Inner Call to Follow

Neville's Inner Vision

In this scene the crowd is not other people, but a current of thought filling your mind. The command to cross to the other side is an invitation to shift your state of consciousness from the seen to the I AM. The scribe's boast, 'I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest,' expresses your desire to identify with a new state, but the answer comes not as a geography but a reality: the foxes have holes, the birds have nests; yet the Son of Man has no place to lay his head—meaning your external securities are not where your identity rests. To truly follow, you must let the old definitions die and allow the inner light of awareness to become your dwelling. The man who would bury his father represents loyalty to past identities—memories that still govern you. Jesus' command, 'Follow me,' points you toward a state where you are the I AM, where the outer world rearranges to fit the inner alignment. Thus, the scene invites a practical revision: detach from the attachment to externals and stand in the awareness that you already are what you seek.