The Inner Lion of Delay

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the lion as a figure in your own consciousness, not a creature on a street. The slothful mind pretends there is a lion to justify staying in bed; yet the bed is merely a symbol for a habit of consciousness. The door turning on its hinges is your repeated choice to retreat to familiar consciousness; the act of bringing the hand to the mouth is your reluctance to give form to your intention. In truth, the I AM that you are can revise the scene at will. If you assume the state 'I am acting now' and feel its truth, the imagined action solidifies into experience. When you persist in that feeling-it-real, the imagined courage displaces fear, the bed becomes a stepping-stone, and the door opens to motion rather than sleep. You do not move the world by effort but by shifting the inner state that births it. The slothful record fades as your awareness claims authority, and you discover that you have already moved beyond delay.