Vanity Turns to Inner Vision

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this verse, the Preacher is not a distant critic but your own changing state of consciousness naming its own restlessness. 'Vanity of vanities' arises when you identify with fleeting appearances, the mind's need to fix and own what passes. The true answer is not to deny the world, but to awaken to the I AM—the unchanging king in Jerusalem of your inner kingdom. When you hear 'all is vanity,' notice who is listening: your awareness that believes in lack because it measures life by form. By assuming a new state—'I am the I AM, the everlasting presence here and now'—you revise the perception until it feels real. As you dwell in that awareness, the sense of impermanence loses its grip and becomes a signal to turn inward, not a verdict on your worth. The outer scene adjusts to the inner alignment; vanity dissolves as you claim the interior sovereignty of consciousness. You realize that the Preacher spoke to your heart’s king, inviting steady faith in a reality that never changes: you are I AM.