The Inner Judgment of Pride

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this line, pride is not a charge against others but a state of consciousness that exalts the separate will. When I look at every proud thought and bring it low by the I AM, the so-called 'treading down' occurs within my awareness; the effect in the outer scene follows from my inner revision. The 'wicked in their place' becomes the old image of a self that must struggle; I release that image and awaken to the unity of all life in God. The act is not punishment but a correction of perception: I revise the self-concept until pride dissolves into humility as the natural state of being. If I dwell in the feeling of 'I AM' as all-encompassing presence and treat pride as a worn-out costume, the inner world reforms and the outer world reflects the new order: ease, dignity, and a kinder presence. This is the spiritual law: consciousness creates form, and humility is the form that consciousness assumes.