Within the Twelve Tribes

Neville's Inner Vision

Call to mind that each name—Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher—is a state of consciousness, a facet of your inner kingdom. These twelve are not distant clans but the inner faculties you house: memory, loyalty, courage, insight, energy, and joy, among others. In Exodus 1:2–4 they stand as a family bound by covenant; within you the parts of awareness stand together under one ruler—the I AM, your inmost life. When you feel scattered, tied to fear or lack, you hear the call of separate tribes; when you remember you are the whole, you align them into a single government. The Kingdom of God arises as harmony among these inner states, a unity born not of conquest but of recognition: God is the I AM that governs the whole mind. Your inward exodus from bondage is the shift from fragmentation to wholeness, from projection to realization that God dwells in you as your unified self. Thus the verse speaks of belonging and loyalty, not to an external tribe but to the one you cultivate within your own consciousness.