Neville Goddard on Song of Solomon 5:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Song of Solomon 5 in context

Scripture Focus

5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

Song of Solomon 5:5-6

Biblical Context

The speaker rises to open to the beloved, but the beloved withdraws and is gone, leaving the soul in longing and apparent absence. It is a vivid picture of states of consciousness where presence can seem distant, yet the I AM remains.

Neville's Inner Vision

What you witness as the beloved withdrawing is not an outer event but a movement in your own consciousness. The door you rise to open is the door of your imagination; when the beloved seems to leave, you have merely shifted into a state where presence is not yet believed. The fragrance on the lock is the readiness of feeling; you have prepared the state and now must dwell in the assumption that the I AM is right here, right now. Do not chase the beloved; return to the conviction that you are the I AM and that the beloved is the already-real presence within you. The moment you revise with the feeling of fullness, the scene rearranges and you find the beloved returning or the realization that the beloved was never external but the I AM you are.