Inner Covenant Betrayal

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the drama turns on inner states. The 'enemy' who reproaches is not others outside, but the inner opposition that arises when you are about to step into a greater good. The equal who guides and accompanies becomes a symbol of a belief within: the fear that your closest companionship will desert the path you now choose. In Neville's terms, the house of God is the consciousness where you meet your own I AM, and the walk is the movement of your imagination toward divine purpose. When you imagine such betrayal, you are not reacting to someone; you are encountering the current of your own old identifications resisting the new idea of yourself as the living I AM. The prayer that death seize upon them becomes a metaphor for ending the old mode of inner dialogue that would keep you in bondage. Return your attention to the realization that all voices, even the accusing, are arising from within your own consciousness, and you have the power to translate them into harmless advice and renewed loyalty to your inner covenant.