Look Into The Perfect Law

Neville's Inner Vision

James 1:25 speaks to the inner governor of your life: the perfect law of liberty is a state of consciousness, not a set of rules. When you look into it with unwavering attention, you are not merely studying truth you hope to obey; you enter the very atmosphere in which freedom exists. To continue therein means you persist in that state until it becomes your ordinary way of seeing and acting. The 'forgetful hearer' is one who allows the outer noise of habit to erase the inner impression; the 'doer of the work' is the one who acts from the assumed reality already known in imagination. Your blessing comes as your deeds reflect the end you have already inhabited in mind. If doubt arises, return your focus to the inner law and revise your sense of self until you feel that liberty is your present circumstance. Assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled and dwell there long enough for it to color every choice, word, and gesture. In that quiet sovereign state, your life becomes the natural expression of liberty.