The Inner Sword of Truth

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of these words as a map of your inner birth. The 'sword' is the sharp light of awareness that cuts through the old attachments you mistake for your identity. The 'father' and 'mother' and the households they symbolize are not strangers but the roles and beliefs you still hold as the limit of who you are. When you dare to awaken to a truth that contradicts your present picture, you will first notice division within your inner world—tension between what you claim to be and what you are becoming. The foes spoken of are the parts of you that resist this awakening—the fear, habit, and doubt that cling to separation. Yet this division is not punishment; it is the birth pangs of your higher self, the moment when the I AM becomes conscious of itself as more than a remembered self. Your awareness creates the world by feeling it; so you must feel the truth of unity now. Do not fight the sword; welcome it as the transforming fire that reveals the kingdom within.