Inner Fear to Holy Alignment

Neville's Inner Vision

I see the scene as a mirror of your own mind. The Herod in this story is a state of consciousness that clings to power and fears holiness. John, the just and holy, is the inner teacher—the I AM within you—that cannot be killed by outer force. When Herod heard him, he acted in many ways and listened with pleasure; this is your mind when it permits the inner truth to speak and then follows its lead. The quarrel of Herodias represents the ego’s resistance—the impulse to silence truth because truth requires change. Yet truth cannot be killed; it simply waits for your consent to become your life. The fact that Herod could not destroy John shows that, in you, the inner righteousness remains undefeated whenever you observe it faithfully. Practice: assume the feeling that the holy within is governing your life now, and let the inner John guide your decisions. As you listen and obey in stillness, your outward circumstances begin to move in harmony with righteousness.