The Inner Image of Perfection

Neville's Inner Vision

Absalom’s beauty serves not as a mere biography but as a symbol of a state of consciousness in which image rules. In Neville’s psychology, the Israel that praises him is the outer counterpart of a belief that I am valued by appearance and applause. 'From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head' translates to a perfect mental image—unblemished, complete, and projected into life. The verse invites you to notice how pride operates when identity is sought in form rather than in the I AM. The solution is a revision: claim that you are already the I AM, and that your true worth does not rest on flesh or fame but on the awareness that creates form. When you feel the I AM as your immediate certainty, the demand for outer perfection softens; praise or blame become incidental, and you live from an inner state of wholeness. Thus the appearance in the world bends to your inner conviction, not the other way around.