Inner Mercy in Affliction

Neville's Inner Vision

The scene in Job is a revelation of inner weather, not outer circumstance. The afflicted state is a state of consciousness awaiting recognition by the I AM. When he says pity should be shewn by a friend, he points to the inner Source of compassion—your own awareness. The 'fear of the Almighty' is the belief in limitation; relying on others for mercy reinforces that fear. The line about friends dealing deceitfully like a brook shows how relying on external appearances mirrors an inner stream that dries when not fed by a stable consciousness. In Neville's method, you revise by assuming mercy and pity come from within, from the I AM that you are. Befriend the inner reality that mercy is your origin and the outer forms follow that inner trust. The law is simple: awaken to the truth of your own compassionate being, and deceitful appearances melt into transparency as your inner stream flows unceasingly.