Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 9:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:1-3

Biblical Context

The verse says that the righteous and the wise are in God's hand, and outward signs cannot reveal true love or hatred. It also notes that all share the same outward event, while the heart remains full of mixed motives.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ecclesiastes whispers that the righteous and the wise, their works, lie in the hand of God; outward love, hatred, sacrifice, or oath cannot be known by what is seen. From the Neville vantage, this is not fate’s hard mask, but a mirror of your own state. The 'one event' that comes to all is the universal law: as you think, so your world expands. The apparent disparity between good and bad, between the clean and the unclean, is but the theater in which your consciousness operates. When you dwell in the I AM—the conscious awareness that you are—you discover that all such divisions are superimposed upon the inner scene. The heart of men being full of evil is not a condemnation of others, but a pointer: your own mind can become enmity or harmony according to your inner assumption. The true vitality here is not judgment, but alignment: God’s hand is your own attention; you are the one who births the world by the state you inhabit. By quieting the mind and declaring your unity with the I AM, you reveal that the so-called evil dissolves under the light of a new inner event.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume you are held in the hand of God, feel the I AM as your inner governor. Revise fear into faith and let that end-state color your next moment.