Inner Shepherd, Inner Peace

Neville's Inner Vision

Visualize the 'Israel' in your mind as your own consciousness—scattered thoughts, opinions, and fears roaming the inner mountains. The phrase 'no master' speaks of a moment when you have forgotten the I AM within, the living shepherd that rules your inner kingdom. The warning in the scene is not a future judgment but a revelation: you are free to imagine peace only insofar as you align with your true master, the I AM presence. The king's complaint, 'Did I not tell thee he would prophesy evil?' reveals the ego's appetite for comforting appearances rather than truth, the old habit of resisting the inward message that would disrupt the status quo. In Neville's terms, the 'prophecy' arises from your current assumption about lack of guidance; the cure is a revision—feel as if the master is awake within you now. When you assume the inner shepherd is guiding you, the inner mountains settle, and you walk in peace, governed by one master—your consciousness—rather than by outward appearances.