Inner Righteousness Negotiation

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the city is not a place but a state of consciousness. The figure Abraham stands at the edge of your awareness, speaking not to a distant God but to your own I AM. The question, 'Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?' becomes the inner question: can you permit the light you call righteous to remain while the noise of error passes? The fifty righteous are not people you count; they are states of integrity, compassion, and disciplined thought aligned with truth. When the response comes—'If I find fifty righteous within the city, I will spare it for their sakes'—you hear that mercy and justice are not opponents but partners within the same law. Judgment is the inner verdict of your mind; it can be revised by steadiness of awareness. Providence shows up as inner alignment: as you maintain the feeling that the righteous are present, the inner city is spared, and your outer experience follows.