Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 8:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nehemiah 8 in context

Scripture Focus

2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

Nehemiah 8:2-3

Biblical Context

Ezra reads the Law before a gathered people who can understand, from morning until midday, and all listen with attentive ears.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner theater of your being, the scene unfolds as the I AM hearing the living law. The crowd represents your waking attention gathered before truth; the morning-to-midday span signifies a sustained focus on what is true. The street before the water gate is the channel through which feeling enters consciousness, and the ears that are attentive symbolize your receptivity to the Law beyond noise and distraction. When you recognize that God is the I AM within and that the law you hear is the law you become, you are practicing a state rather than a ritual. By assuming the authority of this inner reading and gently revising any belief contrary to it, you anchor obedience and faithfulness as natural expressions of your being. Feel it real by dwelling in that listening consciousness, letting the Law shape your decisions, desires, and actions. The outward reading then serves as a symbol for your inward alignment with Truth, a covenant kept within the self.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine an Ezra-like voice speaking the inner law to you, from morning through midday. Feel it as your living reality by repeating inwardly, 'I am the law, I understand,' until the sense of receptivity becomes vivid.