Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 4:14-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 4 in context

Scripture Focus

14Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

15Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

Ezekiel 4:14-15

Biblical Context

Ezekiel asserts personal purity by refraining from unclean foods. God responds with a startling instruction to bake bread using cow dung as fuel.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Ezekiel, the outward ritual—purity of diet—points to an inner standard: the soul remains undefiled by what belongs to the outer world. God’s counter-statement, a single practical oddity, says: take cow's dung as fuel and bake bread. In Neville’s psychology, the dung is not pollution but a symbol for the stuff of your life that you normally dismiss as worthless. You do not banish it; you transmute it by the light of awareness. The bread stands for your expression in the world—your thoughts, words, and deeds shaped by your inner state. The command to use unlikely fuel asks you to revise the relationship between matter and mind: whatever presently exists can be repurposed by imagination into nourishment. The I AM within you teaches that you are the creator of your circumstances; your faithfulness is measured by how you interpret every situation as fuel for a higher form. When you assume the reality of your own consecrated state, you feel the door open to bread that feeds not only you but the world around you.

Practice This Now

Assume a present-tense revision: I am purified and fed by imagination; every circumstance serves the bread of awareness. Feel it real by closing your eyes, breathing into the chest, and mentally see the bread rise as the I AM lights the flame.