The Inner Adversary Reigned

Neville's Inner Vision

In the realm of awareness, Israel is the kingdom of God within you, and Solomon represents your wise, awake state. The adversary persisting through Solomon’s days is the stubborn ego resisting that inner sovereignty. The mischief of Hadad is the ego’s tricks—thoughts of separation, fear, or pride—that seem to enlarge the world of trouble and sever unity. This is not a tale about distant foes but a mirror of consciousness. When you fix your mind on the I AM, you recognize the adversary as a belief in separation. The moment you turn toward the kingdom within and claim the I AM as your awareness, the adversary loses its grip; Syria, the external field of conditions, comes under the reign of your inner declaration. The law of consciousness is exact: you judge only your own thoughts and assumptions; you rule by imagining the end and feeling it real until it becomes habitual.