Your Inner Witness of Holiness

Neville's Inner Vision

All of life rises out of your inner states, and Paul's claim is a confession of your own inner atmosphere. When you read, 'ye are witnesses, and God also,' hear it as: you, the I AM within you, are the witness to your own conduct, and God—the boundless awareness you call I AM—witnesses it too. 'Holily and justly and unblameably' are not outward rules but inner dispositions you cultivate by assumption. To behave thus among 'you that believe' is to hold yourself in a state where every thought, word, and gesture is aligned with integrity, regardless of circumstance. The 'among you' speaks to the screen of your inner circle—the imagined others who reflect your inner choices. When you dwell in such a state, you are not performing for others but impressing your own consciousness with the certainty that holiness is your natural condition. The practice is not to pretend but to acknowledge that your inner life is the cause, and the outer is the effect. By steady imaginative faith in your holiness, you alter the scene inside, and the outer becomes a faithful echo of that inner standing.