Inner Kingship and Mercy

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville’s psychology, the king is the I AM reigning in the inner house. The ten concubines are not people to exploit; they are faculties, appetites, or memories left to be managed by the mind when it rules. David’s act of placing them in ward and feeding them is the sovereign decision to oversee these energies without surrendering to them. Not entering unto them symbolizes a deliberate boundary—an inner law that prevents lower impulses from hijacking the realm of awareness while the inner king remains in authority. The widowhood they endure marks a period of orderly containment, not condemnation. In this light, the apparent fate of these aspects becomes a lesson: when you insist on the righteous administration of your inner kingdom, you honor every facet of self and preserve dignity. Reality, says Neville, is created by your state of consciousness; by identifying with the kingly I AM and feeling it as now, you reorient those faculties toward constructive service. The inner court is safe, and justice flows when power is exercised with care rather than coercion.