Unchanging God, Fading World

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the line through the inward eye: the Lord is the I AM within you, the steadfast awareness that does not rise or fall with a sunrise. The earth and the heavens are the dream-work of your attention—outward forms that appear and pass. They shall perish, but Thou remainest. This is a translation from outer things to inner constancy: when you identify with changing conditions, you wear a garment that ages. When you revise your sense of self to the unchanging Presence—the I AM—the textile of your world begins to shift to reflect that truth. The image of folding up the vesture invites you to suspend belief in change and to rest in the eternal. Your years shall not fail because you are not the worn garment but the discerner who perceives it. Dwelling in that self-knowledge, the world becomes a workable dream, pliable to your inner decree. The moment you feel this as real now, you disarm time and receive a new order that endures.