Inner Authority Over Fearful Crowd

Neville's Inner Vision

Mark 12:12 presents not a literal capture and escape but an inner drama of consciousness. The 'they' are the old states that would seize a moment of truth and bend it to their need to appear rightful. The crowd is your fear of public opinion; the parable is the inner truth that exposes your patterns. When truth speaks, the ego recoils, seeks to lay hold and make it serve a petty agenda. But the I AM—the aware presence that you really are—knows the crowd cannot touch inner reality. The parable 'against them' is a reflection you awaken within yourself, revealing what must be released: attachment to outcomes, fear of judgment, the habit of acting out of habit rather than awareness. The moment you acknowledge, 'I am the witness to this inner drama,' the characters withdraw and you are left standing in the stillness of your divine self. You go your way, but your way is the way of truth, and truth proceeds unimpeded when you refuse to grant fear any power.