Inner Banquet of Love Within
Song of Solomon 2:4-5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Song of Solomon 2 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse describes being brought into a joyful, intimate feast where love covers and sustains the soul. It also expresses a deep longing that seeks nourishment and reassurance.
Neville's Inner Vision
Think of the banqueting house as the sanctuary of your own awareness, the I AM where all relationship is already present. When the verse says his banner over me was love, imagine that love as the symbol your consciousness wears, a protective and creative sign that defines what you are allowed to notice. The banqueting table is not a meal for someone else; it is a state of mind in which you act as if you are beloved, comforted, and complete. The line 'stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples' invites you to nourish yourself with the sweetness of imagination—not by pleading for favors, but by assuming the feeling that you are fed, sustained, and completely known. 'For I am sick of love' marks the fever of longing that drives you to shift your awareness from lack to reality. Neville teaches that you do not petition a distant God; you awaken to your own I AM as the source of all love and supply. Live from the feast in your mind, and watch your world align with that truth.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and assume you are already in the banqueting house. Feel the banner of love over you and nourish yourself with imagined fruits until love is your present state.
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