Return of Absalom: Inner Reunion

Neville's Inner Vision

David appears as the I AM in search of its own wholeness. Absalom's fled state is a part of me I have banished—perhaps my impatience, pride, or fear—sent to the far reaches of 'Geshur.' The daily mourning is the stuck feeling I repeat in thought, the belief that unity is postponed. The three years are the imagined duration of separation I have accepted. Yet the soul's longing to go forth unto Absalom is the I AM's desire to unify the separated states, to reign with both father and son in one consciousness. The death of Amnon stands for the end of a rival impulse; with that ending, I offer the door to reconciliation. The inner scene is that, right now, I may assume that Absalom has returned, and that the court of my mind rejoices. Then, the outer world begins to align with that inner reality. So I practice: I am the consciousness that welcomes Absalom back and makes the love of the whole possible.