Own Your Inner Kingdom

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine that every name—Paul, Apollos, Cephas—or even the world, life, or death, is not outside you but a mode of your own consciousness. The text invites you to stop glorifying men and to awaken to the truth that all things are yours because you are the I AM that precedes and unites all identities. In Neville’s sense, the kingdom of God is a state of awareness, not a place; the presence of God is your constant sense 'I am,' the feeling that you own every circumstance and that nothing exists apart from your inner decision. When you affirm 'ye are Christ's and Christ is God's,' you acknowledge the one self you are—the self that contains Paul, Apollos, the world, and future possibilities as expressions within the same infinite consciousness. Hence trust and grace are not external favors but the way your mind accepts its unity with the divine. Your faith is trust in this self-ownership, which dissolves fear and makes every experience a fragment of your own life-story.