Inward Inversion: Folly's Dignity

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 10:6 speaks of a strange reversal: folly sits in dignity while the rich sit in low place. In Neville’s language, the scene is not about people or fortunes, but about states of consciousness. Folly is exalted where the mind mistakes noise for worth, where attention is captured by outward signs and vain opinion. The rich taking a low seat reveals a consciousness that believes true value is external, conditional, and elusive. The remedy is simple and radical: assume the end of the matter now. Know that you are the I AM, the sovereign awareness that creates all appearances. Allow the inner conviction that you are already wealthy with the only true currency—awareness—so the outer world must reflect that inner order. As you revise this scene in imagination, you stop honoring folly and begin honoring certainty; you shift identity from "I am this status" to "I AM." The inversion dissolves as your attention returns to the only permanent treasure: consciousness.