From Imagination to Forward Life

Neville's Inner Vision

Let the verse read as a snapshot of a moment in consciousness. They did not hear the still, small voice within; they listened instead to the imagined counsel of their own restless heart. In Neville's terms, the 'they' is not others but states of awareness. To hear is to consent to the I AM, to align with the forward movement of consciousness. The 'counsels and imagination' are not external laws but interior pictures you have accepted as true. When you cling to those pictures, you retreat in your inner space, going backward rather than forward, because your sense of self is tethered to limitation. The remedy is a deliberate revision: assume the feeling of your highest forward state and refuse to identify with the fear-based picture. As you entertain a new inner story—one of harmony, success, and creative power—the outer circumstances begin to follow. Imagination is not escape; it is the very act by which you re-create your life. The moment you choose a new inner posture, the 'backward' movement dissolves into forward momentum, and you awaken to a life that reflects the shifted state.