Inner Collapse of Pride

Neville's Inner Vision

In Zechariah’s symbol-laden scene, the fir and the cedar fall to show that outer grandeur is but a reflection of inner belief. The forest of the vintage coming down echoes the collapse of the mind’s pride when it mistakes possession for reality. The spoiled glory of the shepherds and the roaring lions reveal the outcome of clinging to a self-built order. Yet this is not a catastrophe but a gentle invitation: as you attend to the I AM within, the structures you have worshiped—wealth, status, control—lose their hold. When you claim, here and now, 'I AM' as your only reality, the apparent power of these images dissolves. The judgments of the outer world are the inner judgments you hold about yourself, and they yield to the awareness that you are God in expression. Such 'judgment' is mercy guiding you back to your true kingdom, where you reign as consciousness, not as the sum of external signs. This is the inner correction that restores the throne to the one I am within you.