the unadorned birth-state—naked at birth—reminds you that nothing external can finally satisfy; satisfy the inner image, and the outer scene follows. The ache of darkness and sickness dissolves as you align with the conviction, I am abundance, here and now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and repeat, with inner glow, I am abundance, as if you already possess it; then revise any sense of lack into gratitude until the feeling is real.