Touching the Child Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner drama is this moment: the scene of Jesus receiving infants is the I AM accepting your own childlike self. Infants symbolize your capacity to be touched by grace, ready to be led by awareness rather than by fear. The disciples’ rebuke is the ego clinging to control, the belief that blessing must be earned. Jesus’ invitation—let the little children come unto me—speaks to a law within you: the I AM draws near through humility and receptivity. The kingdom of God is not a future conquest but a present state of consciousness where you are welcomed exactly as you are. When you awaken to this, your imagination becomes the instrument by which reality is shaped; your feeling supports the truth you assume. If you dwell in the felt sense of being embraced by the I AM, you will experience grace as now and grace as constant. Practice: rest in the assumption that you are the beloved child of God, and feel the heart-opening warmth of that acceptance.