Neville Goddard on Jonah 2:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jonah 2 in context

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.

Jonah 2:1-3

Biblical Context

Jonah prays to the LORD from the fish's belly, confessing his affliction and declaring that God hears him even from the depths.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider Jonah’s cry as your own inward petition. The belly of the fish is not a punishment but a symbolic opening in consciousness, a moment when attention has been pressed by fear into a tight circle. The deep sea and the waves are the outer clamor of a mind that forgot its own I AM; yet the words 'he heard me' reveals a timeless law: awareness recognizes itself in the cry. When you say you cried by reason of affliction unto the LORD, you are not petitioning a distant God, but turning your gaze back to the I AM that you are, the one who can hear and answer within. The 'belly of hell' becomes a seedbed for transformation, a womb where belief in separation loosens its grip. In this confession you acknowledge mercy before redemption arrives, and you trust that the prayer already contains its fulfillment. You practice by dwelling in the assumption that you are heard, that you are the voice and the shore the waves cannot drown. This is the Neville method: imagination creates reality, and your inner petition births the outer renewal you seek.