Worldly Cares Choke the Word

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, the parable is not about soil but about your mind. The thorny ground represents a consciousness distracted by the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things. When such thoughts grip the attention, the word cannot take root, for your awareness is crowded with fear, desire, and preoccupation. Remember that in this teaching God is the I AM, the steadfast awareness that witnesses experience. The world’s events are inner movements of belief. As you give your attention to outward troubles, you choke the seed; as you cling to possessions as security, you starve the living reality of abundance. To change the fruit, you must revise your inner state: claim the truth of fullness, not lack; rest your mind in I AM, and imagine the word thriving in your garden of consciousness. The seed grows not by effort but by the alignment of feeling with truth; the moment you acknowledge your oneness with the I AM, the thorny worries lose their grip and fruit appears.