Inner Honor Through Delay

Neville's Inner Vision

Let us read the scene as a parable of inner life. Hanun’s act—shaving half their beards and cutting garments—speaks in symbols of a belief that one's outer proof of dignity can be cut away. David's response—send them to Jericho until beards grow—reveals the law of inner evolution: you do not retaliate in the same currency as the insult, you revise the state of consciousness and wait for it to complete itself. In Neville’s terms, the king embodies the I AM that refuses to contract with fear or anger; by simply instructing them to tarry, he preserves their wholeness and creates room for a new self-image to arise. The shame they feel is not the reality, but a pointer to an unhealed belief about identity; the growth of the beard becomes the sign that the inner I AM has returned to fullness. The outer act is therefore a mirror of your internal discipline: when you honor the dignity of others and yourself, you invite justice and mercy to circulate in your life. The inner practice is to assume a state of restoration and to feel it real until your circumstance reflects it.