Inner Discipline for Unity

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your own mind, the Thessalonian counsel is not a command imposed on others but a revelation of your inner discipline. The 'man' who does not obey 'our word by this epistle' is the stubborn state you have identified as separate—the belief that runs contrary to your chosen state. To 'note' him is to bring mindful attention to that state and to withdraw companionship from it by not granting it the power of your consent or focus. The effect, not punishment, is to bring the disobedient state into the light where it may be ashamed, not in condemnation but in recognition of its falseness before the I AM you are. Yet you must not cast this aspect as an enemy; count it as a brother, a wayward part of you that deserves patient admonition and reintegration. The discipline preserves the unity of your inner house, allowing the new inner law to govern thought, feeling, and action. When you align with your true state—IMAGINED as the I AM—you restore harmony in your entire being, and the 'community' within you becomes inseparable from your liberty.