Two Heaps at the Gate

Neville's Inner Vision

In this scene all outward actions speak of inner states. The heaps at the gate symbolize the tangible results of a mind that has ruled by force, declaring itself righteous while bearing the consequences of fear. The voice, Ye be righteous, is the self-exonerating rhetoric of a consciousness attempting to justify its choices by public display. Yet the question, who slew all these? turns the mirror inward, insisting that the true agent of every appearance is the I AM within you. In Neville’s terms, every visible event is a movement of consciousness; the remedy is not to blame others, but to revise the underlying assumption. See yourself as the I AM who can condemn the old self and still remain untouched by its 'deaths.' Your mastery lies in recognizing that you called forth these events by a state of mind, and you may effortlessly rewrite the scene by inhabiting a new, sovereign state in awareness that yields harmony instead of fear.