Cornelius: Inner Devotion

Neville's Inner Vision

Cornelius is not a distant Gentile to be converted but a state of consciousness awakening within you. The centurion, a man of order and command, stands for a disciplined mind kept steady in the I AM. His house that fears God with all its inhabitants sketches an inner world in which reverence for the divine presence governs every thought and feeling. The abundant almsgiving you read as 'much alms' becomes the generous outflow of your attention—blessing others in imagination, nourishing the sense that you share your wealth of awareness. Prayer without ceasing is not petition of a distant deity, but a daily residence in God-consciousness—habit of remaining awake to the I AM. To fear God, in Neville’s sense, is not fear but reverent awareness of the one Principle at work in all. The Italian band’s order reflects disciplined attention seeking alignment with truth. When you inhabit Cornelius, you are choosing to live as prayer, generosity, and devotion—and the moment you assume this state, you begin to move toward the larger invitation God calls you to receive: the next level of your own inner life.