Inner Equality of Death

Neville's Inner Vision

Shall any teach God knowledge? I read this as a reminder that God is the I AM within, the consciousness behind every appearance. Those 'high' in the world—rich, strong, at ease—are merely states of consciousness, not proofs of a separate reality. Yet Job shows that both the one in full strength and the one tormented by bitterness end alike in dust, indicating that outer circumstances cannot alter the inner law of life. The real teaching is that the I AM cannot be instructed by external conditions; it is the perceiver and the judge of all states. If I seek knowledge outside my own awareness, I deny the I AM; if I acknowledge myself as the source of all I perceive, the distinctions between ease and pain melt away. The dust and the worms symbolize forgotten ideas; when I remember I AM, inner shifts precede any change in form, and outward life rearranges to reflect that renewed consciousness rather than prior status.