The Inner Wealth Of Job

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider Job's substance as a symbol of a fertile inner life. The seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred asses, and a great household point to a mind that trusts plenitude, not lack. In Neville's terms, the wealth described is not a collection of possessions but the outpouring of a single conviction: I AM the source of all supply, and my awareness is abundance. The phrase 'greatest of all the men of the east' indicates a state of consciousness that dominates the inner geography—the east as the inward direction of light within. To read this today, you must see that external riches are but the form that inner realization takes when believed as real. If you want to imitate Job, re-create in imagination the mood of complete sufficiency: imagine you already possess everything you require. Feel the security, uplift, and ease that comes from a mind that has nothing to fear. When you live in that state, the outward symbols will follow as shadows of the inner reality.