Inner Reward and Righteousness

Neville's Inner Vision

I read this as a lesson in inner law rather than outer judgment. The 'Lord' is the I AM within you, the steady governor who rewards not with punishment but by reflecting your state of consciousness back as circumstance. To say, 'I have kept the ways of the Lord' is to acknowledge that your inner life has been aligned with a singular standard of truth, and that standard is the statute by which you live. When your judgments are before you, you are not observing a punitive code; you are maintaining mental clarity, order, and integrity as guiding principles. To depart from them would be to fracture the sense of self that holds you upright; to stay with them is to inhabit a state of inner cleanliness. The recompense then becomes the natural expression of that inner discipline—a life whose events feel orderly, trustworthy, and true to the inner law you have chosen. In this light, righteousness is not a past feat but a present state of awareness you continually cultivate.