Inner Levi by the River

Neville's Inner Vision

Ezra 8:15 is a map of inner life. The gathering by the river Ahava shows how attention groups around the stories you tell about yourself. When he looks and finds no son of Levi, that absence is not a catastrophe in space but a signal in consciousness that the priestly faculty seems missing. In Neville’s language, Levi is the disciplined state of worship—the inner minister who offers sacrifice to the I AM. The exile and return describe shifts in awareness: you have believed the temple lies outside and yet the inner priesthood remains within, awaiting recognition. The river is the stream of awareness flowing through your tents, the temporary roles you play in thought. The “absence” is your invitation to revise: you are not devoid of power; you are in a moment of inner alignment to call forth your true vocation. By choosing to identify with the I AM, you awaken the inner priesthood and enact a return to sacred relation—the feeling that you are already in worship, because your imagination creates that reality.