The Inner Lying Spirit Within

Neville's Inner Vision

All the scenes in this chapter are stages of your inner life. The 'lying spirit' is not a demon from outside but a state of consciousness that believes in limitation and drama—an imagined scenario your mind fabricates when fear, pride, or desire take the lead. The 'mouth of these thy prophets' represents the inner voices—memory, imagination, and motive—that speak from your current state of being. The Lord’s command to entice represents the natural, even necessary, dynamics of consciousness when you live by appearances. Allowing the lie to speak shows you the consequences of agreeing with a belief that you are separate from the I AM. Yet the text also reveals power: the moment you attend to your true I AM—the awareness that you are creator—these voices lose authority, and the scene shifts. By choosing a higher assumption— that you are guided, whole, and in tune with divine wisdom—your world reorganizes to reflect that truth. The so-called evil dissolves as you refuse to identify with deception and begin to live from certainty within.