Outside the Gate, Reproach as Sanctification

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe that 'the gate' and 'the camp' symbolize the inner fences of your present identity. Jesus, who sanctifies, goes beyond the gate with his blood - not as a distant event in history, but as your inward act of awakening. The call 'let us go forth' becomes an instruction to shift your center of life from the beloved camp of received opinions into the open country of consciousness where the I AM stands. When you imagine yourself beyond the gate, you align with the state already sanctified, since sanctification is a present condition of awareness, not a distant ritual. Bearing reproach is not punishment but the acceptance of judgment as a signal that you are choosing a different self; you are choosing to live from the invisible, all-sufficing I AM. In this view, the blood is inner vitality—awareness purified by attention—reminding you that you are holy because you dwell in the I AM rather than the crowd.