Inner Belief, Outer Change

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that belief here is not a mere assent to a proposition but an inner turning of the mind toward the I AM that is God within you. The 'people of Nineveh' are a collective image of your own city of consciousness, where all ranks—greatest to least—are summoned to hear the truth that God is present now. When they believed, they proclaimed a fast and clothed themselves in sackcloth; these are symbolic acts in your practice: 'fast' from entrenched fears and self-will; 'sackcloth' is humility and the stripped conditions of mind that allow a new impression to enter. The appearance of repentance is the outer effect of a deep inner alignment; once you acknowledge the reality of God within, changes in behavior follow as the natural expression of your inward conviction. Therefore faith is not external proof but the assumption that the I AM is present here and now, and that your life is being governed by that awareness. The moment you accept this, you will observe the city of your life responding with new patterns, cooperation, and peace.