Neville Goddard on Song of Solomon 8:13-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Song of Solomon 8 in context

Scripture Focus

13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Song of Solomon 8:13-14

Biblical Context

These verses portray a call and response where the beloved asks to be heard and to come swiftly, inviting the soul to a heightened, fragrant place. It's a summons to awaken inner listening and move toward unity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this garden motif, the speaker is the consciousness hearing its own voice, and the beloved is the quality of awareness that desires to move through you. When the voice says, 'Cause me to hear it,' you are being invited to assume that your inner I AM is not afar but always present, and you, the hearer, must adjust your state until you 'hear' its cadence. The companions who listen symbolize your waking thoughts, yet the true hearing occurs when you still the mind and attend to the I AM speaking within. 'Make haste, my beloved' is not a demand of time but a shift in tempo of your imagination: let your feeling-thought rise swiftly toward the mountains of spices—the elevated atmosphere of gratitude, savor, and fragrant possibility. This is the moment you realize the beloved is always present in your inner garden; you are the one arranging the scene by assuming that hearing is already done. As you dwell there, the demand dissolves into reality, and you perceive that the voice you sought was already speaking from the very crown of your own consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and affirm, 'I hear the voice of my I AM now.' In your imagination, the beloved comes swiftly, like a roe on the mountains of spices, and you receive the sound as a present, real in this moment.