Inner River of Peace

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine that the Lord is the I AM within you, not a distant ruler, and His promise of peace is your present condition. Peace is not a future payoff but a river that flows when you behold it with awareness. The 'glory of the Gentiles' are the scattered parts of your own being—thoughts, impulses, talents—that long to be united with the river. As you dwell in awareness, that river rises and carries you, and 'you shall suck' and be carried, as if on her sides, nourished and dandled by the peace you have claimed. This is the inner kingdom: Gentile nations become one with your present awareness, their variety becoming harmony. The key is to assume the feeling of that state now, to treat peace as your natural habitat, not a future forecast. When you identify with I AM as the living center of yourself, you will see all 'peoples'—all aspects—flow into your awareness and you will know the fullness of the kingdom here and now.