Simon’s Cross, Inner Service

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your mind there is a moment when an outer pressure awakens a hidden faculty to carry a load for a higher aim. Luke 23:26 shows Simon being seized from the crowd and made to bear the cross after Jesus; this is not a mere event of history but a symbol for the inner operation of your states of consciousness. The cross stands for a belief, habit, or fear that seems to oppose the Christ within. When life presses you to act, know that the man called Simon is a state of consciousness that you can call forth to serve the Christ life. By allowing that state to bear the burden, you move in the direction of Jesus, that is, you align with the Christ within you. The words bearing it after Jesus imply movement following the lead of Christ in you; the burden is not endured in resistance but carried in cooperation with the higher pattern. This is a vivid lesson in obedience, faithfulness, perseverance, and witness. Your inner world is not passive; it organizes itself to meet the call, and burdens become occasions to demonstrate the reality of the Christ in you.