Inner Burial and Seven-Day Fast

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner man, the bones are the remnants of a story you have believed about yourself—the defeated self you refuse to let go. Burying them under a tree at Jabesh is the act of laying that old image to rest in your imagination, out of reach of daily attention. The fast of seven days is not punishment but a disciplined withdrawal of thought from the old drama, allowing the true you, the I AM that you are, to rise unobstructed. As you quiet the external noise, you invite a new disposition to take root: courage, clarity, and the sense that endings are only turning points in consciousness. The community's lament becomes a ceremonial acknowledgment that you have been governed by a story; now you choose a higher consciousness, one that does not cling to loss but uses it as fertilizer for renewal. When you finish the seven days, you do not return to the former state; you awaken to a living reality in which grace, not grievance, governs your experience.