Goads and Nails Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember, the words of the wise are not out there on a shelf; they are the movements of your own consciousness. They come as goads, stirring you from sleep into the bright immediate reality of I AM. Each suggested principle—prudence, truth, obedience—acts to prod you into a clearer seeing of what you are choosing to identify with. And the nails fastened by the masters of assemblies are the habitual beliefs hammered into your inner room by the many voices you have learned to trust. They seem solid, but they are simply collective agreements your mind has consented to accept. They are given from one shepherd—the calling of unity, your own single, all-embracing awareness. When you perceive that the goads and the nails derive from your own state, you can revise them by shifting your state of consciousness. Reinstate the inner ruler, the I AM, as the authoritative source. Let the old social nails fall away as you anchor new truths in the living present of awareness.