Inner Judgment in Acts 25:3-5

Neville's Inner Vision

Paul represents the I AM within, the unassailable awareness that cannot be touched by mortal verdicts. The plot to kill him is the mind’s resistance to truth—rising as schemes, delays, and calls for a distant trial. Festus and the others are outward conditions, the crowd and the statesman’s need to be seen as just. To Neville, nothing occurs outside the inner life; you do not 'send' Paul anywhere; you revise your state of consciousness so that the inner truth remains intact regardless of external notice. In your imagination, Caesarea becomes your inner arena where you stand as the perceiver of all events. You test the validity of any charge by first verifying your own state: am I aware, am I conscious, am I at peace? When you assume the I AM as your ruler, the urge to condemn or justify dissolves, for judgments are only projections of the current state. The governor’s departure and the invitation to go down and accuse reveal the tendency to outsource judgment to others; you reclaim it by taking full responsibility for your inner state. Thus, the drama is a rehearsal for recognizing that you are not the accused but the one who imagines the scene—and in that imagination, you find true justice and righteousness.