Trumpet That Calls Off Pursuit

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe that in the story, the trumpet is not a weapon but a choosing of a different inner tempo. The crowd is 'the army' of your outward aims, the chase represents the restless striving of the ego to prove itself by results. When Joab sounds the horn and 'held back the people,' he is not commanding others to stop; he is declaring within you that the state of inner peace is prior to action. The I AM, your awareness, recognizes that what seems to be pursued is but a thought-form arising in consciousness. To stop is to revise your inner state: cease the imagined chase of lack, or victory, or validation. By returning to stillness, you align with the truth that the world you see is the outward expression of your inner assumption. The trumpet thus becomes a symbol of mercy and discernment: mercy to your own imperfect impulses, discernment to not react to every impulse. Practically, feel the truth you are already that which you seek; let the inner 'hold back' soften into faith that peace follows from the quiet assumption.