Elijah's Departure, Elisha's Trust

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's terms, Elijah represents a strong state of consciousness—the prophetic faculty—rising into a higher plane by the whirlwind, the swift movement of imagination. The LORD taking Elijah into heaven signals the I AM lifting a prior self into a more expansive awareness. Gilgal is the current beginning of your inner practice; Bethel, the house of God, marks a new level of manifestation. Elisha's vow, 'As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee,' is the steadfast commitment of the next self to remain yoked to the inner vision even as it shifts. The command to 'tarry here' is the mind’s temptation to resist the leap; the heart, however, holds to the inspiration, affirming, I will not depart from this leading impression. The ascent is not a severing but a deepening allegiance to the inner premise. Your true departure is from a lesser awareness to a richer possibility, maintained by the I AM as you walk with your inner Elijah toward Bethel. Practice: dwell in the feeling of being guided, and let loyalty to that inner forecast sustain your journey from Gilgal to Bethel.