The Inner Pattern of Wrong

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the verse presents a king who acts evil in the Lord’s sight, not as a distant moral failure, but as a static state of mind that repeats itself. In Neville’s terms, the 'father' is the earlier state of consciousness, and the 'evil' is the expression of a belief you have accepted as true. The crucial insight is that only by changing the inner assumption can the outward scene transform. The law of consciousness says: I AM awareness creates images; if you keep identifying with the old ruler, you keep reenacting the same scene. Therefore, imagine a new ruler—your true self—who obeys a higher inner law, the I AM that is holiness and separation from former patterns. As you dwell in that inner state, you do not struggle with the past; you revise it by feeling it real that you are now governed by wisdom, love, and wholeness. When the inner king aligns with the divine I AM, the outer life follows suit, and the 'evil' pattern dissolves into a fresh order of peace and accountability.