Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 8:6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 8 in context

Scripture Focus

6I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

Jeremiah 8:6

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 8:6 depicts a people who hear truth yet refuse to repent, rushing to their own path like a horse into battle.

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear within me the call of the I AM, yet the voice of the old man speaks 'What have I done?'. The people in Jeremiah's scene embody a state of consciousness that blindly charges forward, identifying with habit and fear rather than with the unity of God within. To change is to repent in Neville's sense: to turn attention from the stubborn movement to the higher reality of I AM and to imagine from that state. When I assume a new state—feeling the truth of my divine identity as the I AM—the old momentum loses its grip and the battle of the outer world cools to stillness. The 'warhorse' becomes a symbol for how I have run with unaimed expectations, until I align my imagination with a different course. This verse invites a deliberate revision: acknowledge the old move, then consciously inhabit the new state, and feel it real until the external course reflects the inner turning.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes for five minutes, listen for the inner 'What have I done?' and quietly answer with, 'I am turning now to the I AM.' Then imagine the horse slowing and the path opening to a peaceful, assured course.