Inner Purity and the Worm

Neville's Inner Vision

Seen through the Neville lens, these lines reveal not an external verdict upon a person but a movement within consciousness. 'Man' and 'the worm' symbolize the narrow sense of self that believes it is distant from the I AM. The moon and stars, bright to the eye, are not pure in the divine sight because purity is not measured by outward brightness but by alignment with the real you, the awareness that never changes. The verse asks how one can be justified; I would say justification is already present when you dwell in the I AM, the living idea of God. The insistence on impurity points to the moment you confuse yourself with the ego's image of imperfection. By turning attention from the fleshly image to the eternal presence, you become clean by recognizing your true nature. The path is not moral striving, but a shift of state—assume and feel that you are already in right relationship with God, and the worm-thought dissolves as the light of you awakens.