Inner Courage to Approach the King

Neville's Inner Vision

In Esther 4:15-16 we glimpse a drama of the inner state. The call to fasting is not mere abstinence but a shift of consciousness away from fear toward a higher alignment. Esther gathers the Jews into a shared discipline, and she and her maidens align their energy with that collective intention. When she declares she will go to the king, though not according to the law, she is obeying a higher law written in the I AM. The statement 'if I perish, I perish' becomes an assertion of inner sovereignty: the outer danger can be faced only after the inner self has already decided. The events of Shushan respond to the inner image of oneself that has moved in the direction of rightful action. The key is to realize you are the one who can approach the throne of your life by shifting your state: imagining yourself already present, already approved, and held by a benevolent order. In that state, the external world shifts to match the inner conviction.