Inner Baptism of Spirit Within

Neville's Inner Vision

John the Baptist stands as the symbol of the old self, clothed in camel’s hair, subsisting on locusts and honey—a stark image of renunciation. Yet his cry, There cometh one mightier than I, is not about a distant event but a call to your present consciousness: the greater I AM that you secretly are. When he says I indeed have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, he invites a shift from external ritual to internal reality. Water baptism represents cleansing of surface beliefs; Holy Ghost baptism represents the immersion into the living intelligence of God within. The “latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose” is humility before the power that is within, not a humility that denies your worth but a recognition that the power is already yours. The moment you align with the I AM, you will feel the Spirit within ascending, and your world will reflect that inner baptism. Your task is to dwell in the awareness of God as you, now, and allow the greater to rise from within as your daily state.