Inner Crown in John's Cross

Neville's Inner Vision

See this not as a historical event in a dusty tale, but as a mirror of your inner life. The crowd is the chorus of fears and opinions within you pressing for the end of your true Self. Caesar represents the habit of looking to outer power for authority—the belief that kingship resides outside awareness. Pilate’s question becomes your inner I AM asking, 'Who commands my life?' When the priests declare no king but Caesar, you are shown your own old allegiance to a borrowed sovereignty. Yet crucifixion is not final defeat but a clearing of the stage: you allow the old identifications to be laid down so that the real King—your I AM, the awareness that Jesus symbolizes—can begin to reign within. As they lead him away, imagine consciousness turning away from old stories toward your true ruler, the silent witness within. The moment you accept that the outer verdict does not determine you, you awaken the inner monarchy that was always there, waiting to be acknowledged in the present.