Inner Armies of Consciousness

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the numbers are not armies in space but states of consciousness in action. Benjamin represents a stubborn, protective impulse within you, and his 26,000 swordsmen are the many thoughts and habits you have gathered to defend a belief. The inhabitants of Gibeah add 700 chosen men, an elite circle of inner faculty that you trust to execute your will. Among all this, seven hundred are left-handed, signifying unusual gifts and a precision of belief that can hit a hair breadth without missing. Israel’s 400,000 are the expansive powers of awareness that lie ready when the mind is aligned with the I AM. The tension of the census is a demonstration of discipline, not mere violence; it shows how your mind counts its faculties and how they can be marshaled. When you fear division, you magnify conflict; when you assume the I AM and insist on unity, the entire army acts in concert toward one purpose. Practice can begin in quiet imagination: enter meditation, see the full inner army ready, and feel your different gifts responding to one clear command, with every step governed by the I AM.