Bitter Drink, Inner Clarity

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse reading: The wine and the strong drink are not about liquor; they are symbols for the appetites of your outer man. When you trust in such pleasures you awaken in a consciousness that tastes bitterness, for you have forgotten the I AM within. Neville teaches that you are not subject to the world but are the awareness that experiences it. The bitter taste appears when you insist on a story of lack and seek escape instead of returning to the I AM. The path is to assume a state of purity, integrity, and faithful worship in your imagination. If you imagine yourself already free from craving, the external scene loses its grip and the craving fades, because you are no longer feeding it. In this light, Isaiah's words invite you to separation from the old, intoxicating self and to dwell in the holy office of I AM, where all sensations are reinterpreted as signals of your inner state. Practice consistently, and the world will shift to reflect the inner adjustment.