Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 41:5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 41 in context

Scripture Focus

5That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 41:5

Biblical Context

Men from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria come with outward signs of ritual—shaved beards, torn garments, and self-inflicted wounds—bearing offerings and incense to the house of the LORD. The passage foregrounds the outward form of worship and the yearning behind it.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 41:5 shows outward zeal—men from distant places arriving with ritual tokens—as if the temple could be found by signs. In Neville's terms, the scene is a lesson about states of consciousness. The shaven beards, torn clothes, and self-inflicted wounds are not the danger; they are the symbols of an old psyche trying to conjure God through ritual. The 'house of the LORD' is not a place in the world but the I AM within you, the awareness that stands behind every experience. When you seek to perform to awaken, you are acting from lack and separation; you replay the ancient debt to be accepted by God. The only true offering is to align with the state of your own being, to feel that you are already in the temple, that the presence you seek is your own awareness. If you revise the belief and refuse to bargain with divinity, you will see the world reflect the inner harmony you assumed. Your act is to assume and feel real that you ARE the temple.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine you are the temple itself. Repeat quietly: I AM the house of God, and I am already here; feel the realization enter every corner of your being.