Inner Waters of Jonah
Jonah 2:5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jonah 2 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jonah says the waters surround him to the soul, the depth closes in, and weeds wrap around his head, a vivid image of being overwhelmed.
Neville's Inner Vision
That line is not about a literal sea; it is your consciousness surrounded by the waters of fear, habit, and memory. The depth closing in is the subconscious pressing from below; the weeds about your head are the entanglements of belief that choke your present mood. In Neville's sense, you are not a victim of circumstance but the I AM, awareness itself, capable of turning any scene with a simple assumption. Salvation arrives when you revise the scene from fear to faith: rest in the fact that you are the one who commands the inner weather. Whisper I AM to yourself, feel the tide recede, and acknowledge that this calm is already yours. Mercy and compassion begin when you see the waters dissolved by your new image, your renewed center. Repentance, then, is turning your attention from the outer stream to the inner I AM, until the inner vitality rises and the outer scene shifts. Your deliverance begins within you, for you are God in expression.
Practice This Now
Assume the feeling I AM now and revise the scene. Declare the waters under your command and feel them retreat, leaving you on solid ground.
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