The Closed Door Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Note that the master of the house is not a man outside but the I AM you awaken to within; when he rises up and shuts the door, you are being called to an interior shift from seeking God to recognizing you are already known by God. The knocking outside is the old self, the memory of having eaten in his presence, the belief that proximity equates entry. Yet the claim I know you not whence ye are reveals that identity cannot be earned by deeds or learned in the streets; it is discovered by inward origin. If you still cling to the image of yourself as separate, you will hear depart from me as a verdict on your former self. But Luke is no condemner; he is inviting a transformation of consciousness—return home to the I AM and claim your oneness. The door closes so you can stop bargaining with appearances and begin to live from the awareness that your reality follows your inner state. Your life becomes not ritual but a remembered truth: you are the presence that knows and is known.