Humility Over Self-Wisdom

Neville's Inner Vision

The text presents a call to notice the inner posture that believes outer cleverness is supreme. In Neville's terms, 'wise in their own eyes' denotes a state of consciousness where the I AM, the eternal awareness, is overlooked in favor of ego-determined conclusions. When you cling to self-made wisdom, you cut yourself off from true discernment because you confine reality to personal opinion. The verse then becomes a gentle invitation: release that pseudo-wisdom and allow the inner light to speak through you. If you imagine yourself as the source of all wisdom, you will experience discord, for genuine discernment flows from the I AM, not from ego’s conclusions. Practice the shift by revising your identity from 'I know' to 'I AM.' In that still center, impressions no longer fight you; you perceive conditions as they are, through the clear light of consciousness, and choices align with a higher order. The woe thus becomes a nudge back to inner alignment and obedience to awareness.