Pride's High Flight

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Job 39:18 the ostrich is not a bird but a state of consciousness that pretends to rise above power. The horse and rider symbolize outward force—what the world calls strength. When you ‘lift yourself up’ in fancy, you enter a mindset that scorns these symbols, denying their reality while making yourself look higher than all forms of control. Neville would tell you that the real power is the I AM that animates you; to identify with pride is to misplace your identity, to let appearances set value. The remedy is a quiet revision of the scene: acknowledge that power is and always flows through your awareness, and that the outward shows of strength are but instruments of your own inner life. By choosing to feel as if the wish fulfilled—knowing you are the I AM—you dissolve the separation between self and world. Pride, when rightly understood, becomes humility in action—an inner alignment that permits judgment to yield to compassionate discernment for yourself and others.