Inner Chains, Outer Awakening

Neville's Inner Vision

The uproar in Jerusalem is not a record of political trouble, but a symbol of your own inner turbulence when you forget who you truly are. Paul bound with two chains is not a historical restraint but the sense of limitation you feel when you identify with thoughts and social judgments. The chief captain and the soldiers are the figures of your higher self and the habitual forces that carry you through life. When they bind him and demand his name, notice that the only power here is the belief that you are defined by appearance. The crowd beats the image of your old self, but the moment consciousness arrives—your awareness taking the lead—the external scene is altered by the revision you hold in mind. The 'two chains' become reminders of two fixed beliefs you are ready to release: 'I am finite' and 'I am condemned by others.' In the inner courtroom, the true judge is I AM, and rulings come as you dare to identify with freedom rather than with the evidence of the senses. Your task is to witness this shift within and let it reform your outward reality.