Inner Bishop State

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner bishop is your state of consciousness. Blamelessness is the stable condition of awareness unmoved by fault or fear. The husband of one wife becomes the unity of your inner faculties around the sole I AM within you. Vigilant and sober are the steady watch and calm temperament of mind—watch thoughts, choose the higher pattern, and keep your emotional house in order. Hospitality here is the inward hospitality of inviting every impression to sit within your consciousness without becoming its servant. Apt to teach is the natural ability of this state to instruct you through inner revelation, turning awareness into clear action. The prohibition against wine, striking, or greed points to ruling your sensual, aggressive, and acquisitive tendencies by the one inner principle you serve. The whole picture is patience, non-violence, and contentment, radiating as your daily conduct.