The Inner Fast Revealed

Neville's Inner Vision

Look at the verse as a doorway into your inner life. The fast God chooses is not a day of abstaining from food or a cover of sackcloth, but the moment you align your consciousness with the I AM and release the belief in separation. When you witness yourself as one with all life, the question 'Is this a fast?' dissolves into an inner act of mercy and justice. The inner movement begins as you imagine being the I AM in every person, and you revise from condemnation to compassion. The body's ritual becomes irrelevant once your inner state reverberates with holiness; your choices spring from a feeling of unity, and your words, deeds, and thoughts reflect that light. Imagination becomes the instrument by which you convert ritual into reality: you do not force the world to change, you awaken to the truth that your awareness creates the world you see. So fast not to control the body, but to surrender to the divine disposition within you, and watch your outer life reflect the mercy you have already embraced in your own soul.