The Wood That Devours War

Neville's Inner Vision

Here is how I hear the verse: the battle is scattered across the face of the country, and the wood devours more people that day than the sword. This is not a geographical accident but a law of consciousness. The field and the trees are symbols of your inner atmosphere, the climate of your I AM. When a mind is divided by doubt, resentment, or fear, energy flows into many channels and the outer world mirrors that fracture, even to the point of nature seeming to turn against itself. The wood that 'devours' speaks of the unseen conditions—the habits, beliefs, and moods you entertain—that consume you from within more surely than any weapon. If you identify yourself with the I AM, the sovereign awareness behind all images, you begin to notice that the forest is not an enemy but a summons to awaken. The same force that silences fear in one moment can drive away calamity in another, simply by choosing the state that your consciousness claims as true.