Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 45:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 45 in context

Scripture Focus

1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

2Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:

3Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

Jeremiah 45:1-3

Biblical Context

Baruch records Jeremiah's message and laments that grief has been added to sorrow, leaving him with no rest. The text presents an interior state of distress that mirrors common human consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Baruch's woe is your own mental scene when you forget who you are. The LORD's word is not punishment but an invitation to return to the I AM, the awareness that never leaves. You are not added grief by fate; you are believing a story about yourself and your circumstances. When you say, 'Woe is me,' you create a script in your imagination and you faint in sighing because you have not claimed the consciousness that rests in the I AM. 'The God of Israel' becomes your inner awareness, and 'unto thee' is a summons to turn inward. The rest you seek is not a change in events but a shift in identification—from the runner of thoughts to the witness of awareness. As you hear 'Thus saith the LORD' within, repeat, 'I am the I AM; I rest now in that awareness.' Feel that the outer world cannot impose rest or grief on the inner state you truly inhabit. The page Baruch wrote is your own inner script; you are the author, and you can revise it now by imagining peace into place.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, breathe in, and revise the line by affirming 'I am the I AM; I rest now.' Feel the inner rest spreading through your body as you imagine this truth is already true.