Inner Guidance in Present Distress

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the inner vision, this counsel is not a rule from without but a description of your inner weather. The virgins are states of consciousness—clear desire, unshaken faith, readiness. Paul speaks as one who has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful; his judgment arises from that merciful I AM within you, not from external law. The present distress is simply a moment inviting you to select a state. To stay as you are or to marry are not sins; both are opportunities to prove which state you are living from. If you marry, you do not sin; if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such outer arrangements often bring trouble in the flesh, reminding you to rely on the inner mercy rather than fear of loss. The true peace comes when you align with the inner I AM and imagine from that state. Then the outer scene will harmonize with your chosen inner fact. Your faith is not in outcomes but in the mercy sustaining you.