Comfort Within Oppression

Neville's Inner Vision

Ecclesiastes 4:1 speaks of tears and oppression as if they are cast by something outside the self. But in Neville’s quiet practice, the outer scene is only the mirror of an inner state. The ‘comforter’ absent from the verse is not a person; it is the awareness you have forgotten you are. The one who is oppressed is not a victim of circumstance alone, but a figure in need of a remembered I AM. When you identify with the I AM, you discover that power on the side of the oppressors is merely a misdirection of attention, an outer spotlight that can be turned inward. The moment you decide that you are attended by a steadfast presence—your own divine consciousness—you shift the entire field. The tears soften because you stop seeking comfort outside and begin to feel the comforter within. The verse thus becomes a map from fear to abiding presence: you do not solve oppression by changing others first, but by affirming and dwelling in your eternal, unassailable awareness.