Inner Leadership and Obedience

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this verse, the 'rule over you' is not a person but a state of consciousness that governs your thoughts and choices. The 'they watch for your souls' are the inner authorities—your higher mind, your ideal self—ever attentive to the movements of your inner life. When you submit, you consent to being governed by those forms of awareness that keep you true to your goal, not by fear or habit. The 'account' they must give is the natural law of consciousness: you reap what you imagine. Joy comes when your inner governor can rule with love, clarity, and certainty; grief arises when you resist, argue, or doubt, letting your old stories fester. So the instruction becomes practical: cultivate a devotion to your inner governor, and imagine that you are already operating from that higher state. In Neville's terms, obedience is not subservience to a distant boss but a willing alignment with the I AM within, through which you create a life that reflects your truest self.