Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 5:9-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 5 in context

Scripture Focus

9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:9-12

Biblical Context

Ecclesiastes 5:9-12 teaches that the profit of the earth is for all and that loving silver brings vanity. It contrasts the sweet sleep of the laboring man with the unrest of wealth, pointing to wealth as a matter of inner disposition.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this passage, the field and the king symbolize your inner landscape. The profit of the earth belongs to all because creation is a circulating force within consciousness; when you believe wealth is external, you feed a restless hunger that never satisfies. The man who loves silver does not drink from the fountain of sufficiency, for his eye is fixed on what is seen, not on the life within. True increase is not the vaultful of coins but the expansion of awareness that allows all experiences to be drawn from the inner field. When goods multiply, they are eaten by those who think they own them; yet ownership becomes mere beholding, a glance rather than a participation in life. The sleep of the laboring man is sweet because he works with the sense of sufficiency, while the wealthy suffer insomnia because the consciousness clings to abundance as a separate entity. The key is recognizing that you are the I AM, the source from which every field prospers. By changing your state of consciousness, you revise the world outside.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and feel, 'I am the field of provision; wealth flows from my inner state and serves all.' Hold that feeling for a minute, revising any sense of lack into certainty of sufficiency.