Inner Beheading of Oathbound Mind

Neville's Inner Vision

See this as a script of your own mind. The 'king' stands for the part of you governed by fear of reputation, the audience, and obligation. The oath is a belief you have accepted as 'law' in your life; the imprisonment is the stuck state of consciousness produced by that belief. John's voice—the prophet within—speaks truth and integrity, but the outer decree silences him for a season. The beheading is the inner death of a mental oath that no longer serves you. In Neville's way, every outer event is a movement of consciousness you can revise. When you inwardly declare, 'I am the I AM; I revoke the oath that binds me to appearances,' you release the inner John and restore alignment with universal law. The fear and sorrow you imagine as 'clock and crowd' fall away as you feel the one life, the living I AM, governing all scenes. The resolution is not violence but revision: you change the state of mind and the world conforms to your inner truth.