Cleansing Through the Living Bird

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's light, the leprosy is a state of consciousness, and cleansing is a shift of the I AM. The seven sprinklings symbolize a complete revision of your inner posture, each pass of awareness washing away limitation. The priest’s declaration of cleanliness is not a judgment but a sealing of a new inner reality declared by your own awareness. The living bird released into the open field represents letting go of the old self—your former fear, guilt, or false identity—into the boundless field of consciousness where God dwells. As you repeat the inner practice, you enter a state where purity is not earned from without but recognized within as your natural state. The presence of God is the ever-present I AM within you, making the declared state of clean real in your experience. Thus, the ritual becomes a practical allegory for turning consciousness toward wholeness, reclaiming inner purity, and living from the fulfilled identity you already are.