Oppression, Gifts, and Inner Wisdom

Neville's Inner Vision

Oppression is not an external punishment but a signal arising from your state of consciousness. The wise man is challenged by the pressure of circumstance, and a gift can corrupt the heart when it’s pursued as a substitute for inner security. The remedy lies in recognizing that you are not the condition, but the I AM behind all conditions. Begin by adopting a new state: you are the unwavering awareness, the calm observer who remains intact regardless of appearances. Feel the reality of that state until it saturates your being—then revise the scene in imagination so that oppression and gifts no longer disturb you. See the world bending to your inner sovereignty, not by fighting it, but by dwelling as the awareness that cannot be moved. In this light, the wise man remains wise because inner power governs perception and action, not the coercive air of the outer moment. Your inner state is the cause; the outer scene is its effect, and you may renew it at will through imagination and steadfast assumption.