Seal of Inner Measure

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe, beloved, that Zechariah’s vision speaks not of distant things, but of states of consciousness you wear within. The ephah is the small measure of attention by which you weigh every thought that would go forth into your life. The lifted talent of lead represents the weight you place on a troublesome thought by lending it your voice and belief; you cast it into the midst of the ephah and press the mouth with the weight, thereby halting its traffic. The woman within is a symbol of wickedness—an inner impulse that claims power—yet you do not condemn; you simply disidentify, and seal it away with your awareness, letting it be contained rather than animated. This is how judgment becomes purification: you separate the false image from your being and, by revision, set a higher pattern in its place. The line, 'this is their resemblance through all the earth,' tells you that this is a universal operation of mind. Remember: you are the I AM, and imagination is the architect of your world; alter the image, and the world follows.