Exodus 21 Inner Justice Practice

Neville's Inner Vision

All the figures in Exodus 21:20–27 symbolize inner states of consciousness. The master stands for the sense of controlling self, the servant for a lower impulse or habit within you. To strike the servant with a rod is to attempt to force a change in your inner world by force; such inner violence only tightens the bonds you seek to break. The law of consciousness teaches that the actor and the acted-upon are one; when you punish a part of yourself, you punish your own future. If you treat a portion of your being as ‘money’—as if it can be bought away—you miss the possibility of integration and wholeness. When mischief follows, the call is to re-align, not retaliate: life for life becomes your decision to restore balance by turning attention, awareness, and love toward that part. Allow the eye or the tooth of your inner servant to live—grant vision and sensation rather than erasure. The moment you assume the I AM as sovereign governor of your inner world, the outer scene bends toward justice, healing, and freedom as a natural expression of your true self.