Seeking Wisdom and Vanity

Neville's Inner Vision

I see the 'quest' as an inner movement of consciousness, not a march to some distant answer. The speaker is the I AM reading itself, and the world is a collection of inner dispositions that pretend to be 'out there.' When wisdom is pursued, the sore travail arises as the mind tests the boundaries of its own imagination. Yet the verdict still stands: much of life seems vanity because it is measured by changing appearances, not by present awareness. The line 'That which is crooked cannot be made straight' points to fixed beliefs and hardened judgments that resist revision until the inner state shifts. Likewise, 'that which is wanting cannot be numbered' reveals that lack is a condition of consciousness, not a shortage of external things. If you would truly alter your world, begin inside: assume the end you seek already belongs to you, revise every mental script to align with that truth, and feel it real as your own present experience. When you dwell there, the outer scene gradually conforms to the inner clarity you have chosen.