Ezekiel's Quiet Transition

Neville's Inner Vision

Take the scene as a dawn of inner state-work. The 'word of the LORD' is the I AM speaking within, awakening Ezekiel to the truth that attachment is a belief the imagination can revise. The stroke is not a literal blow but a revolution of state—moving from being stirred by the object of longing to existing in a wholeness that requires nothing external. To mourn would be to feed the old belief, so you are forbidden to weep and admonished to hold your awareness steady in the present. The outward acts — bind the tire of thy head, put on thy shoes, cover not thy lips, eat not the bread of men — become symbols of a new discipline: deny the old appetite, prepare for action, and refuse dependence on common sustenance. In practice, you can hear the inner directive as a call to trust your inner supply. Your imagination is the bread you eat; your inner life is the source of every move you make. The moment you inhabit this revised state, the world rearranges to fit the new you.