Ceasing from Man, Awakening Trust

Neville's Inner Vision

Cease ye from man is not a rebuke to people, but a summons to shift your awareness. In Neville's idiom, the man you lean on is a state of consciousness—the belief that security comes from outer voices, titles, or favors. The breath in his nostrils signals life, yet that life is not his own in separation; it is the flow of the divine I AM through every form. To account a man as reliable is to mistake the source of your next move. When you observe a decision or a need, you are being invited to withdraw identification with the external agent and return your attention to the inner ruler—your own I AM. In that inner court, Providence becomes your neighbor and guide; plans unfold as you entertain the assumption that you are led and provided for by God within you. The outer scene may not change immediately, but your inner state shifts, and with it, the bearings of events.