Inner Departure: Steadfast Resolve

Neville's Inner Vision

Elijah’s being taken up by a whirlwind is not a geographic event but a shifting of consciousness from one state to another. In Neville’s language, the “Lord would take up Elijah” signals the passing away of a former sense of self, while Elisha’s unwavering vow—“As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee”—embodies the natural fidelity of the I AM to its next realization. The prophets at Bethel, who say, “Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master,” reflect inner critics, and your answer is an interior yes: “Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.” The repeated commands to tarry—first at Gilgal, then Bethel, then Jericho—are not interruptions but invitations to shift attention and follow inner guidance into higher realms of awareness. The whirlwind is the surge of dynamic consciousness lifting you beyond old boundaries. Your practice is to inhabit the certainty that you are always with the Truth; the presence you seek is the I AM already present as you. Imprint this: I am with the Lord now; I am carried by the wind into fuller consciousness.