Inner Covenant of Friendship

Neville's Inner Vision

Jonathan's covenant with David is not a legal contract but a state of consciousness formed in the I AM. The 'house of David' stands for the kingly quality of right perception that you rule in your inner kingdom; the enemies are fear and doubt that would break your alignment. When Jonathan loves David as his own soul, he demonstrates a unity of Self with Self—the alchemy Neville teaches: a fidelity of feeling that confirms your true nature. To swear again is to reaffirm an assumption; you choose, in the moment, that your present state is the real state to which you owe allegiance. The covenant becomes inner law: loyalty to your ideal mind, protected by imagination rather than by external circumstance. Practice this by tending your inner David with steady attention, permit the I AM to require of nothing outside you, and feel the seal as if it already is. In this light, the outer scene—friends, alliances, even danger—is rearranged by your inner decision.