Loving Beyond Belief

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the Lord speaks as the I AM, directing you to go on loving the image that life presents, even when it seems unfaithful. The woman stands for your outward self, the parts that crave other gods—desires, habits, and stories that pretend to own your happiness—even flagons of wine. Yet the command to love is not approval of imperfection, but a recognition that the entire scene is born of your one consciousness and therefore worthy of your steadfast affection. To 'go yet, love' is to persist in the practice of assuming the truth of unity, until the sense of division dissolves. When you hold that your dreams, memories, and temptations are expressions of the I AM, you reveal the covenant loyalty at the heart of your being. The supposed adulteress is a mirror teaching you to return to the one lover—the sole I AM that dwells in all. By loving the whole field of experience as your own divine image, you awaken the memory that separation is only a mental image, and oneness is your natural state.