Inner Pleasure, Vanity Exposed

Neville's Inner Vision

I am the I AM within you, and the stanza shows a mind attempting to prove mirth by variety of pleasures. When you identify with the I AM, you see that the quest for surface delight is not evil but inadequate for the eternal self. The vanity spoken of is the result of mistaking temporary sensation for lasting joy. Pleasure, laughter, and merriment are windows—bright, brief, and useful when kept in service to the one life you are. The true treasure lies in the awareness that you are the consciousness that imagines your world. By resting in that awareness, the outer scenes lose their grip, and the mind stops needing constant entertainment to feel real. The 'what doeth it?' question becomes a gentle invitation to revise: not to condemn mirth but to place it under the sovereignty of the I AM. So, test not the world to prove yourself, but prove that you are the I AM, the source and director of all joy. When you do, vanity dissolves into the simplicity of divine knowing.