Crucifying the Inner Self

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville’s psychology, the scene is not history but a drama of the mind. The crowd and the authorities are states of consciousness within you—the impulses to condemn, to conform, to cling to old rules. 'Crucify him' represents the mind’s urge to kill the Christ within, the truthful Self that cannot be touched by guilt or fault. Yet 'I find no fault in him' is the divine fact your awareness can rest in: the I AM, the Son of God, untouched by blame or judgment. The Jews’ claim 'we have a law' points to the inner code you still follow, the mental creed that tells you what you are or are not. 'By our law he ought to die' signals the tendency to sacrifice your true nature to the external standard. To reinterpret is to choose a different law—the law of consciousness that says you are already complete, already innocent, and inherently divine. When you accept that, the outer objections fade and your inner Christ rises in quiet authority.