Rest for Baruch Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your consciousness, Baruch's woe is not a fixed fate but a state of mind. The LORD here is the I AM within, the living awareness that furnishes being. When Baruch says, 'Woe is me,' he identifies with a story of lack, believing grief has increased his sorrow and that rest is withheld. The true reading is that the moment you hear that thought you are free to revise. The 'grief' is only the color you have chosen for the inner scene; 'rest' is not somewhere else but in the stillness of I AM. The Lord does not cause sorrow; He is the consciousness that can revise it. By assuming a new state—recognizing that I AM is the source of all restful being—you dissolve the distress. Baruch's lament becomes a turning point: you choose to dwell in the one real fact—the I AM—and the outer conditions align with your inner state. Endurance grows as you habitually return to that center rather than arguing with it.