From Forsaken to Eternal Excellency

Neville's Inner Vision

To the aware man, the forsaken state is only a belief in a time-bound self. God says: I will make thee an eternal excellency; that I AM within you does not pass through you like a visitor, it animates your very sense of being. When you observe yourself as the I AM, the one who perceives, all conditions in the outer world rearrange to reflect the inner magnificence you now assume. The verse means that your inner rejection is dissolved by a single act: the conviction that you are now the eternal excellency, a joy of generations. No man goes through thee; you stop looking out to see if you are approved by others, and begin feeling your own radiance. As you dwell in this inner image, imagination working through feeling, you release the old sense of abandonment and step into a continual, joyous identity. Your future is not measured by others' passage through you, but by your consistent assumption that your life is already blessed and enduring.