Inner Joy in Ecclesiastes

Neville's Inner Vision

Your life is not a search outside yourself but a rise in awareness. The lines say: commend mirth, for there is nothing better under the sun than to eat, to drink, and to be merry, and that the days of labor are gifts. When you apply your heart to know wisdom, you enter the inner activity that never sleeps—the scene inside your own consciousness. The ‘business done upon the earth’ is the play of thoughts in your mind; the restless night and day you see outside are your inner restlessness until you rest in the I AM. Providence is not distant; it is the guiding rhythm of your own awareness, giving you the days of life as you stand in the state of I AM. So, in practice, refuse to chase external conditions. Instead, assume the joy you desire as already real, and let wisdom reveal itself in the stillness of your chosen state. As you dwell there, your world mirrors that inner order and the days feel blessed.