Inner Reversal of Status

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold, the statement of Luke is not about outward ranks but about states of consciousness. The last and the first are inner dispositions, not persons. The Kingdom of God is the I AM you worship in quiet, and imagination is the instrument by which that Kingdom is made manifest. When you accept that you are last in your own eyes—short of money, status, achievement—you ignite a reversal: you now have permission to imagine yourself as first in the Order of God. The "first" are those who trust the unchanging I AM; the "last" are those who allow appearances to define them. Yet they are one in the same consciousness, shifting only as you revise your sense of identity. Thus, the reversal happens inwardly as you refuse to concede to limitation and tell yourself, 'I am the Kingdom here and now.' Until you feel the truth as real, all the world’s honors remain provisional; once you feel it, the outer first-last line dissolves and the Kingdom asserts its sovereign reign within you.