Inner Circles of Life

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville vantage, this chapter asks you to see life as a field of inner states, not a parade of persons. When it says 'the second child shall stand up in his stead,' it signals a shift of consciousness—a second state arising to take the place of an old belief. The line 'there is no end of all the people' reveals that outward drama repeats, yet repetition mirrors your inner climate, not a final verdict. Vanity and vexation of spirit arise when you mistake moving pictures for life itself; you are not defeated by succession, you are invited to revise your inner assumption. The timeless I AM within you can become the standing one by simply assuming a new state and feeling it real. If you greet the second self as already present, you release the need for endings and let a stable consciousness govern experience. Imaginatively practice this: close your eyes, declare 'I am the I AM,' invite a second self to stand in, and feel that state fully until it becomes your habitual response.