Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 7:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 7 in context

Scripture Focus

5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:5-6

Biblical Context

It says it is better to heed the rebuke of the wise than to listen to the songs of fools; the laughter of fools is vanity, like the crackling of thorns under a pot.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the I AM listens for the wise rebuke as a guide, not a punishment. When you hear correction, you are being invited to rise in consciousness; the fool's song is the outward noise of a distracted mind, vanity that crackles briefly like thorns under a pot. The true self refuses to be sustained by such flame; it seeks the quiet, decisive insight that leads to right action. By welcoming correction, you revise your self-image toward the wiser state you already inhabit. Your imagination then becomes the workshop where reality is formed: imagine the wise voice guiding your thoughts, feel it as if it is real now, and declare, 'I am the I AM aware of truth; I am corrected into greater discernment.' As you persist, outward conditions mirror your inward shift, and the laughter of fools loses its hold. This is not judgment but a tuning of consciousness; choose to live from the inner judge and you will find life unfolding with greater order and clarity.