The Inner Lineage of Shem

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 10:21 speaks of Shem, the father of the line of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth. In the theater of my mind, Shem is the I AM, the fountain of life that births every event I experience. The children born to Shem are my daily forms—moods, decisions, relationships, opportunities—springing from the one living consciousness I recognize as God. Japheth, the elder brother, hints at other states of mind present in me, but it is Shem who begets; thus my inner family is not a strange thing but a household of moments each derived from the same divine source. When I acknowledge that presence, the community around me begins to harmonize; not through changing others but by acknowledging my own inner unity. The Semitic line—the lineage of thought that leads from belief to manifestation—reveals that the birth of my world is a spiritual act. My task is to keep faith with the father-state, to see every circumstance as a child proceeding from that altar of awareness, and to allow unity to permeate my relationships, communities, and sense of self.