From Wandering to Union Within

Neville's Inner Vision

On the surface, Hosea weds Jacob and Israel to histories; in the I AM's world they are inner states. Jacob fleeing into Syria is your mind wandering away from its center, a temporary exile from awareness. Israel serving for a wife reveals a consciousness obsessed with the image of union; the daily tasks—the keeping of sheep—are the habits by which the desire expresses itself outwardly. The wife represents the fulfilled relationship you seek, not another person but a harmonized state of consciousness. Yet all movement occurs within you, as inner movements of mind and feeling. When you claim the I AM as your reality, exile becomes homecoming and service becomes fidelity to your true self. The outer scene shifts as you recognize the one you are as the source, turning lack into fulfillment. Practice this: revise the scene so the beloved already exists as your inner harmony, then feel it real in the now. Your life will reflect that inner union, and what was a journey becomes a present and effortless dwelling in being.