Facing the Hidden Self: 2 Samuel 14:24

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the king as your I AM, the living awareness that presides over every scene of your mind. Absalom stands for a part of you you have exiled—perhaps anger, hurt, or a longing you refused to own. When the king says, Let him turn to his own house and let him not see my face, you are projecting a judgment that some aspect of self must remain unseen and distant. The exile is not a punishment but a call to bring that part into the royal presence of consciousness. Restoration appears as separation because you have not yet embraced the whole of you. Now practice: revise the scene so the returning Absalom is welcomed and the king’s face is shown. In your imagination, let the I AM look upon the returned part with love, acceptance, and clear awareness. Feel that seeing as real, and notice the inner shift: the self no longer remains divided. The inner kingdom returns to wholeness as you acknowledge every facet of yourself as worthy of the king’s gaze.