Neville Goddard on Jonah 2:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jonah 2 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Jonah 2:3-5

Biblical Context

Jonah is cast into the deep and surrounded by waters; he resolves to turn his gaze toward the temple within, signaling an inner turning toward divine awareness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your mind has wandered into the sea of images, where every wave of fear or desire seems to overwhelm. The deep is not a literal ocean but the vast, unspoken levels of consciousness where past identities drown in the current of thought. The floods and waves are fears and desires that seem to sweep over you, yet they are only mental states moving across the surface. The line that follows—'I will look again toward thy holy temple'—is a practical instruction: cease identifying with the tide and turn attention to the I AM, the temple of awareness that forever stands. When you hold the conviction 'I AM' as your present state, the currents lose their force and the surrounding waters withdraw from the soul. Your location does not change; you change the state you occupy. The notion of being cast out gives way to a steady inner gaze, and as you dwell there, the perceived storm dissolves into quiet light.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and assume the state, 'I am in the temple of God now.' Feel the inner sea quiet as you anchor yourself in the I AM and let the imagined waves recede.