Rimmon Refuge of Awake Mind

Neville's Inner Vision

All the events on the page are states of consciousness. The Benjamin of the narrative is a stubborn belief, a sense of separation within you that thinks victory depends on outer conflict. The 25,000 fallen are the old thoughts that wore the sword against your new state and have been slain by your rising awareness. The pursuit along the highways is the mind’s restless chase after appearances, until its energy exhausts itself. The rock Rimmon is not a mere place but a fixed center of awareness—the I AM you can lean on when you no longer defend the old fear. The six hundred who fled to Rimmon represent the remnant ego clinging to a frightened identity; the wilderness is the liminal space you inhabit while the old pattern dissolves. Four months of dwelling mark a period of inner rest where the new state takes root and the old drama loses its energy. The meaning: when you awaken to being the I AM behind all scenes, the pursuit loses its force and the refuge becomes your constant, joyful presence, restoring justice and endurance in your inner life.