The Mantle Within: Elisha's Call

Neville's Inner Vision

Elijah’s act of casting the mantle is not a piece of history, but an inner recognition in your consciousness. The mantle is the new state of I AM you have chosen to inhabit in the moment of awareness. The twelve yoke of oxen are the many old conditions and habits that pulled you toward familiar outcomes; with the mantle you no longer identify with that old pull, you begin to align with a higher idea. When Elisha accepts the mantle, he turns away from the plow - an inner relinquishment of dependence on outward supports - and his act of killing the oxen and feeding the people shows a consecration of the old life to the new reality you are claiming. Following Elijah is following the inner voice of your higher self; ministering to him is yielding all faculties to that higher state until your external world moves as a natural expression of your inner end. The practical realization: hold the end you desire as a present assumption, and live from that end; your life will rearrange itself to reflect the truth you have chosen, here, now.