Beasts of the Inner Sea

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the Neville lens, the beast is not a distant empire but a state of consciousness arising from the subconscious sea of images. The sea is the vast arena of your beliefs; the seven heads and ten horns are the many faces of fear, appetite, and pride that rally under a blasphemous name when you forget your I AM. The dragon who gives power is the belief in separation, the 'me versus world' imagination that feeds the sense of control. Yet the I AM—your eternal awareness—stands on the sand as the stable witness of what you are imagining. The beast’s feet like a bear and its mouth like a lion are the natural tendencies of thought and speech when you do not govern them with consciousness. The message is not to attack the world, but to awaken to the truth that you wield the power to revise any image. When you realign with I AM, the dragon loses authority; the beast dissolves into the remembered unity of your life, and true worship becomes the acknowledgment that you are the dreamer, the ruler, and the source.