Devotion Without Care

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville's landscape, this verse reveals a shift from outer circumstance to inner state. The 'unmarried' is not a condition of life but a condition of awareness—a mind free of the anxiety that often accompanies appearances. To be 'without carefulness' is to rest in the I AM, the consciousness that already knows the fulfillment of the desired end. 'The things that belong to the Lord' are not outward duties but inner faculties—faith, obedience, love, and patience—that belong to God and which you attend to with affection and imagination. When you 'care for' them, you are tending to your spiritual garden; you are not chasing external results, you are allowing your inner alignment to express as events. The command to 'please the Lord' becomes a personal invitation to imagine yourself as already pleasing Him: see yourself living from that end, feel the assurance, and let the body, relationships, and work follow suit. In practice, the mind rehearses the truth of your unity with God, and the world aligns with that inner truth. Thus, what seemed separate becomes a single, felt reality—the I AM at the center radiates outward in all you do.