Inner Cross of Simon

Neville's Inner Vision

Simon did not volunteer; he is pressed by the moment. In my reading, the cross is not an object in the road but a movement of your own consciousness that you suddenly accept as belonging to you. The Cyrenian passer-by represents that part of you which steps forward when life asks you to bear a burden, and by doing so you certify the reality of the inner I AM. When you consent—'This burden is mine'—you stop resisting the current and begin guiding it from the center of awareness. The outer scene then follows the inner decree, and the trial becomes a visible witness to the kingdom already formed in your imagination. Humility and obedience are not penalties but instruments by which you compress old states into a single, powerful now. Your mission and your witness arise as you carry the cross with calm assurance, discovering that the greater truth you seek is not somewhere beyond you but within, blooming as you act in accord with your inner state.