Righteous Peace Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Take the verse as a description of your inner life. The work of righteousness is the ongoing alignment of your consciousness with the I AM that you are. When this alignment occurs, peace becomes the atmosphere of mind, and the quiet confidence described in the text flows through every cell. The 'effect of righteousness' is the felt stability that remains unshaken by outward wind; 'forever' is not a future date but the timeless now where you stand in awareness. The 'peaceable habitation' is the inner dwelling you enter by assuming the truth of your oneness with God, a sanctuary of stillness in which you rest. The outer world may hail or roar, but the city’s being low in a low place speaks of humility of form, not diminishment of your being. If storms arise, observe them from the vantage of your I AM, not from a reactive personality. Your life will reflect the inner state you maintain; cultivate the feeling of already occupying that peace and notice how otherwise discord yields to order.