Gradual Inner Conquest

Neville's Inner Vision

See the verse as a map of your inner terrain. The 'nations' are stubborn formations of belief - habits, fears, and the stubborn self-image you call your life. God, the I AM within, does not force the mind with brute conquest; He simply withdraws the old picture little by little, lest the beasts of the field panic, impatience, and over-rapid craving multiply when you rush. In Neville's practice, you must settle into the end you desire and permit your consciousness to loosen its grip slowly. Each moment you refuse to re-energize the old image, a new possibility rises and feels more real. The outer conditions then rearrange in proportion to the revised inner state. The delay is not a punishment but a method by which awareness expands so you do not overwhelm yourself with too much reality at once. Trust the process; know your I AM is already the conqueror of every 'nation' within and without, appearing as a sequence of smaller victories until the land is fully claimed in consciousness.