Inside the Castle: Calm Amid Tumult

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the scene takes place within your own field of consciousness. The cries of the multitude are not external enemies but the clamor of conflicting thoughts vying for certainty. The castle is your quiet center, where the I AM rules without doubt. When the crowd cannot know certainty for the tumult, the outer event of Paul being carried away by soldiers reveals itself as the orderly movement of your inner mind—not a random attack, but a disciplined relocation of energy to safety. The soldiers symbolize disciplined thought and steadfast feeling, carrying you through the stairs of life because you have refused to join the riot of belief. The Paul within you is the conscious I who trusts the state of peace that already is, regardless of appearances. This is not resignation; it is awareness of your one power: imagination aligned to a fixed state. As you hold to that state, the external uproar loses its power to move you, and you experience unity and a sense of being carried by the higher order of your consciousness.