Love as Inner Constraint

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the 'love of Christ' is not a distant sentiment but the very state of awareness you now inhabit. When you say it constrains you, you are affirming that your inner world is summoned to align with a truth already present in the I AM. 'If one died for all, then were all dead' becomes not a historical footnote but a revelation of your inner life: the old self, the old perspective, the old sense of separation have already died in light of that love. In Neville's terms, Christ stands as your higher self—the universal I AM—before whom every lesser thought is rendered inert. The constraint is a gentle discipline of attention: you choose to dwell in the conviction that your thoughts, feelings, and choices are the living expression of that love in action. The inner judgment becomes clear sight: by acknowledging that all are dead to the old claims, you revive to a new actuality where you and the divine are one. The outward world then follows as the natural manifesting of this inner state.