End Strife Within

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner economy of the soul, the greater by which men swear is not another person but the higher I AM within you. When you fix your attention on that level, you act as if the dispute has already found its end in consciousness, and the outer world must reflect that state. The oath becomes a deliberate act of imagination: you affirm the finish you desire and persist in the feeling until peace becomes your native mood. The outer argument does not win by concession from another; it dissolves because your inner picture has shifted. Time yields to the soul that accepts a finished feeling now. The end of strife is therefore not a future milestone but a remembered state you choose to inhabit again and again until it becomes your natural mode. To swear by the greater is to empower your true self to govern the moment.