Shore Kneeling Prayer

Neville's Inner Vision

I see Acts 21:5 as a map of inner states. The 'we' are states of consciousness; the journey's end is the moment a new state is chosen. Wives and children symbolize cherished aspects of self that accompany the forward move. Kneeling on the shore marks the boundary between the old and the new, a quiet clarification where attention yields to the I AM behind all experience. When they 'prayed,' they perform the Neville technique of impressing a fulfilled state upon the subconscious—feeling the wish as already complete and living in the sense of unity with those you love. The outward gesture mirrors the inward settlement: the community's accompaniment confirms the inner decision is established and supported by the whole consciousness. Thus, departure is not a travel ending but the manifesting of a previously imagined state, bridged by a felt devotion that aligns every part of you to the new possibility.