Inner Reception and Willingness

Neville's Inner Vision

In this letter the scene is not about a man and a slave, but about the state of your own consciousness. Onesimus is a movement within you, eager to be welcomed back by the Whole. Paul’s sending back reveals the inner Physician who releases a gift you once cast out, trusting the other to fulfill its role in your gospel of being. Philemon—the receiver—represents the current stance of receptive awareness. When the text says 'receive him,' imagine you are aware of that inner movement as yours, not an external decree. 'Without thy mind would I do nothing' is a law of consciousness: nothing in your world arises until your I AM gives assent. The bonds of the gospel are the ties of truth that bind your heart to its expression. The miracle is voluntary willingness: the inner choice to welcome, to imagine, and to act from love, knowing your reality is created by the state you inhabit. You are the I AM; imaginatively inviting Onesimus back is inviting a fuller you into expression.