Inner Wisdom, Quiet Grief

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the verse as a map of your inner states. In Neville's language, wisdom is not a fortune to be gained in the outer world, but a state of consciousness you inhabit. When you identify with the mind that knows more, you awaken to more appearances of sorrow, for you are multiplying the spectacles of life you watch from the seat of awareness. Yet the I AM, your true self, is never touched by the content of knowledge; it simply is the witness. The apparent increase of sorrow comes from treating understanding as a problem to be solved by time and effort. Reframe it: the more you exercise discernment, the more you realize you are not the thinker but the one who thinks. By assuming the end you desire: peace, unity, and mastery over your inner weather, you feel that peace already, and the sorrow loosens its grip. Knowledge becomes a tool of the soul, not a trap of the ego. You live from the inner state of I AM, and the outer world aligns to reflect that truth.