Inner Ascent Beyond Mockery

Neville's Inner Vision

Elijah in the text is the archetype of the higher Self ascending to a new level of consciousness, Bethel. The little children are stray thoughts and ego-chatter of the old state trying to pull you back. Their taunt Go up declares the impulse of the mind to forget the present form and to rise into a truth not yet seen by the old image. The bald head is symbolic: shedding the old skin of identity, vanity, and attachments that cling to the former self. In Neville's terms, they are tests of your state, moments when you must refuse to identify with limitation and instead dwell in the I AM that you are choosing to become. The ascent is real in consciousness first; the outer scene follows as law answers the inner assumption. So the judgment and the promise are the same coin: you are invited to trust the inner image until it manifests. The verse proclaims the inevitability of your higher self appearing when you persist in imagining the end-state.