The Idols You Worship Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM lens, the man who makes gods unto himself is a state of consciousness persuaded by appearances. The gods he projects are not beings in a separate realm; they are the stubborn images his imagination has fed until they seem to stand outside him. When the verse says the gods are not gods, it invites you to wake from the illusion that power comes from outward figures, persons, or conditions. The inner I AM remains untouched by such projections; it is the living awareness that simply observes them. The command is not to denounce the world but to revise the belief that power rests in idols. You create the scene, you sustain the belief, and you withdraw the energy when you no longer identify with it. Therefore, return your allegiance to the creator within: the I AM that, by imaginative act, calls forth every appearance. In short, the idols crumble when you recognize they are your own mental images, and the true God—the I AM—shines as the only real power behind every form you experience.