Coveting in the Inner World

Neville's Inner Vision

Plainly the command is not a social injunction but a mirror for your consciousness. When you hunger for what another possesses, you announce to the I AM that you live in scarcity and separation, projecting an image of yourself apart from the whole. The verse invites you to withdraw the impulse to covet and to awaken that all you seek already resides within the unchanging awareness you are. Viewed thus, the law becomes a spiritual technique: your inner state is the true source of every outward sign. If you feel impoverished or envying, you have not changed the world; you have forgotten your oneness with the abundance that is your natural condition. The remedy is a revision of self: assume the feeling of already possessing what you desire, bless what you no longer lack, and allow the imagination to work through you. Dwell in the I AM, identifying with infinite presence rather than lack, and the outer world will reflect the conviction you hold. In this light, obedience is faithfulness to your inner reality, and the neighbor’s wealth becomes a symbol of the wealth you already dwell in.