Mercy for the Afflicted

Neville's Inner Vision

To my mind, the afflicted are not a person but a state of consciousness within you. When you feel pressure, the natural response of mercy from a friend becomes a mirror of your own interior condition. If you are identified with suffering, you forget the Almighty's presence within; you forsake the fear of the One whom you ARE. The pity offered from without is but the outward sign of an inward mercy you have not claimed. The remedy is simple: assume the state that pity would flow from you now. Enter the I AM as your consciousness and revise your scene until mercy overflows, not as an action you seek, but as the living reality you affirm. When you imagine yourself as the merciful presence—still, calm, and aware—you dissolve the sense of separation and realize that all beings reflect your inner state. In that alignment, the fear of the Almighty returns as reverent awe of your own divine nature, and pity ceases to be a rare gift and becomes your permanent mode of being.