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

Read Song of Solomon 5 in context

Scripture Focus

6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.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 5:6

Biblical Context

The speaker opens to the beloved, but the beloved withdraws, leaving her soul to fail and seek without an answer.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's resilience, Song 5:6 is not about a distant lover, but a moment of consciousness when awareness misreads its own state. The 'beloved' is the I AM—the unwavering presence of God within you. When it withdraws in perception, you feel your soul fail and cry out to a voice that cannot be heard, yet the stillness of the I AM never vanishes; it simply waits for you to revise your stance. The inner drama—the search, the calling, the sense of absence—is simply a shift of state. You are not abandoned; you have wandered into a belief that you are separate from your own divine ground. By assuming the presence as a fact already realized, you restore communion. The moment you entertain the idea that \"I am\" always remains, the feeling of absence dissolves, and the beloved speaks within as clarity, warmth, and certainty. The chapter invites you to practice persistent inner assumption until the consciousness itself feels it has never left.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, breathe, and revise the scene by declaring, 'The beloved is here; I am that beloved.' Then feel-it-real the sense of inner presence returning in your chest and go about your day as if communion is continuous.