Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 7:8-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 7 in context

Scripture Focus

8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Ecclesiastes 7:8-12

Biblical Context

Endings matter more than beginnings, and patient spirit outshines pride. Anger harms the soul, and wisdom—with or without wealth—defends and sustains life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ecclesiastes 7:8-12 speaks a practical truth to the mystic: the end of a thing is the state you assume in consciousness until it manifests. The end you desire already exists as a quality in awareness; when I assume the feeling of completion, form follows in time. Anger is the restless activity of a mind forgetful of its creative power; the fool allows anger to reign, while the patient in spirit remains the I AM—the quiet witness that creates from within. To lament that ‘the former days were better’ is to misplace power; memory is a malleable image when I insist it is so. Wisdom is good with any inheritance; money is a defense too, yet the true defense is knowledge—the art of living in alignment with the end, which gives life to those who have it. When I grasp that wisdom defends and that end-state thinking guards life, I am free to revise my present by the imagination of its fulfillment.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the end realized in the present.' Feel the completed result now, and let patience govern the next moment.