Inner Counsel and Consequence

Neville's Inner Vision

Rehoboam stands at the crossroads within every life: the old men of established wisdom inviting soft authority, the young men of restless desire urging a brash ease of the yoke. In Neville’s sense, the kingdom you rule is your present state of consciousness. The “counsel” offered are inner moves of feeling: one path pleases the many, binds you to a familiar comfort; the other path pushes for immediate release of restraint. Your job is not to weigh political consequences but to observe the shift of your own I AM, your awareness, as you entertain each impulse. When you listen to the elder counsel—kind words, gentle steadiness—you awaken the memory that your true power is in harmonious alignment, not coercive favor. To forsake that counsel is to identify with the impulse to dominate, and the inevitable consequence is inner friction manifesting as fear, doubt, or division in your imagined kingdom. The instruction is to return to the original act of faith: you are the I AM, and imagination creates the outer state by inner choice.