Gate Of Presence In Esther

Neville's Inner Vision

Enter the gate is to enter your own consciousness. The king represents your sovereign I AM; the gate is the threshold where the state of awareness steps from the mental costume into living presence. Sackcloth is the symbol of mourning thoughts—grievances you drag into every scene. Esther’s rule that none may enter clothed thus declares a practical truth: your inner ruler will not permit you to approach until you release the outer signs of despair and align with an inner light. The gate is a discipline of attention; what you allow to dwell in your mind becomes the environment you inhabit. To be present with God is to revise the scene from within, to feel as if you are stepping through the gate wearing the clean garment of awareness rather than sorrow. This is the working of imagination: you must assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, and feel it real now. The miracle is not in ritual external to you, but in a deliberate shift of your consciousness toward the I AM, and in choosing to walk the gate as the truth of your being.