Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 45:2-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 45 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

4Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

5And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

Jeremiah 45:2-5

Biblical Context

God speaks to Baruch, indicating that upheaval will touch the land. It warns against seeking great external things, affirming that life will be given to the faithful wherever they go.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the LORD means the I AM within you. The talk of building that will be broken down and planting that will be plucked up expresses your current outer identifications being dissolved by inner truth. The command not to seek great things for yourself speaks to the soul that life is not won by outer striving but by aligning with the inner decree of consciousness. When the accompanying promise that your life will be given as a prey wherever you go arises, it is read as the mind and body moving safely through any scene because your awareness remains undiminished. Exile and return become a shift in your inner landscape: collapse of old structures and the ushering in of renewal by imagination. The practical import is to revise your sense of self and rest in the I AM, knowing that your world is a reflection of your inner state.

Practice This Now

Assume the state I am the I AM; the life I live is the Lord's and nothing external can harm or define me. Feel this inner decree dissolving old attachments as you move through your day.