Ishmael's Inner Princes

Neville's Inner Vision

Ishmael, born of Hagar, stands as a wave of consciousness arising in Abraham’s life, the center of your awareness. Abraham is the I AM, the living mind that births these lines. The twelve names—Nebajoth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah—are not distant genealogies but twelve recurring states of mind and feeling that rise within you. Their being linked to towns and castles signifies the places in you where these states rule—habits, preferences, environments, communities. The phrase 'twelve princes according to their nations' invites you to recognize that your thoughts form a kingdom within you, one that Providence guides toward harmony. When you acknowledge these inner sons as expressions of your own consciousness, you invite the Kingdom of God to govern from within. You can steer your life by choosing which states you nurture and which you revise. Let I AM preside, and observe how your inner princes shape your outer life as signs of your inner government, reclaimed and aligned by awareness.