Milk to Meat: Inner Growth

Neville's Inner Vision

In this passage, milk and meat symbolize levels of consciousness rather than diet. The Corinthians speak from carnal, conditioned thoughts—seeing themselves as separate from God and clinging to familiar pictures of self. Paul’s remark about not bearing meat reveals inner readiness, or lack thereof. Neville Goddard would frame this as a call to the I AM, the steadfast awareness that never changes. When you claim spirituality, you are already in the truth; the mind merely projects growth slowly. True change arises not from forcing external conditions, but from assuming a higher state of consciousness—the state that can discern truth, unity, and divine order. The old milk serves to nurture until you revise who you claim to be. By dwelling in the assumption of the meat-bearing mind—the integrated, discerning self—you dissolve the carnal narrative. Hence, immaturity transforms into inner discernment as you continuously align with the I AM, until the “meat” of understanding becomes your natural experience.