Inner Gifts, Unity, and Being

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, the 'church' is not a building but an inner chorus of states that consciousness enacts. When Paul says God hath set some in the church—apostles, prophets, teachers, miracles, healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues—it is a reminder that the entire world of outward gifts is but a symbol of the inner arrangements of awareness. Each title names a distinct inner state: the audacity of an apostle is a fearless I AM who creates; the clarity of a prophet is a awakened attention; the teaching mind is the patient understanding that seeds action; miracles and healings are shifts in inner alignment; helps and governments express orderly cooperation; tongues and interpretations voice the varied expressions of inner speech. The questions 'Are all apostles?' etc. reveal the law of consciousness: you do not need every faculty to fulfill your function, for all is contained within a single divine order. Dwell in the realization that these gifts already belong to you as states of consciousness; your task is to assume the state you need and let it live through you.