Garments Of Humiliation Transformed

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the Neville lens, the scene is not about men in a distant kingdom but about states of consciousness wearing temporary garments of identity. Hanun represents a tense movement of fear or condemnation in your own mind that seeks to strip away the outward coverings you trust for security. The shaving and the severed garments symbolize a cutting away of old self-images and the exposure that follows when you confuse your body, status, or role with your true I AM. Yet the inner self—your true self, the God within—remains untouched, the I AM still radiant, unaffected by the outward act. The act cannot touch the eternal you; its effect is to awaken you to your reliance on appearance rather than the revelation of your inner light. See this: the fear of humiliation is only a dream in the mind; the moment you realize you are the I AM, you clothe yourself in invincible dignity, and the scene reverses into a discovery of inner strength. Your state, not the events, determines what you experience.