Fire of Inner Will in 2 Samuel

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville mode, Absalom's action is not about burning grain but about awakening a portion of his own consciousness that has been ignored by the king's authority within him. The field near mine, a symbol of his lifeblood, and barley, the nourishment of action, become a stage where inner will tests the reality of his claim. Joab's refusal to respond represents the subconscious habit that resists your conscious decree. When Absalom orders the fire, he is not destroying but drawing attention, insisting that the inner king see him, hear him, and respond with recognition. In Neville's language, consciousness is the I AM; attention is the turning of the inner wheel. The act of setting the field aflame is the tentative revision of belief—you tell the mind, 'I will not be left unheard by my own self,' and you feel the insistence of the desire as already accomplished. The scene reveals the law: inner movements occasion outer modifications; the fire is the felt reality of the decision.