The Magnified Man Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this chapter, 'man' is not a distant person but a state of consciousness that God—your I AM—magnifies by attention. When it asks, 'What is man that thou shouldest magnify him?', the question invites you to notice how you dwell in a scene until it colors your world. 'Thou shouldest set thine heart upon him' points to fixing your mental gaze on a desired state until it becomes your center. 'Visit him every morning, and try him every moment' expresses the daily, continuous testing of the assumption you wake with. God’s presence is not apart from you but the very movement of awareness evaluating the state you have chosen to inhabit. If you wake feeling lack, you have not yet completed the act of assumption. Revisit the image, deepen the feeling of the wish fulfilled, and allow the old picture to dissolve. Practice until your days are guided by the certainty of your own I AM presence, for that is how Providence becomes your visible world.