Gaped Upon: Inner Endurance

Neville's Inner Vision

Job's cry of wounding rumor is not a historical assault but the inner verdicts your mind dishes out under the sway of fear. The gaping mouths, the slaps on the cheek, the crowding against you are inner dispositions masquerading as external enemies. In Neville's terms, you are not at the mercy of men; you are the I AM, the awareness that can reform any image by merely assuming a new state. When you recognize that these reproachful voices arise from a past you still identify with, you may refuse to defend against them and instead refresh your inner scene. Stand in the state of the person you wish to be—unshaken, favored, and free—and let that feeling radiate through the whole body. By the power of imagination you alter the character of the world; what confronts you begins to rearrange itself into a scene of grace.