The Mask Drops Within

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner sense, the wife is your outward mask—Jeroboam’s fearful plan clothed in a respectable form. Ahijah is the inner alarm of awareness, the I AM that hears the sound of the feet—the movement of your life returning to the door of consciousness. He says, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? For I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. The heavy tidings are not punishment from without; they are the unavoidable results of a life lived in images apart from truth. When you pretend to be another, you are simply resisting your true self, and the inner messenger brings you tidings to awaken you to your real state. Neville’s method says: switch states, not events. You can welcome the inner Ahijah, drop the costume, and assume the truth of your I AM presence here and now. By imagining you already wear the quiet power of your essential self, the 'tidings' become invitations to alignment, and your outer world begins to reflect your inward recognition of unity with God.