Neville Goddard on Esther 6:1-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Esther 6 in context

Scripture Focus

1On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

2And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

3And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

4And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

5And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

6So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

7And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

8Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

9And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

10Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

11Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

12And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

13And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

14And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

Esther 6:1-14

Biblical Context

The king's insomnia prompts discovery of Mordecai's past service; Haman's plot to hang Mordecai backfires, and Mordecai is publicly honored, signaling providential reversal and the dignity of the faithful.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Esther 6:1-14 the king's sleepless night stands as a symbol for the restless state of consciousness; the chronicles are the recorded inner motions of your being. Mordecai represents the faithful service within you, awaiting rightful recognition. Haman's appearance in the court mirrors the ego's craving for self-importance, which, when asked what should be done to the one the king desires to honor, projects grand external honors for itself. The I AM asks you to honor the true inner knight: when you revise your sense of self, the outer world aligns to reflect that internal state. The reversal: Mordecai's honor instead of Mordecai's doom shows that the inner law governs appearances; your life will mirror your inward honor. Providential deliverance comes through humility and the meekness of accepting your own inner nobility as established by awareness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of being honoured by the inner king. Revise any sense of neglect and feel-it-real that you are already exalted in the I AM.