Inner Discipline, Inner Fruit

Neville's Inner Vision

Chastening is not a verdict of punishment from an external power, but a tuning fork for your inner state. The friction you feel is the mind calling you back to alignment with the I AM—your true, unconditioned awareness. When you resist, you prolong the distress; when you yield and observe, you let the inner law reset your thoughts, feelings, and choices. Notice that the 'present' pain is simply the last breath of an old assumption about yourself. It groans, as it were, for a higher form of consciousness to inhabit it. If you persevere in the inner discipline, the moment you submit to the correction, the atmosphere shifts and you begin to embody the cohesive peace that accompanies righteousness. The 'peaceable fruit' is not present currency but a present alignment—clear decisions, healthier actions, harmonious relations—arising because you exercised the inward muscle of faith and imagination. So, treat chastening as a gift that reveals what you truly hold in mind; you are re-creating your life by the state you maintain in awareness.