Dissolving the Inner Gulf

Neville's Inner Vision

In this Luke passage, the two figures are not distant persons but rival states of consciousness. The ‘good things’ you chase in life and the ‘evil things’ you endure are pictures your mind has accepted as true about who you are. Lazarus represents the neglected inner life—the tenderness, the need, the quiet awareness awaiting recognition. The rich man embodies a habit of thought that life is external and separate from you, now tormented by its stubborn insistence. Between these states lies a great gulf fixed by memory, habit, and verdict, a line you drew in belief that cannot be crossed by mere wishing. Neville’s method calls you to revise from the I AM: to assume that you already possess the abundance you seek and to feel it as your present reality. Dwell in that assumption until the old fear loses its hold. When you make this inner shift, the gulf does not dissolve by force but by the renewal of your self-knowledge. Then the outer world re-aligns with your inner truth, and you live as the unshakable awareness of God in expression.