Consolation Through Inner Unity

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine you are aware as the I AM that all that is said of Paul's experience is speaking to your own inner state. The coming of Titus is not the sole source of comfort; the inner movement—the consolation that your consciousness generates in response to the community—also plays. When you hear of earnest desire, mourning, and fervent mind toward you, you are being told that these inner dispositions are already within you, ready to be acknowledged. Your imagination, when watched by the I AM, creates a web of love that others feel as consolation. Therefore, the joy Paul feels is the natural result of your inner unity with the whole church, not a transient mood. By assuming that others hold you in truth and warmth, you revise lack into abundance. The key is to recognize that states of consciousness precede events; you can feel the comfort of community now by acknowledging and embracing the mutual affection as a present fact in your own awareness. As you dwell there, your external relationships reflect that inner alignment, and rejoicing multiplies.