Pathway from Knowledge to Charity

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 6 orders knowledge to join temperance; verse 7 adds patience to temperance and invites godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity. This is not a code of conduct but a state of consciousness you cultivate in the imagination. Knowledge is awareness—the I AM that perceives; temperance is the governance of that energy, aligning desire with the inner steadiness of your being. Patience is not waiting on something outside but the stillness that holds the observer while the inner movements settle. Godliness arises when attention is held to the divine nature within; brotherly kindness is the outward glow of that inner unity, a living care for others; charity is love extended without condition, the spontaneous fruit of a mind unified with its source. As you practice, revise your self-image to include these qualities already possessed. See the end from the beginning: you are temperate, patient, holy, benevolent, and charitable in your inner self; sooner or later the outer world will rearrange to reflect this truth. The method is to dwell in the feeling of the wish fulfilled until it becomes your lived reality.