Neville Goddard on Jonah 1:10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jonah 1 in context

Scripture Focus

10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

Jonah 1:10

Biblical Context

The sailors on the ship become exceedingly afraid when they learn Jonah fled from the LORD’s presence. Their fear points to the inner law by which the outer scene mirrors our inner state.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jonah’s flight is not a journey away from a distant God, but a tremor in the consciousness that imagines it can flee from the I AM. The sailors’ fear is the visible echo of your own inner panic when you forget that the Presence of God fills every moment. The 'presence of the LORD' is not a place to be found or lost; it is the awareness you are, here and now. When Jonah tells them he fled, he embodies the belief that you can poles apart the mind from what you truly are. The moment you believe you can outrun God, you invite a storm of symptoms in your life, a demonstration that you are resisting your own true state. Yet the law remains: you are always in the presence of God, because God is the I AM that you are. The sailors’ question, 'Why hast thou done this?' becomes a mirror for you to ask, 'What inner belief am I entertaining that creates fear?' The remedy is simple: assume the truth of God’s constant presence and revise your sense of self to align with it, feeling it as real until fear dissolves into peace.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the Presence of God now.' Feel the truth settle in your chest and revise any sense of separation until fear yields to quiet certainty.