Neville Goddard on Ruth 1:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ruth 1 in context

Scripture Focus

3And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

4And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

5And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

Ruth 1:3-5

Biblical Context

Naomi loses her husband Elimelech and, later, his two sons. She remains with Ruth and Orpah, who had married her sons, during about ten years in Moab.

Neville's Inner Vision

View Ruth 1:3-5 as a map of inner states. The death of Elimelech is a contraction of thought, the sense that life and safety depend on outward circumstance. Moab represents a drift from your true center, a prolonged time of looking to the outer world for meaning. When Mahlon and Chilion die, more of the old self falls away, leaving Naomi with only the inner witness. Yet even in exile and seeming loss, the I AM—the essential you—remains, preserving Ruth and Orpah as parts of your consciousness, loyalty and desire, calling you to revise the story from fear to awareness. The practical path is to recognize that you are not defined by loss; you are the I AM witnessing it. In that recognition, you begin to rewrite the scene from limitation to limitless awareness, letting the outer events align with your inner truth.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the scene in your mind: I am the I AM, untouched by loss; the old self dissolves, and a steadfast inner continuity remains. Feel it real by breathing into that awareness and affirming, 'I am always held by the One Life.'