Overturning Worldly Wisdom

Neville's Inner Vision

Think not of outer cleverness, but of the I AM within. The apostle speaks as if God turns the prized opinions of the world into folly, so that the inner man, the one who lives in awareness, can stand free of bondage to minds busy with disputes. In your present experience, the 'wise' are simply states of consciousness that trust external intellect over the inner revelation. When you identify with the I AM, you dissolve the charge of worldly wisdom; the very questions 'where is the wise?' 'where is the scribe?' vanish because you no longer measure yourself by their proof. God has made foolish the wisdom of this world, meaning the apparent certainty of opinion collapses when consciousness awakens. As you practice, you do not resist thinking but revise it by assuming a higher truth that you are consciousness itself, aware of divine order. The old judgments fall away as you feel the indwelling power guiding every choice. Your world rearranges to reflect the wisdom that was always present—the quiet, unchallengeable awareness that you are one with God.