Hair as Inner Covering

Neville's Inner Vision

I tell you, this text is not about outward fashion but about the inner state you have assumed. Nature itself teaches that your outer image is only the garment of your inner state. If a man identifies with a long hair as his mark, he confesses a consciousness out of alignment with the I AM; that consciousness becomes a 'shame' in the sense it denies his real being. A woman, by contrast, who welcomes long hair as a glory is embracing her inward covering—the soul's perception of herself as guarded and dignified by divine presence. Hair here stands for your covering, your sense of protection by the you that you inwardly know. The clause 'for her hair is given her for a covering' invites you to see that your inner life provides what clothes your body. So choose to dwell in a new state—feel and imagine yourself already crowned with divine covering; your outer form will follow.