Charity Edifies Knowledge Within

Neville's Inner Vision

From Neville's perspective, 'knowledge' is a state of consciousness that idols form when the self believes it stands apart from God. The true God is the I AM, the living awareness behind every thought. When you claim you know something, you are simply nursing a puffed-up sense of separateness; such knowing does not yet reach the fullness of being, for it is not united with love. The instruction of Paul is not a denial of learning but a correction: the moment I think I know, I should recall that real knowing is edified by charity, by the act of loving and serving. Therefore, true knowledge arises when my inner state is governed by the consciousness that I AM and that all beings are expressions of that one Life. If I think I know anything, I must let go of the assertion and allow the quiet unity to emerge, because love builds where pride would separate. Practically, I can revise by assuming I do not know; by feeling that my awareness is loving, and by letting that love edify the situation rather than my limited conclusions.