Neville Goddard on Jonah 2:1-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

10And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Jonah 2:1-10

Biblical Context

Jonah prays from the belly of the fish, acknowledging affliction and crying to the LORD. He vows to turn toward the inner temple and declares that salvation is of the LORD.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jonah’s journey is a master key to your own state of consciousness. The fish's belly is not a prison but a threshold in your mind where you have withdrawn attention from appearances. When he says he cried to the LORD, he demonstrates that the I AM awareness hears and answers. The deep waters and the waves are the whirlpool of restless thoughts; the temple toward which he looks is the inner sanctuary you can claim now. To observe lying vanities is to forsake your own mercy; to remember the LORD is to remember the I AM that never left you. Salvation is of the LORD: not of effort or external rescue, but of redefining your state of consciousness until the illusion of separation dissolves. The deliverance—the moment the LORD spoke and the fish obeyed—signifies your mind’s return to clarity as you align with divine consciousness. So revise in imagination: you are already on the dry ground of your true state; feel it real, and let gratitude, faith, and calm dissolve the belly's illusion. Your outward circumstances shift as your inner state rests in the I AM, and the ego's storm becomes the dawn of a new sight.

Practice This Now

Impose the revision now: declare, 'Salvation is mine; I am in the temple of the LORD.' Feel the release as your inner sea subsides and you stand on dry ground.