The Inner Kingdom by Force

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the words as a description of your inner state. The kingdom of heaven is not a distant event but a kingdom within, a state of consciousness you awaken by persistent, fearless imagination. The 'violent' are those who refuse resignation to the old self and, with unwavering attention, press through the resistance of habit. From the day John the Baptist spoke until now, the inner atmosphere has tested every effort to birth a new sense of self. Your attention is the sword; your imagination is the force that carves the doorway of being. When you assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, you do not fight people or events; you fight the old picture of yourself until a new inner alignment is established. The kingdom comes by the assimilation of the I AM into your sense of self—heightened awareness that holds firmly to the end.