Inner Lust, Inner Purity: 1 Corinthians 10:6

Neville's Inner Vision

Now these things are not outside events but states of consciousness that your I AM can inhabit. The lust of those old stories is a pattern of craving that your imagination has rehearsed until it seems real. The verse is a teacher telling you to observe your inner pictures and not identify with them. When you catch yourself desiring what you call evil, you are only seeing a memory image your mind has entertained. You can choose a different inner scene and, by maintaining a feeling of its truth, shift your life toward it. The inner kingdom is yours to command by bold assumption: feel the purity as a present fact; act from the end you desire, not from the craving. These examples are meant to wake you to consciousness, not to condemn you. If you live as if you already are the purified you, your outer world will reflect that inner state. Imagination is the workshop; attention is the anvil; change your inner cast and the form of your life follows.