Neville Goddard on Esther 4:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Esther 4 in context

Scripture Focus

1When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

2And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

Esther 4:1-2

Biblical Context

Mordecai learns of a crisis, tears his clothes, puts on sackcloth and ashes, and cries out publicly. He goes to the king’s gate, barred from entry because one cannot enter while clothed in sackcloth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, Mordecai is the awakened self who sees a threat to your covenant with the king of your being. The tearing of garments and ashes are symbols of clinging to an old self-image—pain, grief, and repentance—that must be shed before you can access the realm of favor. The city-wide cry is the inner music of your awakening, a loud calling to a new assumption. The gate before the king's gate represents the threshold of your consciousness—the point at which you may enter communion with your higher self only when you no longer identify with the old state of mourning. The restriction, 'none might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth,' is a reminder that a past state cannot be the doorway to creative reality. The path is to revise your state: adopt a new feeling of being loved, worthy, and already granted access. When you assume that new state in imagination, you're not denying grief; you're rewriting it. You become aware that you are the I AM, and your feeling-thoughts create access to the king's presence.