Inner Hunger, Outer Labor

Ecclesiastes 6:7-8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 6 in context

Scripture Focus

7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes 6:7-8

Biblical Context

The verse shows that human labor seeks to satisfy appetite, yet true fullness remains elusive, and both the wise and the poor share the same lack, pointing to an inner, not outward, problem.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the Solomonic picture is not a contract with appetite but a mirror of your inner states. In Neville’s ear, the labor of man is the mind’s restless activity, imagining itself separate from the I AM, chasing satisfaction through outward work while inner fullness remains absent. Whether you call yourself wise or poor, the outer scene asks the same question: what you possess is the fruit of your inner walk before the living. When you rest in the awareness that you are the I AM, you learn that labor does not create fullness; fullness is recognized, already present, as imagination made flesh. The appetite’s ceaseless seeking shows a fault in your assumption about where life resides. Therefore revise: claim that the I AM has already satisfied you; feel that state now, and let your day unfold from that internal abundance. Your deeds will flow from a complete inner space rather than from lack, aligning you with the living presence within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, rest a hand on your abdomen, and imagine the I AM has already satisfied your hunger. Repeat, 'I AM, and I AM is enough,' and feel the fullness spreading through you.

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