One Law for Stranger and Native

Neville's Inner Vision

See the law not as a list outside you, but as a pattern in consciousness. The verse declares there shall be one manner of law for the stranger and for the native because I AM the LORD your God within. In your inner theatre, the 'stranger' is every part of you you have treated as other—habit, fear, impulse, or memory—while 'your own country' is the familiar identity you imagine you are. To accept one law is to acknowledge that the same standard of perception governs every facet of consciousness. When you stop distinguishing between inner others and yourself, you discover that the divine statute operates uniformly: accept, forgive, attend to your inner state with the same mercy you would extend to a friend. This is righteousness not forever outward, but a unity of mind that harmonizes every impulse and circumstance. Practice it, and your life becomes a visible testimony to the truth that God is the I AM within, and that you are the law in action.