Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 7:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 7 in context

Scripture Focus

1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

2It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:1-2

Biblical Context

The verses value a good inner reputation over external luxury and encourage contemplation of mortality, guiding the living toward humility and sincere reflection.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard mold, the good name represents the alignment of your entire being with truth—the I AM that you are. Ointments and outward pleasures fade, but your inner state persists. The day of death is not a catastrophe but a doorway into the awareness that you have always been both the perceiver and the perceived. The house of mourning becomes a sacred quiet where you admit that all appearances end, dissolving vanity. The house of feasting tempts you to chase sensation; wisdom invites you to examine who you truly are—Imago Dei, an undying awareness that endures and loves without fail. When you welcome mortality in consciousness, you stop chasing time and begin inhabiting timelessness. Treat every scene as a projection of your inner state, and refine that state until it shines with truth. Your reputation in consciousness is formed by steadfast inner integrity, not by outer praise.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: close your eyes, assume 'I am the I AM, and my name is truth,' then picture leaving the house of feasting for the house of mourning, letting that quiet awareness rewrite how you live this day.