Inner Estate of Wisdom

Neville's Inner Vision

I interpret 'mine own heart' as the I AM within you, the enduring awareness that never leaves a moment. A 'great estate' is not a throne in Jerusalem but a vast, quiet terrain of consciousness you may assume. When the speaker says he has 'gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me,' it is your own interior adjustment: you can outgrow old beliefs by choosing a new state and dwelling therein. 'Jerusalem' in your life becomes the city of appearances; the inner Jerusalem is the present sense of I AM right here and now. 'My heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge' is the evidence your inner life has accumulated; the more you live in a certain truth, the more your experience conforms to it. You are not chasing wisdom you already possess; you are becoming aware of the state that was there all along. The practical meaning is to place your awareness in the estate of wisdom and observe how the outer world aligns with that state as a natural expression of your inner certainty.