Neville Goddard on Song of Solomon 5:6-7 - 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6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

7The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

Song of Solomon 5:6-7

Biblical Context

Longing and absence unfold as the beloved withdraws and the speaker searches, receiving no answer. The watchmen wound me and the veil is taken away.

Neville's Inner Vision

Suppose the beloved is your own I AM, the awareness that is always present. When you feel she withdraws, do not interpret it as denial; interpret it as a shift in your inner weather, a redirection of attention from outward appearances to the inner kingdom. The soul’s faintness is not your failure but your calling to revision. The withdrawal mirrors the moment you cease clinging to old images and begin to imagine from the consciousness that you already possess what you seek. The watchmen and the wounding are symbolic guardians of habit, resisting the new image that would claim your full presence. Let the veil be a symbolic reminder that you have been looking outside yourself for your life. Turn inward and declare, 'I am the one you seek; I am here now.' Feel the reality of that presence, not as an event to be achieved, but as your essential reality being recognized.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the presence now by quietly affirming, 'I am with you; I am here.' Feel the presence as real to your heart and let it fill the space the absence left.