Abraham's Bosom Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Luke 16:22-24 becomes a map of consciousness rather than geography. Lazarus and the rich man are not separate people, but two states you entertain in the mind. Lazarus, carried by angels to Abraham's bosom, is the consciousness that accepts nourishment from within, the awareness that all nourishment and relief come from your own I AM presence. The rich man who dies and looks on Lazarus from afar is the state ruled by attachment to external comforts and the fear that there is not enough. His torments are the mental movements of craving, pride, and separation. When he cries, Have mercy on me, this is your sense of separation addressing your higher self; the request for Lazarus to dip water to cool his tongue is a symbol of seeking relief from habit, not from an outer savior. The scene teaches that the moment you revise your inner weather—claiming abundance, trust, and unity with the one I AM—you shift positions. The tor ment dissolves as you inhabit the bosom of Abraham, a spacious, listening awareness that is always present and never apart from you.