Inner Covenant Over Worldly Affection

Neville's Inner Vision

James speaks to a state of consciousness; to be a friend of the world is to misidentify with the senses and external conditions. When you confuse the world’s favors with reality, you set your I AM against itself and feel distant from God. Yet God is the I AM that dwells as awareness within you, and your life flows from imagination. Adultery here signifies any loyalty that splits you from your true self—your unity with the Source. The remedy is inner revision: assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, that you are already one with God, the Lord of your life. Observe your thoughts as tides within consciousness, and refuse to empower appearances. Imagine from the end—see yourself already complete, expressing this world as its divine idea. Persist in the undeniable sense of unity, and the enmity dissolves as your inner state aligns with divine order.