Inner Reversal of Wealth

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s sense, the line is not about external ruin alone but about a shift of consciousness. The 'delicate feeding' and the 'scarlet embrace' are inner states—habits of perceived abundance and the allure of status. When a person identifies with those outer conditions, the moment they fade, desolation follows because the self has anchored in form rather than the I AM that sustains all. The reversal demonstrates that wealth and pride are train of thought, not fixed realities. True security is the I AM within, the awareness that perpetually nourishes without need for applause or street-side honors. As you shift to the inner surety of being supplied, the outward signs no longer dictate your sense of value; you realize the desolation was a misalignment of consciousness, not a cosmic denial. The verse invites you to revise from dependence on appearances to the enduring bounty of inner awareness, transforming lack into vivid, lived abundance through disciplined imagination and faith.