From Captivity to Conscious Freedom

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the 'Herod' is not a man out there but a state of consciousness seeking to vex your inner church. The 'killing of James' signals a former belief about yourself dying; the capture of Peter is a taking hold of a precious aspect of your I AM—your capacity to know and to keep faith. The four quaternions of soldiers are the four quarters of your mind that guard this inner truth, the 'unleavened bread' of old ideas; yet Easter arrives as the sign that a new birth is possible within. In Neville's way, the events are not history but movements of awareness: fear trying to own you, desire to be seen by others, reason calculating outcomes, memory replaying losses. You need not resist; you must assume and revise. See Peter as your inner freedom, already released in consciousness. When you stop identifying with the guard and with the guard's plan, the doors fly open. Your I AM remains untouched by external scenes and remains the power that makes all things new.