Inner Gate of Unity Genesis 34:20-21

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that this scene is not about geography but about the theater of your own mind. The gate stands at the threshold of awareness, and Hamor and Shechem are the outward voices of habit and compromise within you. They speak to the men of the city—the established beliefs and the habits that govern your daily life—saying that these unfamiliar energies are peaceable with you, that they may dwell in your land and trade there. The land is large enough for them, says the inner administrator, pointing to the abundance of your consciousness. The proposal to take their daughters for wives and to give your daughters in return is a metaphor for how you assimilate new qualities and integrate them with your present identity. When you consent to this inner alliance, you are not enslaved by others; you are harmonizing the parts of yourself, trading fear for faith, scarcity for abundance, separation for unity. The invitation is to recognize that every neighbor is a state of consciousness within you, and the gate is where you decide which states have permission to dwell.