Arise And Depart: Inner Rest

Neville's Inner Vision

In this passage, rest is not a geographical place but a state of consciousness you occupy. When you hear the outer voice promising wine and strong drink, you are hearing the ego’s counterfeit spirit arising as a prophecy for your life. The summons to “Arise ye, and depart” is a call to move your attention away from polluted, restless modes of thinking and toward the I AM—your unshakable awareness. Pollution here represents belief in form and external satisfaction; the true protection comes from aligning with inner truth, not external demonstrations. If you permit false movements to prophesy your life, you become the prophet of your own ruin. Yet by choosing a new inner state, you reverse the script: assume you are already resting in the divine awareness that cannot be polluted, and feel that reality as present. Your accountability is inner, for you awaken or sleep within your own consciousness; the promise lies in the unalterable I AM within you.