If Your Soul Were Mine: Inner Dialogue

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the scene is not about external dispute but about inner states. The voices that blame and contest are but thoughts in your own mind, a reflection of pride and need for control. When Job says, 'if your soul were in my soul's stead,' he is inviting you to recognize that every argument is but a movement of consciousness trying to prove itself right. In Neville’s terms, the I AM within you is the judge and witness of all words; identify with that eternal Presence rather than with the surface persona that hurls accusations. If you cling to self-importance, you will heap up words against others and shake your head in derision; yet the moment you assume the end-state—that you already know the unity of all life—the urge to argue dissolves. You become the observer who notices the emotional currents behind the words, and you respond not with vanity but with compassionate clarity. The inner drama reveals your own need to be seen as right. By revising the premise, you awaken a reality where love, not rhetoric, governs your experience.