Restful Burden Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Issachar in this text is the state of your consciousness seated strong between two burdens—duty and desire, effort and ease. The donkey’s quiet posture is your inner stance: you notice that rest is good and the land you stand in is pleasant, and then you bow your shoulder to bear what is placed before you. In Neville’s terms, you do not escape; you assume. You declare, I am the one who bears these burdens as the natural expression of my life, and through that bearing I become a servant unto the inner tribute—the law of consciousness that governs my world. The two burdens are not enemies but a single invitation to integrate, to perfect the art of persistence and faith. Rest is not laziness but a present-tense recognition that your I AM has already provided the land and the means to work it. When you hold to this, your sense of self expands, enabling you to steward circumstances rather than be overwhelmed by them. The burdens become the soil in which your inner kingdom is cultivated, and the result is a steady, joyful obedience to your true nature.