Inner Counsel, Lighter Yoke

Neville's Inner Vision

Know that the scene is not a historical event but a script of your inner state. The old men are the settled beliefs that once carried you, the young men are the current impulses vying for direction, and the burden is your outward world shaped by your inner assumptions. When Rehoboam asks them what to tell the people, you are asking your present self to choose between old, heavy structures and new, lighter ones. But the true authority is not in the voices outside nor in a clever compromise; it is in the I AM within, the unchanging awareness that can revise itself. By clinging to the young man's plan for lighter yoke, one yields to fear of disapproval and a want for popularity, thus inviting collective consequence and judgment. The healing move is to refuse the outer brinkmanship and remember that all guidance begins in imagination. If you want a lighter yoke, you must imagine and feel that the burden is already light, and accept that fulfillment comes from aligning with your innermost I AM, not from appeasing external voices.