Neville Goddard on Song of Solomon 5:2-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Song of Solomon 5 in context

Scripture Focus

2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

Song of Solomon 5:2-4

Biblical Context

The beloved knocks, waking the speaker’s inner readiness for union. She notes the need to shed old habits and prepare his entrance with purity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within, you hear the knock of the Beloved, which is the I AM awakening to its own reality. The speaker's heart wakes while she sleeps, revealing that the true lover is not an external guest but the conscious awareness seeking expression. The dew on the head and the night’s drops symbolize the quiet, undisturbed energy of your mind when it is ready to receive fact. When she asks, 'Open to me,' she is not negotiating with a person but revising belief: 'I am already united.' To be the I AM is to imagine the state as if it is now, feel the warmth of union, and refuse the old costume of limitation. The act of putting off the coat and washing the feet marks a purification of identity and actions, making space for the Presence to enter through the door of perception. The beloved’s hand slipping through the hole of the door is the subtle intrusion of consciousness into form, moving your inner bowels with compassion and certainty. In this practice, you revise by affirming 'I and the Beloved are one now' and taste the felt sense of that union until it becomes your living reality.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of union now; mentally say, 'I am one with the Beloved.' Then visualize the knock at your inner door and, as if passing through, feel the entry of Presence.