Inner Judgment, Outer Prison

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the Neville Goddard perspective, this scene is not a political drama but an inner drama of states of consciousness. John is the living law in your mind, the I AM that tells you what is lawful for a man or woman to entertain within. Herod embodies a restless habit of consciousness that seeks security by clinging to desires that betray truth. The act of binding John in prison symbolizes how you imprison a truthful conviction when you prefer comfort to integrity. The outer restriction arises not from a distant king but from a belief you hold about what you must obtain to feel safe. When John declares, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife, you are being reminded that certain thoughts and attractions cannot belong to your true state. Yet the I AM, the inner John, does not crumble under apparent imprisonment; it simply waits, proclaiming the truth from within until the mind revises. The law within is precise and merciful: it converts prison into transition, fear into faith, by your willingness to assume the truth of your life as already complete.