Gate of Inner Kingship

Neville's Inner Vision

In this scene, Gaal and Abimelech symbolize rival states within consciousness. The outward battle is an inner struggle between a subset of the self that resists the new kingly consciousness and the authority that stands as the I AM. Abimelech, the pursuer, represents the persistent claim of a ruling idea that seeks to enforce its dominion; Gaal's flight reveals the ego's recoil from change when the inner crown is asserted. The entering of the gate marks a threshold where the kingly order is pressed into manifest experience; the heavy casualties indicate the old identities being overturned by the living awareness of the I AM. Thus the "Kingdom of God" idea is not political but inner sovereignty achieved by steadfast awareness that "I AM" is the only governor. The suffering and trials here are the shedding of old fears as the new kingly state asserts itself. Endurance is the repeated act of choosing the I AM over the old self-image, until the inner city remains under the one authority.