Inner Wealth Beyond Idols

Neville's Inner Vision

Demetrius and his silver shrines are not merely a craft nor a marketplace; they are symbols of a state of consciousness that worships form, security, and reputation. In Neville's terms, the verse is a mirror of your inner workshop: the 'gain' you see in the outward world is the energy of a belief that life is sustained by what you can manufacture and sell. Diana stands for a precious idol—an image of power you trust outside yourself. As long as your attention is fixed on shrines, you are feeding aroused desire and fear of scarcity. But the moment you recognize that the inner I AM is the true artisan and supplier, the outer shrines lose their power. The silver is only aluminum in your vision; the real gold is awareness. When you revise your assumption and dwell in the I AM as the only reality, your external world shifts to reflect that inner wealth. The crowd's uproar is the reminder that collective belief follows individual belief; you start by changing your own belief and the city of your life aligns with it.