Rooftop Vision and Inner Kingship

Neville's Inner Vision

The scene in 2 Samuel 11:1-5 unfolds not as a historical misstep alone, but as a vivid inner drama of consciousness. The outward king going forth represents deliberate alignment with purpose; David’s staying home signals a moment when consciousness drifts from its appointed battle. The rooftop gaze is a powerful image: a seed of imagination becoming emotionally charged, as though a future event were already present in awareness. In Neville’s view, the true drama is not Bathsheba’s body but the identification of thought with form. The I AM—the enduring awareness within—remains the sovereign, yet the senses respond to images as if they were real. To heal, one revises from the inside: affirm the inner king’s sovereignty, decline attachment to the image, and reassert that you are the I AM, unshaken by fleeting appearances. When you shift attention from external scenes to the steadfast inner state, all consequences become invitations to refine your imagination, to serve truth over impulse, and to practice disciplined, compassionate alignment with your deepest self.