Stand By The Way Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe the inhabitant of Aroer standing by the way, not to condemn, but to witness the movements of consciousness. In Neville's sense, this is you, the I AM awake, surveying the thoughts that hurry to escape truth. The fleeing voices are not enemies but indicators of a shift in awareness; when you identify with them, you pretend there is something other than the living I AM here now. The question What is done becomes your invitation to look inward and notice that no outer act can alter the fact that you are present as awareness. The act of standing and espying is the discipline that brings your inner world into harmony: you observe without judgment, you allow the movement of thought, and you insist on your essential identity, the I AM, which remains unchanged while appearances rise and fall. When you hold to this awareness, the exile of fear or habit loses its charge and returns to consciousness as simply what was remembered, not what you are. Thus the verse becomes a practical rule: awaken to the I AM, and your world rearranges itself in accord with that truth.