Inner Wars, Outer Peace: James 4

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the wars you witness as a mirror of your own inner state. Lusts are not mere cravings in the flesh; they are images moving within consciousness, warring against your sense of wholeness. When you say, I want this, you are binding yourself to lack, for the desire is directed toward possession rather than unity. You do not receive, not because God withholds, but because your state is split—asking for self-satisfaction rather than alignment with the divine I AM. The remedy is to revise the state: assume you are already one with the I AM, and that every true desire flows from that unity to bless all. In that single consciousness there is no separation, therefore no conflict; the world follows the inner order you hold. Prayers become not petitions for a separate outcome but acts of alignment—an inner agreement that your purposes are true only as they serve the whole. When you dwell in that wholeness, the wars within cease, and your life reflects peaceful harmony.