The Bible often speaks of a “land flowing with milk and honey”, evoking images of abundance and effortless provision. Psychologically, this land represents a state of consciousness — the inner realisation that imagination is the source of all creation, and that living from this state produces results in your experience.
Milk and Honey: Symbols of Imaginative Abundance
In Neville Goddard’s teaching, milk and honey symbolise nourishment and delight from imagination. Milk sustains; honey is sweet. Together, they describe the flow of creative energy that arises when you dwell in the feeling of your wish fulfilled. This inner state naturally shows up in your outer life.
Awakening to Imagination
“I have come down to deliver them... to a land flowing with milk and honey.” (Exodus 3:8)
This verse describes realising that your imagination is active and creating. “Delivering” means moving from a state of doubt or forgetfulness to consciously living from the feeling of your wish fulfilled. The Law of Assumption works here: when you assume the feeling of what you want, your inner state starts shaping experience.
Seeing the Results of Assumed States
“We came to the land... it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.” (Numbers 13:27)
The “fruit” represents the visible outcome of your inner assumption, and is a fundamental principle. When you occupy a state of fulfilled imagination, your experiences reflect it. The land is rich because your consciousness is aligned with what you desire.
Entering a New State of Being
“When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey...” (Deuteronomy 31:20)
This isn’t about waiting for the future. You are “brought in” whenever you assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled. The land is your inner state, entered through imagination, not external events.
Inner Sweetness: The Song of Solomon
“Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue.” (Song of Solomon 4:11)
Here the focus is inward. The “bride” represents your consciousness aligned with desire. Milk and honey under the tongue symbolise the pleasure and nourishment of inner assumption — the quiet inner dialogue that fuels manifestation.
“Your mouth is sweetness itself; honey and milk are under your tongue.” (Song of Solomon 7:9)
Repeating the image emphasises that creative power comes from inner speech. What you “say” to yourself — the feeling of your fulfilled desire — sets imagination into motion.
“I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.” (Song of Solomon 5:1)
This describes fully inhabiting your assumed state. Once you occupy the feeling of your wish fulfilled, you can enjoy the inner abundance and watch it reflect in your life.
From Blocked to Flowing Consciousness
Dry lands, wilderness, and barrenness in the Bible represent blocked or forgotten imagination. The “land flowing with milk and honey” is entered by assuming and dwelling in the state of your wish fulfilled. The rivers of abundance come from your inner assumption, not effort or external conditions.
Living in the Land Within
To live in this land is to assume vividly and feel the reality of your desire. The Song of Solomon shows that this inner state is not distant — it is under your tongue, in your thoughts, and active in every inner image. When you dwell there, imagination and experience align naturally, and your outer life reflects what you assume inwardly.
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