Rest Beyond Knowledge: Ecclesiastes 6:5
Ecclesiastes 6:5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ecclesiastes 6 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse notes that the person who has not seen the sun nor known anything has more rest than the other. It suggests that true peace may lie in inner stillness rather than external knowledge.
Neville's Inner Vision
Ecclesiastes 6:5 speaks not of a geographical ignorance, but of a state of consciousness. The ‘sun’ you have not seen symbolizes the lure of external knowing—the flurry of facts, opinions, and calendars that claim to explain life. In Neville’s terms, this is the light that keeps you bound to appearance. But there is a deeper rest that comes when you are willing to refrain from feeding on that light and instead feed on the I AM, the luminance of awareness within. When you dwell as awareness, time and event lose their grip, and rest becomes your natural condition, irrespective of worldly activity. The verse then names the contrast: the one who remains in inner quiet rests more than the one who races after knowledge. The inner state is not passive; it’s the conscious act of deciding that you are the one who is always present, not the things you learn. Your imagination, used rightly, can revise your sense of 'knowing' into experiential peace. Thus rest arises from living as the I AM, not from accumulating sunlit knowledge.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly and assume the state 'I am awareness itself'—the I AM. Feel the urge to know dissolve as you rest in that open presence.
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