Inner Vision of the King

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s register, the king on the roof is a state of consciousness awake to outer appearances. The eveningtide marks a shift in awareness, where a vivid form—Bathsheba—appears as a projection of desire within the I AM. The question, “Is not this Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah?” reveals how the mind identifies with roles and possessions, treating them as if they define reality. The act of sending messengers and taking her is the mind’s misused energy when it believes it can possess form apart from its true oneness. The line about purification hints at ritual cleansing, but the real healing comes when the mind ceases to identify with separate persons and conditions. The turn is not condemnation but revision: recognition that all scenes are movements of consciousness, not commands of an ultimate fact. When the king returns to his house, the drama ends only in the sense that the mind reclaims sovereignty, aligning with unity rather than separation. The inner order remains intact when perception is governed by the I AM rather than by appearances.