Absalom's Oak: Inner Entanglement

Neville's Inner Vision

To the Neville reader, Absalom is a state of consciousness, not a person at a distance. He rides the mule of ambition, and the oak of fixed belief catches his head—our mental anchor that refuses to let go. The scene is not merely a tragedy in a distant kingdom; it is the moment your mind runs on a belief it cannot support, and the outer world merely reflects the inner entanglement. When the mule goes on leaving him, it is the movement of life that you no longer sustain by inner alignment. The hanged one is the symbol of a thought-form that has outgrown its utility, suspended by the very mind that fed it. The observer who says 'Behold, I saw Absalom hanged' is your inner witness reporting back the state to your ruling consciousness, Joab, your executive will. Now, the cure is simple: assume the feeling of your true I AM, the awareness that stands above the scene. Make a revision: 'I am the one who rules in me; all appearances bow to my inner state.' Dwell in the assurance that the kingdom of God within is always free, and the oak dissolves in that unshakable awareness.