Delilah and the Inner Temptation

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the scene as your inner life. The name Samson stands for your strength, while Delilah embodies the image of a tempting attachment. In the valley of Sorek—where beauty tempts the eye—you encounter a moment when your love appears directed outward, toward an external object. This is not mere history; it is a psychological turning: the outward lover represents a state of consciousness trying to govern you through desire. When you assent to Delilah, you awaken a sense of deficiency and misplace power, as though your strength depends on something outside you. Yet the truth is the opposite: you are the I AM, the living awareness behind all experiences. The “afterward” signals a shift: the mind now identifies love as a test rather than a trap. Imagine yourself as the observer unmoved by outward appearances, and revise the story until the inner light of discernment returns you to purity. The temptress becomes a mirror showing where belief in separation persists; allow the inner sun to dissolve it and restore your original strength.