Refusal of Wine, Endurance

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Mark 15:23 as a clue to the state of your own consciousness. The wine mingled with myrrh is not a literal drink but a symbol of relief offered to soothe the pain of your present state. In Neville’s terms, the I AM within you is the consciousness that would rather dim its edge with comfort than let a higher vision be formed through trial. When Jesus 'received it not,' he asserts the greater will—the inner awareness that you are not merely a body moving through events but the one who chooses the meaning of those events. The act isn’t about suffering for its own sake, but about refusing a lesser happiness to honor the greater vision you hold of yourself. The wine would blunt the crucifixion's refinement; by not drinking, the inner self aligns with the truth that you are complete in God, and the outer narrative bends to the faith you maintain in that inner state. Practically, cultivate the conviction that your current circumstances respond to your inner assumption rather than dictate it. Endurance arises the moment you assume the I AM here and now, and the form follows that living awareness.