Inner Justice, Outer Vanity
Ecclesiastes 8:12-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ecclesiastes 8 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage notes that outward fortune does not always match a person’s moral standing: sinners may prosper and the righteous seem not to, while the wicked may live long or short lives. It ends by calling such discrepancies vanity.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your waking world is a reflection of the state you hold in consciousness. When the text speaks of a sinner prospering for a hundred times and the righteous not, it is not a judgment but a mirror of inner conditions. The 'fear of God' is alignment with the I AM, the living awareness that perceives and creates. In Neville's terms, what endures as 'well' for the fearful is the inner harmony that cannot be shaken by external shifts; the seeming prolongation of a wicked life is the duration you permit in your mind when you identify with lack or fear. The vanity of seeing outcomes as justice or injustice dissolves when you realize the traffic of appearances flows from inner states. Thus, you are invited to revise: assume the feeling of the fulfilled state now, not when appearances conform. By dwelling in the awareness that you are the creator, you will witness the outer world shift to match the peace you hold within.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and mentally declare: I am the awareness that governs my life. Then revise a current appearance by affirming a state of well-being and trust in divine timing.
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