Inner Kingdoms in Conflict

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the war between Saul’s house and David’s house is your own inner struggle between the old self and the higher self. Abner, who makes himself strong for the house of Saul, is the stubborn energy you feed into an outdated identity—loyalty to an ancient king—and you may find that energy gathering in the background of your mind. Rizpah, the concubine, represents a lingering attachment or possession you have given form to in your inner world; Ishbosheth’s question is your inner judge asking, 'Why have you allowed this old image to govern you?' In Neville’s psychology, events are inner movements; nothing occurs outside consciousness. The “kingdom of God” is the living I AM within, the awareness that can re-script every scene by a single assumption. When you consciously identify with the Davidic mind—the sovereign awareness that never departs from love and truth—the old kingdom collapses, and the sense of being governed by fear or reputation dissolves. You honor human dignity by recognizing that each fragment of self is a valid expression of the I AM and can be harmonized under one ruler.