Consciousness of Duty and Consequence

Neville's Inner Vision

I see this in the language of law, yet the inner message is mine to claim. The ox represents a stubborn impulse that has proven its tendency to push and harm when not restrained. The owner is my awareness—the I AM—that knows the impulse and is called to keep it in. When the impulse has been testified to and I fail to rein it, I invite a breach that I call death of peace, relationship, or order. The divine law thus becomes a mirror: if I do not govern the known danger within, the consequence falls upon the self. But if I take responsibility with steady awareness, I do not condemn the impulse; I discipline it through understanding that I, as consciousness, govern the field. The outer punishment is only a symbol of the necessity to align my action with inner truth. My inner guard must be stronger than habit, or the life around me will bear its consequences.