The Inner Plumbline Of Truth

Neville's Inner Vision

Neville reads the scene as a metaphysical drama of inner standard-setting. The wall and a plumbline signify a fixed measure by which your inner state is evaluated. When the Lord asks, 'What seest thou?' and you answer, 'A plumbline,' you acknowledge a consciousness-defined law—the unchangeable I AM—by which every thought and feeling is weighed. The promise, 'I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel,' becomes the whisper that truth sets itself within you, displacing merely habitual reactions. The desolation of the high places and sanctuaries stands for the fading of beliefs, loyalties, and images that no longer reflect your true nature. The sword against Jeroboam is the inner clearing that cuts away false identifications, the old self being dissolved by the light of awareness. In Neville's psychology, you are not awaiting external events; you are awakening to the fact that you are the I AM, and your imagination is the instrument by which reality is formed. By deliberately aligning your inner state with that essential truth, you begin to witness outer conditions restructuring to match your faith.