Inner Way Through Temptation

Neville's Inner Vision

Temptation, in the Neville sense, is not a foe outside you but a moment within your state of consciousness. When the text says it is common to man, it reveals that the imperfect urge is a shared condition of the human mind, not a personal verdict against you. God is faithful—your I AM, the inner governor whose attention never abandons you. It will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but with the temptation it will make the way to escape—that is, the inner revision that changes the weather of your experience. The escape is not a path you walk externally; it is a shift of belief, a turning of your imagined scene to align with your real, eternal I AM. And flee from idolatry means stop laying your faith on outward things—circumstances, persons, outcomes—and return to the one living Presence within. You are the artist of your own reality. When you assume the feeling of sufficiency, the sense of being led, and the awareness that you already possess the power to endure, the outer appearance rearranges to reflect that inner state.