Neville Goddard on Song of Solomon 3:2-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Song of Solomon 3 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

5I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Song of Solomon 3:2-5

Biblical Context

A seeker rises in the mind’s city to find the beloved, is held by the watchmen, then finally grasps love and brings it into the inner sanctuary. The passage ends with a gentle charge to not awaken love until it pleases.

Neville's Inner Vision

You are the I AM, the awareness seeking its own nature. The city is your mind, and the beloved is the state of oneness awaiting realization. When the verse declares I will rise and seek, it is your assumption rising to meet the fact that the state of love is already yours. The watchmen are habitual thoughts of separation trying to keep you from this awakening. Asking, 'Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?' is your inner perception testing whether the state is present as felt knowing. Then, a little movement from these guards, you find him—the moment you decide the beloved is here now, in the center of consciousness. You hold him and do not let go, bringing him into your mother's house—the womb of your consciousness—the inner sanctuary where the true you is born. The charge to the daughters of Jerusalem is a reminder to respect timing: awaken love only when your inner being pleases. Practice as if you are already dwelling with the beloved, and your outer world will reveal the state you have embraced.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already in the inner chamber with the beloved; breathe the state of oneness until it feels real, then carry that feeling into your day.