The Inner Way Through Temptation

Neville's Inner Vision

Temptation is not an outside conquest but a movement of your own consciousness. Within you, the I AM—God awareness—remains constant, unaffected by the clamor of appearances. The line about common temptations reminds you that the form is familiar, not unique to you, and the sustaining power is the faithful presence within. Whatever pressure arises, know that the divine I AM does not abandon you to it; it will not permit a temptation to overwhelm the strength you are capable of generating by your own awareness. And the promise that there is a way of escape is an invitation to shift your inner state. The door is not down the road; it is a change of imagination and feeling—an immediate revision of the story you accept as true. When you refuse to argue with the temptation and instead assume the state you wish to inhabit, the old scene loses its persuasive hold and you bear it by virtue of your new consciousness. The grace and Providence you seek is the quiet activity of the I AM within, guiding you back to freedom.