Inner Officers of Solomon

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of these twelve officers as twelve states of consciousness governing the vast land of your being. The 'king' is your I AM awareness, the one in whom all provision occurs. Each district—Ephraim, Makaz, Shaalbim, and the rest—represents a pattern of thought, a habit of feeling, or a region where attention is given. When Solomon 'provided victuals' through them, he is teaching that nourishment comes from the right ordering of your inner faculties. The land beyond Jokneam, the brasen bars, the great cities—these stand for the defenses and capacities you have built in imagination. The vital key is that all provision flows through the interior governor appointed by your consciousness, not from external circumstance. By assuming that you are the one who assigns these officers, you establish the possibility that your inner world can sustain the outer life. The moment you accept that your awareness is the seat of governance, you begin to see yourself as the source of every circumstance, nourishment, and relation. Then the outer appears as the natural expression of your internal arrangement.