Inner Deaconship Light

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the consciousness lens, these verses describe states of being rather than external badges. Grave indicates a reverent inner posture, the quiet I AM that does not rush its own truth but waits in stillness. Not doubletongued means your inner knowing and your spoken word are one, a unity your outer life cannot contradict. Not given to much wine points to refusing all inner kingdoms that would loosen the will, while not greedy of filthy lucre guards the mind from serving for money or reputation. Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience is not a secret to hide but a living faith held in spiritual clarity, unmixed with fear or compromise. Before any outward office, you are to be proved in consciousness, to see that your inner standard matches your outward service. When you conform, you are found blameless because the outer action mirrors the inner state you have already embraced. The office then arises from the state you choose to be, not the other way around.