Inner Authority and Quiet Power

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard style, all scripture is an expression of states of consciousness. When you read 1 Timothy 2:12, you are not looking at a social rule but at the inner posture you hold toward your own power. The command to refrain from teaching or from ruling over the man signals a moment when the mind would deny the oneness of consciousness by asserting external control. The feminine and masculine aspects within you are not enemies to be suppressed but energies to be balanced by the I AM that you are. To be in silence is not a denial of life but a space in which your creative I AM can listen, receive, and act without contraction. The outer form is just a hint of the inner law that authority flows from alignment with the I AM rather than from force or position. When you feel the urge to dominate another, imagine that you already are the I AM, a silent, radiant awareness governing the scene with steady compassion. In that inner quiet, your imagination becomes a safe instrument through which reality is formed, and true authority arises as receptivity.