Hebron's Quiet Return

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the text grounds a movement: Jacob comes to Isaac in the ancient place, and Isaac's life culminates in death. In the Neville lens, Isaac's long life and his passing are inner movements of consciousness, not mere history. Hebron and Mamre become fixed centers in the field of awareness where memory and faith abide. When Isaac 'gave up the ghost' and was 'gathered unto his people,' interpret this as the release of a former state of mind, the passing of a form when the I AM recognizes a higher order of being. The burial of Isaac by Esau and Jacob symbolizes the integration of opposing currents within you, the learning and wisdom of the old self consecrated to the one Life. The scene teaches that death of a form is simply the inner turning back to the Self, the Imago Dei, wherein you awaken to the truth that you never die, you only awaken to a broader consciousness. So, in your own life, treat endings as invitations to return to Hebron, to the heart of your awareness, where the Father and you are one.