Neville Goddard on Song of Solomon 3:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

3The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Song of Solomon 3:1-4

Biblical Context

A seeker pursues the beloved by night, roams the city, asks the watchmen, and at last finds and holds the beloved, bringing him into the inner chamber of birth.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the reader who hears this tonight, the search is not for a person but for the I AM within you. The bed you lie on is the sleep of outward sense, and night is the quiet of consciousness that often seems apart from God. When the soul longs and seeks, it is the awakening of inner awareness calling you to the beloved. The watchmen in the city are your habits and beliefs that guard the old sense of separation. When you say Saw ye him whom my soul loves you are inviting your own awareness to acknowledge his presence. It is only a little you pass from them, a small shift in feeling or assumption, and you find the beloved. Then you hold him and would not let him go until you bring him into your mothers house, the chamber of birth within the mind where your present self was conceived. Thus the beloved is not outside but the I AM shining from within. Practice this by imagining the inner event and by feeling as if you have found him now, letting the sense of presence saturate your heart.

Practice This Now

Practice: Before sleep tonight, assume I have found the beloved within and feel the embrace as real; during the day, take a quiet moment to breathe into that inner I AM and let the presence linger.