From Wilderness to Royal Bed

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the wilderness as your current state of awareness, where images of lack or limitation arise. The fragrance—myrrh and frankincense—becomes the scent of your imaginal state, the feeling-tone you carry as you dwell in consciousness. The bed of Solomon is the throne of your I AM, the stable center where your attention rests. The threescore valiant men around it symbolize the faculties of your being—will, memory, perception, discernment—standing guard to keep the vision intact. When the question 'Who is this?' arises, you are not seeking an external sovereign; you are awakening to your own sovereignty as the creator of experience. Your inner kingdom is not a future event; it is a present alignment: you assume the state of kingship and permit it to color every circumstance. By holding in mind the image of a royal bed surrounded by loyal guards, you revise your sense of identity until it feels real, until the world must reflect that reality. This is the deepest meaning of the lines: the kingdom is within, birthed by disciplined imagining, sustained by the I AM.