Inner Yoke and Noble Vine

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewing the text through Neville's lens, the yoke and bands are not physical chains but the habits of mind you accept as real. The high hills and green trees are the restless images of desire and fear that lure you into counterfeit worship. You were planted as a noble vine, with a right seed, yet you turn toward a degenerate vine whenever you identify with lack, limitation, or appearances. Washing with nitre and soap stands for outward cleansings—rituals or self-improvement efforts—that fail to touch the inner mark because the mark is a decision of consciousness. The remedy is simple: assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled; declare that your true worship is allegiance to the I AM, your unchanging awareness. When you dwell in that awareness, the false vine loses its grip, and the true vine—your divine nature—begins to blossom regardless of outward appearance. The state you inhabit becomes your world; the inner covenant is loyalty to your inner God-expression, not to transient forms.