Great Work Holds the Ground

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe how the scene in Nehemiah 6:2–3 is a vivid parable of states of consciousness. The invitation to Ono is the mind's lure to step out of the I AM that is aware of its purpose. Nehemiah does not debate the world; he reaffirms the state that produced the vision by saying I am doing a great work. In Neville terms, the great work is the already formed idea in consciousness that waits to take on form. The attempt to meet in the plain of Ono represents a temporary alignment with lesser objects, a descent from the height of vision into the plane of appearances. By sending messengers with the assertion that he cannot come, Nehemiah preserves the root impression, the sense that the work remains ongoing. Thus the outer scene is an internal mechanism: it tests whether you will persist in the assumed state. If you hold, you awaken the power of imagination to translate intent into concrete circumstance. Remember, the I AM is not a spectator but the cause; your task is to dwell in the feeling that the work is already done and let the world rise to that fact.