Silencing the Inner Prophet

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of those Nazarites and prophets as inner capacities of consciousness—consecrated states that must not be diluted by the wine of habit, nor silenced by the cry, Prophesy not. In the inner kingdom, the trouble Amos speaks of is not distant; it is the I AM, the living awareness that would speak through you. When you hear 'Prophesy not,' you are hearing your outer mind telling your inner voice to stay dull, to bow to fear, to abandon imagination. But the true you remains the speaker and the seer; the I AM is always aware, and imagination creates reality. This is a call to revision, not condemnation. I am the Nazarite; I am the prophet; I am the I AM that declares, Let wine be tasted and faith steadied by inner vow. To reinterpret, assume the feeling of freedom in my inner sanctuary and revise the thought: I will prophesy, I will honor my inner vow. By feeling it real, I awaken the inner offices and let the voice speak, unbound by others' limits.