Inner Abundance, Not Indulgence

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the language of the prophet reveals a state of consciousness that seeks relief in externals: fetch wine, fill yourselves with strong drink, and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. In Neville’s terms, that 'they' are a recurring mental posture—the belief that happiness and abundance depend on some future outward event. To the I AM within you, such a posture is a dream of limitation, a habit of postponing fulfillment until some bottle, some day, or some promise arrives. The truth is that the kingdom abides within, and the imagination you use now is the very force that fashions the next moment. When you identify with the impulse to 'fetch' (to obtain through expectation of the external), you consent to a self that remains dependent on conditions. The reversal is simple and radical: revise the scene by assuming abundance here and now. Say, I am filled with the wine of inner presence; my tomorrow mirrors this certainty because I am the creator. By feeling the wished-for state as present, you dissolve the need for outer indulgence and awaken to the constant sufficiency of the I AM.