Neville Goddard on Esther 6:6-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Esther 6 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Esther 6:6-11

Biblical Context

King asks how to honor the man the king delights to honor; Haman imagines it is himself, but the king commands that Mordecai be honored instead, leading Mordecai through the city in royal attire.

Neville's Inner Vision

Esther 6:6-11 unfolds as a script for inner conscious life. The king's question—What shall be done to the man the king delights to honour?—is the precise invitation of the I AM to inspect your current state. Haman's reply reveals a self-image inflated with self-love: To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? In Neville’s psychology, this is the ego imagining itself as the center of the universe. The remedy is not to fight others but to revise the inner narrative until the king's decree applies to your true self. When the king instructs Haman to honor Mordecai, that is the inner world honoring the part of you you had neglected. Mordecai, at the king's gate, mounted on a horse, becomes a symbol of your awareness publicly recognized and supported by power. The scene shows that your outer experience follows your inner state. Practice: assume you are already the beloved recipient of royal honor, feel it now, see yourself arrayed with the crown in your imagination, and let humility temper the thrill of praise. Then watch as your life reorders itself to match your new self-image.

Practice This Now

Assume you are the honored one now. In a brief visualization, picture Mordecai’s procession with you at the helm, clothed in royal attire, and feel the I AM crown you with serene, humble radiance.