Barabbas and the Inner Release

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner gospel, Barabbas is not a man but a habit of mind—a state of consciousness ruled by revolt, fear, and the sense of guilt. Luke names him as one who committed sedition and murder, cast into prison by the city’s judgment. Yet in Neville’s practice, the outer world mirrors the inner dream, for God is the I AM you are aware of and the prisoner you imagine yourself to be is only a thought about yourself. The 'city' is your stream of thoughts; the 'sedition' is any impulse to break the inner law of love; the 'murder' is the killing of life by dwelling on past guilt. By identifying with the watcher who can revise the scene, you can choose a different end. See the inner judge, not as a cruel magistrate, but as your own consciousness, calling forth a release by recognizing that the truth of you is intact and unbound. When you revise Barabbas to be released, you allow the life of Jesus—the inner aliveness, compassion, and order—to surface as your present experience. The state of being free is a decision of the I AM here and now.