Inner Riches Beyond Gold

Neville's Inner Vision

To read Ecclesiastes as Neville would is to hear the whisper of your own consciousness. The man gathering servants, silver, gold, and choirs is merely the ego fashioning an outer image to prove it exists. But in truth, wealth is not something you acquire; it is the state you assume. The I AM that perceives is the source of all riches, and Jerusalem’s great stores mirror the richness you already carry in awareness. When you identify with the inner self as the arbiter of value, the 'great possessions' become vivid experiences within you—security, joy, appreciation, and harmonious living—each a note in your inner music. The singers and delights signify the alignment of perception with life’s pleasures that come not from others’ applause but from your own inner consent. The verse invites you to see that happiness rests not in externals but in the choice to inhabit the consciousness of abundance. Revise the scene in imagination until you feel the treasury within and realize that you are the wealth that matters.