Doorway to the Inner Shepherd

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, do not look outward for a gate, for the gate into your kingdom is a state of consciousness. The thief who climbs in another way is any thought, fear, or craving that asserts supremacy outside the IAM. The shepherd is the inner guide, the Christ within, who tends the flock of your awareness when you enter by the door of pure being. When you accept that your true identity is IAM, presence that cannot be broken, you pass through the door and find the shepherd already within directing your steps. The external scene, the people, the conditions, are but symbols of your inner dispositions. If you feel lack, revise: IAM; I stand at the door as gatekeeper and gate. The Shepherd does not come from without; he is your consciousness animated by love, truth, and faithfulness. By daily practice you permit him to lead: you align feeling, thought, and imagination with the truth of your unity with God, and the kingdom arises in your heart.